Dublin,
Ireland
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
MA in Data Protection and Privacy (Law and Computing) in Glasnevin Ireland | Dublin City University
Dublin City University
|
Glasnevin Ireland
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Qualification
Masters Degree (Taught)
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
EUR
16,500
(c. USD19,398.06)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months
The expansion of the digital economy has transformed personal data handling into a highly valuable worldwide sector. Implemented in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seeks to safeguard privacy rights within the EU while standardizing data protection legislation across member states. This regulation has fundamentally altered the procedures for gathering, maintaining, and utilizing personal information. With personal data being so extensively employed, the GDPR affects numerous industries, making data privacy a critical issue for companies, online users, legal professionals, and government entities. The MA in Data Protection and Privacy Law is a cross-disciplinary program offered collaboratively by the School of Law and Government and the School of Computing. This course leverages the university's dual strengths in legal studies and technology to equip students with specialized knowledge in both the technical and regulatory dimensions of data protection and privacy legislation.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
For admission to the MA in Data Protection and Privacy: Law and Government programme, successful applicants will have:
Computing stream applicants must have an Irish or UK Honours undergraduate degree (H2.2 or above) or equivalent in Computer Science, Computing, Computer applications or a related discipline.
Candidates with significant experience in the software development sector in addition to an Honours primary degree in some other discipline, may also be considered for entry.
Law stream applicants must normally have achieved a Second Class Honours Grade Two (H2.2) in a primary degree (level 08) in law or an interdisciplinary degree which includes law as a significant component. Examples of relevant experience for the programme are:
- Irish Computer Society DPO/GDPR qualifications
- The Advanced Diploma in Data Protection Law by the Kings Inns
- The certificate in data protection by the Law Society
- Relevant practical experience working with data protection related issues.
Applicants who have not achieved a H2.2 may apply but applications will be assessed on a competitive basis.
If an applicant has not yet completed their degree, then a conditional offer may be made on the basis of most recent grades and pending the achievement of no less than a H2.2 degree.
Applicants with appropriate combinations of professional qualification and experience may also be considered. This includes discipline-specific knowledge and know-how; transferable skills; basic research competency; personal effectiveness.
English language Requirements
IELTS Overall score 6.5 or above, with a minimum of 6.0
TOEFL - Overall score 580.
CBTOEFL - Overall score 237.
TOEFL iBT - Overall score 92 or above.
ETAPP - C1
CAP - Overall 180 at least 110
Tuition
EUR
16,500