Overview

How could a critical human rights approach help fight pervasive social and economic inequalities, anti-democratic forces and the climate crisis?

On this Human Rights degree offered at University of Sussex , you’ll engage with human rights and their historical origins, philosophical foundations, global expansion, everyday practice and possible futures. You’ll learn from our expert faculty. Their cutting-edge research in a range of disciplines – including international relations, anthropology, law and human geography – underpins your teaching.

Careers

If you’ve worked in the field of human rights before, this course will allow you to critically reflect on that experience, develop new research skills and progress in your career.

If you’re new to the field, the course will introduce you to human rights in action: not only what human rights are, but what they do and what their possible future might be.

This expertise will be an important asset for a human rights career path. You’ll also have access to research placements with our worldwide alumni network and partner organisations. The dissertation with placement is an invaluable opportunity for you to prepare for your future career.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Activism for Development and Social Justice

Anthropology of Law

Civil and Political Rights: Contemporary Challenges

Decolonising, Diversifying and Demythologising

Global Childhoods: Rights, Protection and Justice

Global Ethics and International Relations

Indigenous and Minority Rights

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Key information

Duration

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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
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- Apply before 2026-09-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Brighton, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

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General requirements

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should be in a social sciences or humanities subject. You may also be considered for the course if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing.

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Tuition Fees

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23499 GBP / year

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11250 GBP / year

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Living costs

Brighton

United Kingdom

815 - 1383 GBP / month

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