Immigration Law, MRes

Centre for Commercial Law Studies, the United Kingdom

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
MRes	Full-time	1 year	September	GBP 14850 per year	GBP 24000 per year

About Immigration Law, MRes - at Centre for Commercial Law Studies

Immigration law is a new and expanding field. This MRes is a pre-doctoral programme designed to provide a critical, research-led approach to immigration law along with excellent training in the key skills needed for doctoral level study.

High rate of student employment within six months of graduation
The MRes Immigration Law is an approved pathway for ESRC funding, enabling you to apply for ESRC 1+3 funding to cover both this MRes and a PhD
Be taught by leading academics in the field with insights from legal practitioners, international and non-government organisations
Your fellow students will come from the UK and more than 80 other countries, each able to draw on prior academic and professional experience from different jurisdictions
Dedicated law careers advisers who organise events and internship opportunities with top UK and international law firms

Get a comprehensive overview of the major legal and theoretical issues concerning immigration law and policy from a domestic, comparative, European and international perspective with this fascinating MRes.

This dynamic and expanding field offers scope for interdisciplinary study and collaboration. New legislation and critical arguments are legally defined and you will engage in critical analysis and discussion of a range of topics, from security and human rights to cultural diversity and asylum law.

You will be offered a varied selection of taught modules from which you can choose, enabling you to gear your qualification to set you on your desired career trajectory. This includes compulsory modules in research design and qualitative and quantitative methods which will give you invaluable skills needed for further study.

You will join an international cohort of students from a range of disciplines across Queen Mary, King's College London and Imperial College London, as part of the training offered by the ESRC funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership.

You will also be able to attend a Critical Thinking and Writing in Law course to improve your writing and research in law skills.

Structure

Two compulsory modules
Between three and six elective modules
Compulsory 10,000-word dissertation

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Notes about fees for this course

Full-time study

September 2024 | 1 year

Home: £14,850
Overseas: £24,000
EU/EEA/Swiss students

Unconditional deposit

Home: Not applicable

Overseas: £2000
Information about deposits

Queen Mary alumni can get a £1000, 10% or 20% discount on their fees depending on the programme of study. Find out more about the Alumni Loyalty Award

Entry requirements

Degree requirements

A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Law.

Additional information

In addition to the other mandatory supporting application documents, applicants must submit the following documentation:

two letters of reference, at least one of which must be an academic reference from a staff member who taught you on your most recent course of study (normally your undergraduate degree in Law or a Law-related subject)
a research proposal of between 2,000 to 3,000-words. It should identify the question that you will attempt to answer through your research (simply identifying general topic areas or subjects is not sufficient). You should also set out your research methodology (empirical, qualitative, library based etc,) and provide a bibliography of the works that you consulted in formulating your research question.

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