Masters Exchange Opportunities
Exchange Opportunities for UCD Law Masters Students
UCD Sutherland School of Law offers study exchange programmes to our Masters students through the partnership agreements we have with a number of leading universities throughout Europe and Australia.
CIEL Exchange Programme
The Comparative International and European Law (CIEL) programme is an exchange programme for registered full-time LLM students. The programme includes joint thesis supervision with academic colleagues at both the home and host institution. Upon successful completion students are awarded the CIEL certificate in addition to their LLM award.
Maastricht University (Courses through English: English as first language or an overall score of score 6.5 in IELTS)
Universität Mannheim (Courses through German: German as first language, Leaving Certificate B2 or equivalent)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Courses through English: English as first language or an overall score of score 6.5 in IELTS)
Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (Courses through French: French as first language, Leaving Certificate B2 or equivalent)
University of Antwerp (Courses through English: English as first language or an overall score of score 6.5 in IELTS)
University of Zagreb (Courses through English: English as first language or an overall score of score 6.5 in IELTS)
Students admitted to LLM programmes holding a 2:1 in their undergraduate Law degree and relevant language results are eligible to apply in late September/Early October when they have begun their programme. Spaces are allocated on a competitive basis. Open to September start students only.
LLM Exchange to the University of Melbourne
Sutherland School of Law will offer one full-time registered LLM, September start, student the opportunity to spend Semester Two of their full-time LLM programme in the University of Melbourne. This is open only to students admitted to an LLM programme holding a high 2:1 in their undergraduate Law degree. Allocation will be based on academic performance to date and interview. Application to this will open in October.
Additional Notes for Applicants:
- Please note that the Part Time programme has the same timetable as the full-time programme but is held over 2 years rather than 1 year.
- January start full time students will be expected to submit a dissertation title as soon as they have registered for the programme, January, and will have to submit a proposal and poster within the first weeks of their first semester.
- There will be dissertation seminars in weeks 1-4 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 11-1pm (Jan-May term
Double Degree Masters in Law with University Western Australia, Perth
This 1+1 Double Degree consists of two separate awards: a UCD SSoL one-year taught Masters Degree followed by a UWA Law School one year taught Masters Degree.
The UCD SSoL degree will be from one of the following programmes
- LLM General,
- LLM International Commercial Law,
- LLM in Criminology & Criminal Justice,
- LLM in IP and IT Law,
- LLM in International Human Rights,
- LLM EU Law and Governance
- MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice,
- MSc International Law and Business AND
The UWA Law School one year taught Masters Degree can be taken in one of the following fields:
- Master of International Commercial Law,
- Master of International Law,
- Master of Taxation Law,
- Master of Law, Policy and Government,
- Master of Commercial and Resources Law, and
- Master of Mining and Energy Law.
More details on the UWA programmes available
The academic calendar at UWA extends from February to June (Semester 1) and July to November (Semester 2). Students transferring from UCD will be required to meet normal overseas admission standards before being admitted to the UWA Masters programme i.e. the equivalent of a Weighted Average Mark of 60% overall in the first year of their UCD Masters study
Each student shall pay the full annual fees for the programme to the institution they are studying at for the year of payment. Each year, UWA may award full or partial tuition fee scholarships to the best qualified UCD candidates who commence the UWA Masters programme. The number of these full or partial scholarships and eligibility for them may be determined by UWA in accordance with the number of students entering the programme and/or their academic performance.
It is expected that these will be as follows:
- For Students with a UWA WAM equivalent of 70% (UCD GPA of 3.08) or greater a fee waiver of $A5,000 pe
- For Students with a UWA WAM equivalent of 75% (UCD GPA of 3.38) or greater a fee waiver of $A8,000 per annum.
- For Students with a UWA WAM equivalent of 80% (UCD GPA of 3.68) or greater a fee waiver of $A10,000 per annum.