MA in European Law and Policy

A broad curriculum will familiarise students with the legislative and institutional structure of the European Union and the operation of EU law while equipping students with core skills of public policy design and analysis. Core modules include Law & Politics of Brexit, one of the first modules of its kind on the island of Ireland, as well as optional modules that focus on key policy areas such as the environment, EU banking and finance law and EU foreign policy. A special effort is made to integrate legal and public policy skills and to consider law in light of policy requirements and the role of law in shaping and implementing policy.

Speaking in relation to this programme, Denis McShane (UK Minister of European Affairs during the Blair Government), said:
"The DCU Master in European Law & Policy steered by the Brexit Institute is the ideal graduate program for anyone interested in understanding the law & politics of Brexit and future of Europe".

DCU is home to the Brexit Institute, Europes first and Irelands only centre designed to analyse the legal, political and economic impact of Brexit from both a research and a policy perspective. It is also home to the BRIDGE Project, a Jean Monnet Network and a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence REBUILD - Recovery of Europe, Budget of the Union: Integration, Law & Democracy. The latter will allow exploring the post-pandemic reconstruction of the EU economy, focusing on the Next Generation EU Recovery Fund, its governance, financing and values. They are both funded by the European Unions Erasmus+ programme. Students on this programme will benefit from the very close links between our teaching faculty and these high level initiatives.