Georgetown University LLM National and Global Health Law
Georgetown University · Georgetown University Law Center · Washington, DC, United States- 1 academic year
- Full time
- Washington, DC
Tuition, living and listed setup costs
2026-27 published cost basis
full-time campus route
published degree requirement
Fall 2027 application
Washington, DC
graduate application fee
What is Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law?
The full-time LLM National and Global Health Law runs 1 academic year, requires 20 credits and focuses on health regulation, public health law, bioethics and global health governance. Georgetown’s official programme page defines that route. The Indian planning total is INR 122.99 lakh at the stated conversion basis.
The academic sequence moves from US Health Law through Global Health Law and Bioethics toward Health Law Practicum, where policy drafting becomes assessed evidence. This record covers the full-time in-person route only. Admission, funding, professional licensing, employment and immigration remain separate decisions.
How much does Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law cost for an Indian student?
The full-route estimate is USD 127,295, about INR 122.99 lakh. It uses Georgetown’s 2026-27 published cost basis, then adds the USD 90 application, USD 350 SEVIS and USD 185 F-1 visa fees where they are outside the institutional budget.
| Item | INR | Local currency | When it is due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published tuition and mandatory fees | INR 86.87 lakh | USD 89,916 | Across the published full-time route |
| Housing, food, books, personal and transport budget | INR 35.51 lakh | USD 36,754 | Across the stated study period |
| Application and immigration setup | INR 0.60 lakh | USD 625 | Application, SEVIS I-901 and F-1 visa payments |
| Full-programme planning total | INR 122.99 lakh | USD 127,295 | Before exchange spread and deposits |
Housing deposits, licensing or bar-exam costs, equipment and exchange spread remain outside this estimate. USD 1 = INR 96.6149, from ECB reference rates checked on 22 October 2026.
The first line uses Georgetown’s 2026-27 published basis for this route: USD 89,916. The institution may revise rates before enrolment, and extra credits or additional terms can raise the final bill.
The non-tuition model is USD 36,754 across the stated 1 academic year route. It follows the applicable Georgetown cost-of-attendance categories for housing, food, books, personal spending and transport rather than assuming part-time earnings.
The setup line contains the USD 90 graduate application payment, USD 350 SEVIS I-901 fee and USD 185 F-1 visa application fee. Air travel, housing deposits, professional examinations, equipment and foreign-exchange spread remain outside the total.
Can an Indian graduate meet Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law entry requirements?
Conditionally. The programme requires a first law degree that permits legal practice or bar eligibility in its jurisdiction, plus the complete LL.M. file. Georgetown then applies its international graduate rules and programme-specific selection. Meeting a published floor is eligibility evidence, not an admission prediction. The review also tests how that preparation supports the intended course sequence.
| Requirement | Published rule | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Prior academic preparation (India) | a first law degree that permits legal practice or bar eligibility in its jurisdiction, plus the complete LL.M. file | Document the relevant courses, grades, methods and assessed outputs |
| Degree equivalence (India) | A recognised bachelor's degree or its international equivalent | Upload every required transcript and the institution's grading scale |
| English proficiency (India) | The programme and school set the applicable English test, score and exemption route | Use the programme row and submit valid evidence by the application deadline |
| Programme evidence (India) | Evidence showing readiness for the Health Law Practicum component | Connect prior health regulation analysis work to readiness for bioethics reasoning |
| Funding evidence (India) | Funds for tuition, living costs and the full intended period of study | Keep the funding trail consistent with the offer and immigration documents |
For LLM National and Global Health Law, the transcript should make health regulation analysis concrete before the file claims readiness for US Health Law. A module title doesn’t prove that capability; a result, method and limitation show how the applicant actually used health regulation analysis. The statement can then explain why Global Health Law must add bioethics reasoning now.
The application should keep three jobs separate. Transcripts establish preparation for US Health Law; referees verify observed public-health legal research; the statement connects both to the Health Law Practicum component. That chain is more persuasive for LLM National and Global Health Law than a generic account of Georgetown, Washington, DC or the degree’s prestige.
A document map for LLM National and Global Health Law can be literal: mark the transcript line that supports US Health Law, attach the work sample that demonstrates health regulation analysis, and ask a referee to verify the decision behind public-health legal research. The statement should then identify why Public Health Regulation is necessary before the applicant attempts Health Law Practicum. That order makes missing preparation visible early.
