Overview

The Law Degree at University College Cork offers you a wide choice of options ranging from criminal, medical, and human rights law to internet, environmental and intellectual property law. Students can choose to specialise in one or two chosen areas of interest or they can sample modules from across the broad range of possibilities as detailed in the module selection below.

Key Facts

A primary advantage of this course is that it allows students to choose from a wide choice of modules across a range of areas and can either focus their interest in one area, for example, business or international law, or choose from a broad variety of legal subjects.

This programme will provide you with a high-quality, broadly-based postgraduate experience where our commitment to academic excellence is combined with a firm commitment to developing student appreciation of law's practical and policy implications.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Comparative Family Property Law

Intellectual Property Law

Criminology: Core Theories, Context and Critique

Law of Cybercrime

Child Law in Practice

Contemporary Issues in International Law

The Family and the Law

Intellectual Property and Internet Regulation

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Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International

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Rolling deadline. Open until all places have been filled or no later than 15 June. Early application is advised.

Language

English

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90

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63

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OTE

140

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cork, Ireland

Disciplines

European Law Public Law View 21 other Masters in Public Law in Ireland

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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120

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90

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63

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140

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

(a) Hold a BCL (Hons) Degree from the National University of Ireland with at least a Second Class Honours Grade I; Or

(b) Have such other relevant third-level educational qualifications and/or professional experience as, in the School of Law's opinion, qualify the candidate under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to undertake the LLM Degree.
Applications from overseas candidates are welcome and their qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis under (b) above.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

19700 EUR / year

≈ 19700 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

9200 EUR / year

≈ 9200 EUR / year

Additional Details

EU part-time fee: €5,500

Living costs

Cork

Ireland

860 - 1400 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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