Program Overview

Overview

The LLM in Employment, Work and Equality offers specialized knowledge in individual and collective employment law, addressing issues of equality, migration, and other legal disciplines that regulate work relations.

Key Information

• Programme duration: One year full-time; Two years part-time.
• Start date: September 2025
• Delivery method: On-Campus
• Location: Clifton
• Awards available: LLM

Programme Structure

Our vibrant international community and diverse teaching methods, including lectures, seminars, and bespoke skills workshops, enrich the LLM experience at the University of Bristol. A wide range of optional units reflect the expertise of our globally renowned academics, allowing you to further specialize your degree.

Students will take four units and a compulsory dissertation. You have the option of taking three specialist units from the LLM in Employment Work and Equality programme and one unit from any of our other LLMs.

Entry Requirements

You will typically need an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent in Law.

OR an upper second-class honours degree or an international equivalent non-law degree in a related field, such as Anthropology, Business, Management, Sociology, Industrial Relations/Employment Relations, Economics, Human Geography, Politics and International Relations.

We will also consider your application if your subject is not listed above, if you have at least one of the following:

• Evidence of significant academic or professional experience (at least 12 months, paid) in fields including, but not limited to: policy advice, statistics, employment, work or equality law, human resources, trade unions.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification.

If this is the case, please include your CV (curriculum vitae / résumé) when you apply, showing details of your relevant qualifications.

If you are currently completing a degree, we understand that your final grade may be higher than the interim grades or module/unit grades you have achieved during your studies to date.

We will consider your application if your interim grades are currently slightly lower than the programme's entry requirements and may make you an aspirational offer. This offer would be at the standard level, so you would need to achieve the standard entry requirements by the end of your degree.

We will also consider your application if your final overall achieved grade is slightly lower than the programme's entry requirement.

See international equivalent qualifications on the International Office website.

English Language Requirements

If English is not your first language, you will need to reach the requirements outlined in our profile level B.

Fees and Funding

• Home: full-time £15,300 per year
• Home: part-time (two years) £7,650 per year
• Overseas: full-time £28,600 per year

Fees are subject to an annual review. For programmes that last longer than one year, please budget for up to an 8% increase in fees each year.

Career Prospects

Graduating from a world-leading university can open doors to careers in a variety of sectors. This LLM will suit graduates aiming to work with international law firms, as barristers, or in academia and international organisations.

Some graduates also engage in policymaking through trade unions, employers' organisations and NGOs.

You can expect to:

• Develop and deepen understanding of employment law
• Build transferable skills
• Provide a springboard into a diverse range of careers
• Boost prospects for those already working in the sector
• Deliver a solid step towards a research career.