Four boundaries in the admission decision
A minimum is not an offer
Programme fit, faculty capacity, references and the full applicant pool still affect selection.
Health Regulation Analysis needs evidence
A named course, project or research result is stronger than a broad degree label for proving health regulation analysis.
Research or portfolio fit is specific
The application should connect the applicant’s record to the Health Law Practicum requirement.
Work rights are separate
Admission does not settle visa issuance, OPT, employment, sponsorship or permanent residence.
How should an Indian student apply for Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law?
The official application point is 1 July 2027 final deadline. Start with the live programme checklist, then submit the complete academic, programme and international file before that point. Every required item must arrive on time; the application payment does not repair a missing requirement after closure.
Establish programme fit, assemble the exact evidence, submit before 1 July 2027 final deadline, then complete offer and F-1 requirements.
| Start by | Task | Takes | Why this date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Feb 2027 | Establish course and output fit | 21 days | Map prior evidence to a first law degree that permits legal practice or bar eligibility in its jurisdiction, plus the complete LL.M. file. |
| 02 Mar 2027 | Complete programme materials | 30 days | Prepare the statements, references and evidence needed for 20 approved LL.M. credits with the programme's required legal writing and specialisation work. |
| 11 Mar 2027 | Assemble academic records | 21 days | Collect all transcripts, grading scales and English evidence. |
| 01 Apr 2027 | Submit the complete application | 1 day | Submit through the Georgetown graduate system and pay the international fee. |
| 02 Apr 2027 | Fund the offer and complete F-1 steps | 90 days | After admission, satisfy offer conditions and the separate immigration evidence process. |
The allowances are Nbyula planning estimates, not processing times published by Georgetown University.
Preparation begins with the exact LLM National and Global Health Law evidence chain. The transcript establishes academic history, the statement explains the intended work, and referees verify observed capability; none of those documents performs the job of another.
The application is complete only when programme-specific materials are present before 1 July 2027 final deadline. A later official transcript or offer condition is different from omitting an item required for review.
After an offer, the university’s acceptance, proof-of-funding and I-20 process precede the separate SEVIS payment and visa application. Admission itself is not an immigration decision.
International applicants should not submit supporting financial and sponsorship documentation during the initial application process, but should instead wait until after an official offer of admission has been made.Georgetown graduate application information
1 July 2027 final deadline is the programme’s published point used in this guide. The live application and department instructions control if Georgetown revises it.
What can Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law lead to?
The curriculum can support evidence for health-law counsel, public-health policy analyst and bioethics adviser directions, but these are not placement predictions. An applicant still has to meet employer or regulator standards. USCIS OPT rules govern conditional work authorisation; licensing, bar admission, hiring and sponsorship remain separate.
| Measure | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Health Regulation Analysis | Health-Law Counsel | Evidence developed through US Health Law |
| Bioethics Reasoning | Public-Health Policy Analyst | Evidence developed through Global Health Law |
| Public-Health Legal Research | Bioethics Adviser | Evidence retained from the culminating work |
| Guaranteed placement or sponsorship | None published | Recruitment and immigration decisions are independent |
These are curriculum-linked directions, not measured probabilities of employment, salary, sponsorship, licensing or permanent residence.
Evidence for a health-law counsel direction can come from US Health Law, provided the record identifies the applicant’s own health regulation analysis decisions. Global Health Law serves a different purpose: it can support public-health policy analyst work by showing bioethics reasoning in a result that another reader can inspect.
The Bioethics component may strengthen a bioethics adviser case through public-health legal research, while Health Law Practicum can anchor discussion of global health legal specialist work through policy drafting. These aren’t measured job probabilities for LLM National and Global Health Law; employer standards, licensing and immigration still set independent thresholds.
A useful LLM National and Global Health Law work sample preserves four things: the question taken from US Health Law, the method strengthened through Global Health Law, the limitation uncovered in Bioethics, and the final decision made during Health Law Practicum. That record lets a health-law counsel, public-health policy analyst or bioethics adviser reviewer see contribution rather than infer it from the Georgetown degree title.
Who is Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law for?
