International Law (Taught)

The LLM in International Law reflects the breadth of contemporary international law, addressing issues as diverse as world trade disputes, United Nations peacekeeping, international human rights litigation, state responsibility and criminal trials before international courts.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• If you want to increase your horizons to an international platform and look beyond domestic legal orders, this LLM is ideal for you.

• You will be taught by a team that truly understands international issues, with staff drawn from all over the world.

• We offer excellent facilities including our dedicated School of Law library; our main University library also contains our extensive collection of legal materials and official publications and is a European Documentation Centre.

• Guest speaker presentations and other extra-curricular events round off the academic programme, and allow you to engage with current debates.

• Law at Glasgow is ranked 4th in the UK by the Good University Guide 2026 and 8th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2026.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You will take six courses and submit a dissertation as falling within the area. Courses are delivered through a blend of lectures and seminar-style teaching.

You are required to take one core course and five optional courses. One optional course can be chosen from other courses within the School of Law's LLM portfolio. Please note, enrolment on courses is subject to availability and timetabling.

For the dissertation, you can choose between a written dissertation or a collaborative dissertation research project with a partner organisation. Please note, the collaborative dissertation option is subject to availability.

Core course
Foundations Of International Law

Optional courses
Advanced Introduction to International Criminal Law
Advanced Introduction to the Law of the United Nations
Advanced Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights
Climate Change Law and Governance
Fundamentals of Environmental Justice
Global Constitutionalism: Rise, Decline, Resilience
International Courts and Tribunals
International Human Rights Law
International Investment Law
International Law and International Economic Governance
International Law and International Politics
International Law and International Security
International Trade Law
Law and Just Energy Transition
The Laws of Armed Conflict

Dissertation
LLM Dissertation or Collaborative LLM dissertation

CAREER PROSPECTS
The LLM in International Law offers a wealth of courses that will equip you with the necessary knowledge to develop a successful career in this field.

Most of our courses include perspectives on professional practice and some also include experiential learning activities, such as simulations of proceedings before international courts and tribunals. These activities are designed to consolidate your understanding of key theoretical concepts by putting them into practice in real-world contexts, and to give you practical experience with documents, drafting skills and analytical frameworks used in professional environment.