The University of Law

LLM Healthcare Regulation

The University of LawLondon Bloomsbury Online, United Kingdom

Course overview

The LLM in Healthcare Regulation at The University of Law provides students with advanced legal knowledge, an understanding of the process of disciplinary hearings, and the critical connection between legal concepts and ethical issues in medical practices. The programme explores the essential legal frameworks governing healthcare professionals, organisations, clinical research, and medicines in practice. 

Students will be taught by expert practitioners who will provide practical insight into the application of health law. Students will also complete modules, including the core Healthcare Regulation module and Research Methods Training, before selecting three optional modules. At the end of the programme, students will submit a substantial Dissertation in Healthcare Regulation, which serves as the main academic assessment.

Key highlights

  • Open to both law and non-law graduates
  • Internationally recognised Master's qualification in healthcare regulation
  • Builds skills to progress within the healthcare industry
  • Covers medico-legal areas including clinical negligence and mental health law

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2nd class — or above

Scholarships

  • Bar Practice Course (BPC) Award

    Winners of our advocacy awards and scholarships will be required to become a member of our Advocacy Committee.

  • Baroness Warsi and Sadiq Khan Full Fee Scholarship

  • Business First Scholarships

    Awards of £5,000 each are available to all postgraduate business Master’s courses.

    Up to £5,000

  • Campus Dean’s Award

    Awards of £2,000 each are available to all Legal Practice Course (LPC), LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) and Master of Laws (LLMs) courses.

    Up to £2,000

  • Career Changer Scholarship - Postgraduate

    Full Fee Scholarships and partial fee scholarships are available for our PGDL, MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1), Master of Laws (LLMs), MSc Psychology, MSc Computer Science courses.

  • Law First Scholarships

    Awards of £5,000 each are available to all Legal Practice Course (LPC) and LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) courses; Awards of £3,000 each are available to all PGDL, MA Law (Conversion), MA Law (SQE1) and Master of Laws (LLMs).

  • Lord Blunkett Widening Access Scholarship- Postgraduate

    Awards of £2,000 each are available to all postgraduate courses, excluding short courses.

    Up to £2,000

  • Science First Scholarships

    Awards of £5,000 each are available to all MSc Psychology, MSc Computer Science and MSc Criminology courses.

    Up to £5,000

  • The Amal Clooney Scholarship

Careers this course leads to

  • Clinical governance manager
  • Medico-legal expert witness
  • Clinical negligence solicitor
  • Healthcare policy advisor
  • Healthcare regulation officer
  • Bioethics governance specialist

Career opportunities

Graduates of the LLM Healthcare Regulation from The University of Law can become:

  • Healthcare Compliance Officers

  • Regulatory Affairs Specialists for Pharmacies

  • Health Data Privacy Consultants

  • Mental Health Law Specialists

  • Academic Researcher or Lecturer

Cost of study

For international students studying the LLM Healthcare Regulation in The University of Law, the full-time course fee is £19,600 per year. 

Admission

Interested students can send their applications directly to the University. To find out more about this process, speak to one of our trained counsellors.

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