MA Human Rights: University of Sussex

About the programme

This interdisciplinary programme provides you with an understanding of recent debates in the field of human rights from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, law, international relations and politics.

You will develop your ability to critically assess human rights instruments (international and regional), discourses and institutions and assess the relationship between international human rights law; state law and local moralities. By the end of the programme you should able to research human rights issues in a way that contextualises state and transnational legal procedures in wider social processes such as gender, class, ethnicity and globalisation.

Career opportunity

The MA Human Rights programme is aimed at those already involved in or contemplating professional advocacy with human rights agencies and for those interested in pursuing further postgraduate research in this field.

Faculty have undertaken consultancy and commissioned work in a range of human rights fields and regional contexts. Many of our graduates find employment in rights work, within which we have very strong international networks.

Admission requirments

UK entrance requirements

A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree in politics, international relations, philosophy, law, history, sociology, anthropology or a related field.

Overseas entrance requirements

Sussex receives applications from all over the world and is therefore very experienced in assessing the qualifications offered by students from outside the UK.

For information on some of the most common international qualifications that meet their general entry requirements, please refer to the table in their International students section.

English language requirements

IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.5 in Writing and 6.0 in the other sections. Internet TOEFL with 90 overall including 24 in Speaking and 25 in Writing. For more information, refer to English language requirements.