Overview
A 10-month full-time Master of Laws in which students take optional law modules totalling 135 taught credits plus a 45-credit research essay. A law qualification is normally required.
Highlights
- Optional: International Human Rights Law
- Optional: Patents and Trade Secrets
Entry requirements
- Academic
- A good 2.1 with evidence of 1st class ability, normally an average of at least 65% across all years and at least one first-class mark, or an equivalent. A law qualification (LLB, JD or GDL) is required, with limited exceptions for graduates with at least five years of relevant work experience. Non-law graduates have separate criteria.
- English language
- UCL English language Level 4. On the English language requirements page (published for September 2026 entry), IELTS Academic is 7.5 overall with 7.0 in each component, and PTE Academic is 80 overall with 76 in each communicative skill. Other accepted tests are listed on that page. Scores for 2027 entry are not yet confirmed on the course page, which gives the level only.
- Experience or portfolio
- Limited exceptions for graduates without a law qualification who have at least five years of relevant work experience.
- Applicants from Pakistan
- UCL's Pakistan graduate page for 2027/28 entry states: 2:1 equivalent is a 4-year bachelor degree with an overall mark of 70% or CGPA of 3.3/4.0; 2:2 equivalent is a 4-year bachelor degree with 60% or CGPA of 3.0/4.0 (5-year Laws and Architecture degrees on the same marks). Source
Working after you graduate
Bachelor's and master's graduates on a Student visa may apply in the UK for the Graduate visa: two years if applying by 31 December 2026, or 18 months if applying on or after 1 January 2027.
Checked on 10 October 2026. Official source.
Scholarships for this course
- Chevening ScholarshipsTuition fees, monthly living stipend, economy return flight, arrival and departure allowances and visa application cost