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Human Rights Law MRes

Queen Mary University of London

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  • Qualification

    MRes - Master of Research

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

This Human Rights Law MRes is an engaging pre-doctoral training programme designed to provide a critical, research-led approach to the study of aspects of human rights law. Focus on areas that are at the forefront of human rights and utilise academic knowledge to contribute to its progressive development. This MRes is an ideal preparation for those wishing to pursue more advanced research in Human Rights Law. Alongside a suite of modules offered in conjunction with the School’s LLM, this programme includes core modules in research design and qualitative and quantitative methods. There are taken jointly with social science students from a range of disciplines across Queen Mary, King’s College London and Imperial College London, as part of the training offered by the ESRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership. You will be introduced to the institutions, standards and case law which structure human rights law. There is a focus on key issues such as socio-economic rights rights of women international child rights and the crimes of the powerful. You'll also debate the uses of universality and cultural relativism in relation to human rights.Career pathsThere is a very high rate of employment of our students within six months of graduation. We have specialist career advisers who organise events and assist with finding internship opportunities at UK and international law firms and other employers.Graduates of this programme have gone to work as:lawyers in supreme courts of countries including Pakistan.advocates in human rights organisations such as the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.

Tuition fees

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£ 25,200per year

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University information

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

  • University League Table

    40th

  • Campus address

    Main Site, Mile End Road, London, Bethnal Green, E1 4NS, United Kingdom

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International students experience the comforts of campus life while living in the heart of London, regularly ranked as the best student city in the world.
Research at Queen Mary is world-leading across disciplines, with its academics making a major impact across all subject areas.
Queen Mary is truly inclusive, with multiple nationalities represented on its campuses.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Law

    13th out of 113 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 218
    166 76%

    15th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    41st

    29

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.13 78%

    57th

    21

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