Philosophy with Human Rights (Including Placement Year)

Our course brings philosophy together with one of its most powerful practical ideas: that all human beings have the same rights, which is an idea that dominates the modern world. We provide a grounding in philosophy and also involve the study of human rights from the perspectives of philosophy, politics, law and sociology.

You study topics including:

- Ethics

- Philosophy of religion

- Global distributive justice and human rights

- The protection of human rights in the UK

- Freedom of thought and expression

Our School of Philosophy and Art History has been ranked in the Top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).

At Essex we specialise in business law, public law, criminal justice, health law, law and technology, socio-legal studies and human rights law. We are ranked 28th in the UK for Law in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2021) and we are top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014, mainstream universities, THE 2014).