University of Sussex - School of Law, Politics and Sociology

The University of Sussex is a leading research-intensive university near Brighton, currently ranked top 20 in all major league tables. We have both an international and local outlook, with staff and students from more than 100 countries and frequent engagement in community activities and services.

Sussex Law School provides a truly international, stimulating and engaging learning environment. Our range of LLMs offers you a chance to deepen your understanding of some of the most important and dynamic areas of the law. They equip you with the skills, knowledge and opportunities to further your career at the highest level.

Law at Sussex is renowned as a leading centre of research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 91% of our Law research was rated as world-leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised. Our research underpins all of our teaching, meaning that you will be taught by some of today's leading lawyers.

Based in Freeman Building at the University of Sussex, you will be working with students and taught by prize winning academics. Our faculty come from all around the world and have a wealth of experience as practitioners from working with organisations such as the World Trade Organisation and the European Parliament which they use in their teaching alongside their academic knowledge.

As a Sussex Postgraduate student, you are encouraged to take advantage of the breadth of knowledge and experience by attending weekly seminars in which faculty members, visitors from other law schools and postgraduate research students present their research insights along with papers for discussion.

The course combines lectures, workshops and seminars plus the opportunity to conduct and then present a research project. Trips are an essential part of our LLM courses and include visits to local and London courts, as well as the International Tribunals at The Hague, giving you the opportunity to experience international law in action.

The University of Sussex is proud to offer a range of postgraduate funding awards, in order to help talented students to come and study at Sussex. Find out more about funding awards available to you by visiting our funding database.

All of this, as well as a fabulous campus location - nestled in the South Downs National Park, minutes from the cosmopolitan city of Brighton, 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport and an hour from London - makes Sussex one of the UK's most ideally situated universities.