Healthcare Law & Ethics LLM at University of Dundee

Programme overview

A part-time online masters for healthcare professionals covering the legal and ethical aspects of professional practice, studied at a pace and time of the student's choosing.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Duration: Up to 36 months part time, online | Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Legal and ethical issues including consent to treatment, clinical negligence, patient confidentiality, abortion and genetic selection. Modules are delivered online and assessed by two written assignments per module.

Career pathways

Designed for people already working in healthcare, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, surgeons and hospital administrators; it does not qualify graduates to practise law.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A medical or dental degree, or a degree in another healthcare subject (including nursing, pharmacy and physiotherapy) with at least two years of post-qualifying experience, or a minimum of five years' practice in a healthcare profession. Applicants not meeting the standard requirements are considered case by case.

Intake: January 2027, September 2027, January 2028

Duration: Up to 36 months part time, online

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