Postgraduate taught programmes

The Law School has one of the most diverse ranges of specialised LLM programmes available in the UK. We also offer MA and MSc as taught postgraduate degrees.

I chose the University of Bristol because of its incomparable academic recognition, and because it demonstrated it could provide me with access to channels through which I can achieve meaningful change.

Anamaria Fonseca, LLM Human Rights Law graduate

Funding your studies

Find out more about our range of scholarships, grants and bursaries.

Postgraduate FAQs

Read more about our commonly asked questions on topics such as course content, the admissions process, student support and careers. You can also access our MA-specific FAQs here

International students

We have lots of information available for international students to help you apply, find sources of support and settle into life at Bristol.

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Postgraduate admissions

Email: ChooseBristol-pg@bristol.ac.uk 

LLM Banking and Finance Law

This programme considers the law and regulation of banking and finance, with the opportunity to examine wide-ranging questions concerning the impact of law, regulation, policy and practice.

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LLM Commercial Law

This intensive study programme enables you to engage in commercial and industrial topics, with the opportunity to concentrate on European commercial issues, international trade or aspects of domestic commerce.

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LLM Company Law and Corporate Governance

This programme provides an in-depth understanding of company law and corporate governance. It examines various issues that focus on the legal, regulatory, policy and practice responses to corporations’ actions.

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LLM Employment, Work and Equality

This programme is designed to enrich understanding of employment, work and equality law, investigating the various legal disciplines. It examines wide-ranging questions concerning the impact of regulation, policy and practice.

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LLM Environment, Sustainability and Business Law

This course offers in-depth, intensive study of law and regulation that can help tackle the environmental and sustainability challenges facing businesses, governments and not-for-profit organisations, as well as influence the relationships between business actors and their shareholders and stakeholders.

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LLM General Legal Studies

This programme enables you to specialise in a particular area, or, opt for a broader, more general set of units. You’ll consider relevant issues theoretically and practically from various perspectives.

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LLM Health, Law and Society

This programme examines how to approach some of the greatest challenges and opportunities for law, policy and social norms as mechanisms to address health and wellbeing. 

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LLM Human Rights Law

This programme offers various units suitable both for those with some previous knowledge of human rights law and for those seeking an introduction to specific human rights law issues. 

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LLM International Commercial Law

In this programme you’ll engage in specialist international and commercial topics. International units can be chosen from topics within the field of private international law, and commercial units include an international element.

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LLM International Law

This programme offers a variety of units making it suitable both for those with some previous knowledge and for those seeking an introduction to specific international law issues.

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LLM International Law and International Relations

This programme is ideal for students who are looking to pursue a career in international non-governmental organisations, government departments and international firms, or as international consultants.

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LLM Law, Innovation and Technology

Offering in-depth, intensive study in a range of areas, you will gain expertise in IT law, IP law, privacy and data protection, e-commerce and online business development, digital markets and virtual competition, and digital technology in legal practice.

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MA Law

A two-year Masters law degree, suitable for graduates of any discipline.

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MSc Socio-Legal Studies

A one-year, disciplinary Masters degree into the study of law and legal phenomena, suitable for graduates from a wide range of disciplines (including the Arts, Social Sciences and Law) who have an interest in the way law works in society. If a student is awarded ESRC funding, they have the opportunity to further their studies into a PhD.

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