Human Rights Institute

The Human Rights Institute offers an accelerated Master of Arts (MA) in Human Rights, which enables students to complete their bachelor’s degree and a MA in Human Rights in five year. For more information about the program and how to apply, click here.

Twenty five years after the dedication of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, the human rights outreach and engagement programs of the Center are being relaunched as Dodd Human Rights Impact! Read more about Dodd Human Rights Impact.

With research programs in economic and social rights, health and human rights, and humanitarianism, the University of Connecticut Human Rights Institute is committed to fostering conversations across disciplines among students, faculty and the broader community in Connecticut and beyond. For more information about our interdisciplinarity, click here.

Launched in Fall 2015, the Human Rights and Action Learning Community (HRALC) has been a thriving hub of activism, academic achievement, and community service. For more information about the HRALC, click here.

A double major by design. Complement your discipline and explore human rights through planned course work and individualized internship opportunities. For more information about our double major approach, click here.