Postgraduate taught courses

We offer a range of postgraduate options, allowing you to explore specific areas of interest in law or criminology, helping you on your career path, be that academic, professional or further study.

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LLM - The Sheffield LLM LLM

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

The Sheffield LLM will provide you with expert knowledge and skills across a range of legal topics by joining a community of bright and ambitious students from all around the world. You can choose modules from across our range of LLM pathways.

  • Pathway programme

LLM Corporate and Commercial Law LLM

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

Explore the issues and problems that corporate and commercial law deals with, and evaluate and critique the law as it exists. This course will develop and hone your critical skills and research expertise.

  • Pathway programme

LLM International Law and Global Justice LLM

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

Designed primarily for students and lawyers who want to develop expertise in international law, and work or intend to pursue a career in the public sector.

  • Pathway programme

International Criminology MA

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 1 year 2 years Full-time Part-time

One of only a few courses that focuses on comparative and international perspectives to explore the key issues in criminology and criminal justice globally today.

Law MA

Postgraduate taught
  • September 2025 start
  • 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time

This MA is designed for graduates who don’t have a law degree. You’ll develop an in-depth knowledge of the English legal system.

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International scholarships

We offer a generous package of financial support for international students, including undergraduate and postgraduate taught scholarships towards the annual tuition fee. Applications are open for existing offer holders.

Scholarships for international students