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This program equally integrates two interconnected fields, Law and Business, offering strong appeal for those pursuing careers in the corporate sector. It merges the finest components of the University's Business and Management and Law programs to equip graduates with diverse career opportunities across both legal and business domains.
A key strength of this program lies in the valuable skills it cultivates, boosting your career prospects by refining your abilities in debate and logic, critical thinking, complex concept analysis, and understanding law's role in commercial environments. This legal qualification is officially recognized by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.
Maynooth's Law and Business students enjoy exceptional flexibility and options. Subject to availability, students can pursue a four-year program incorporating professional placements or international study, blending academic knowledge with practical industry experience (legal or corporate) or cultural immersion. Successful first-year students may also transfer into the second year of the LLB program (MH501).
The BCL is a three-year legal studies program paired with Business as a secondary discipline. While covering all fundamental law modules, the BCL involves less legal content than the LLB (MH501), allowing greater focus on business specialization. Its primary benefit is the opportunity to simultaneously study law and business principles - perfect for aspiring legal practitioners, business operators, corporate professionals, or commercial law specialists.
Business and Management represent the applied disciplines of implementing change and accomplishing objectives through people. This degree delivers fundamental knowledge about core business operations and their synergistic relationships in generating and delivering value to clients and consumers.
Students must have completed a Leaving Certificate equivalent to the Ireland Leaving Certificate.
IELTS - 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each band; TOEFL internet-based test - iBT: 90 with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in all other sections; Pearson Test of English - 63 with no less than 59 for each item in the Communicative Skills section; Duolingo English Test (DET) - 120 with no less than 110 in literacy, conversation, and comprehension subscores and no less than 95 in production. (This lower production subscore applies to non-EU applicants only), Cambridge Proficiency Cert. - 176+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English. Proficiency Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); Cambridge Advanced Cert. - 176+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English Advanced Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); Cambridge First Cert. - 176+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English First Certificate, Grade A (CEFR Level C1); ETAPP - C1 or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); Oxford Test of English - 140 with no less than 125 in each skill; Trinity College London ISE - ISE III with at least merit in each skill category. International Baccalaureate – English A1, A2, or B5 at Higher Level (4at either Level if presenting IB through English) NOTE: Applicants whose school-leaving examinations are more than two years old should present additional proof of English.