LLM National and Global Health Law fits an applicant who can show health regulation analysis, needs bioethics reasoning, accepts the Health Law Practicum component and can finance INR 122.99 lakh plus excluded costs. The strongest match can also explain why Global Health Law belongs in the intended next step.
| Verdict | Your background | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Strong fit | Prior evidence of health regulation analysis | Supports progression into US Health Law and Global Health Law |
| Strong fit | A defined need for bioethics reasoning | Can be tested through 20 approved LL.M. credits with the programme's required legal writing and specialisation work |
| Needs evidence | Budget close to the estimate | Needs a reserve for exchange movement and excluded costs |
| Do not shortlist | Missing the published academic foundation | The master's is not primarily a prerequisite-repair route |
| Do not shortlist | Requires a guaranteed health-law counsel job | No such exact-programme promise is published |
The closest-fit applicant reaches Georgetown with evidence of health regulation analysis, a defined need for bioethics reasoning, and a reason to complete the Health Law Practicum component. Interest in Bioethics is not enough if the applicant would avoid Public Health Regulation or has no use for the work produced there.
A weaker fit wants the label of LLM National and Global Health Law but cannot connect US Health Law to a prior result or Global Health Law to a future task. Financial fit is separate: the INR 122.99 lakh model needs a reserve for excluded costs and can’t rest on uncertain US earnings.
The fit conversation should name the trade-off inside LLM National and Global Health Law. Time spent on US Health Law and Global Health Law is valuable for an applicant seeking bioethics reasoning; the same time is wasteful for someone who already demonstrates it. Likewise, Public Health Regulation belongs in the plan only when the intended global health legal specialist direction can use the policy drafting evidence produced through Health Law Practicum.
What does Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law cover?
The official programme source sets out the 20-credit route summarised below. Its later components include Public Health Regulation and Health Law Practicum. The rows distinguish named subjects, assessed work and the culminating requirement; they form an academic map, not a promise that every elective runs in every term.
| Code | Component | Published component | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | US Health Law | Published | |
| Part 2 | Global Health Law | Published | |
| Part 3 | Bioethics | Published | |
| Part 4 | Public Health Regulation | Published | |
| Part 5 | Health Law Practicum | Published | |
| Total | 20 |
The note “Named course, requirement or programme component” applies to 5 components in this table.
- Complete at least 20 approved graduate credits.
- Follow the full-time professionally oriented plan and its academic standing rules.
- Complete 20 approved LL.M. credits with the programme's required legal writing and specialisation work.
US Health Law establishes one part of the programme’s method base, while Global Health Law develops the second. Their practical value depends on the actual assignment, approved research or project plan and the standard applied to the final work.
The degree culminates in 20 approved LL.M. credits with the programme’s required legal writing and specialisation work. Adviser capacity, elective availability, ethics approval, internship placement or production resources can affect the individual sequence where relevant.
Georgetown may revise course availability and sequencing before enrolment. The admitted student’s written plan and current catalog govern the final combination rather than an editorial sample assembled in advance.
Should an Indian student shortlist Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law?
The decision hinge for LLM National and Global Health Law is whether earlier health regulation analysis work can progress through Global Health Law into the Health Law Practicum component. The INR 122.99 lakh plan only makes sense when that academic move and the financing plan are both credible.
A strong yes-case for LLM National and Global Health Law starts with inspectable health regulation analysis, adds the missing bioethics reasoning demanded by Global Health Law, and uses Health Law Practicum to preserve evidence of policy drafting. That sequence can support a later health-law counsel or public-health policy analyst application without turning either occupation into a promised result.
Reject this option when US Health Law repeats completed study, when Public Health Regulation is outside the intended work, or when the applicant does not want the Health Law Practicum requirement. It is also the wrong financial choice if the INR 122.99 lakh estimate depends on a guaranteed health-law counsel salary, because Georgetown publishes no such guarantee.
- LLM National and Global Health Law is a 1 academic year, full-time, in-person master's at Georgetown.
- The route requires 20 credits and focuses on health regulation, public health law, bioethics and global health governance.
- The current planning total is USD 127,295, about INR 122.99 lakh.
- The published Fall 2027 application point is 1 July 2027 final deadline.
- The central entry evidence is a first law degree that permits legal practice or bar eligibility in its jurisdiction, plus the complete LL.M. file.
- Admission, funding, employment, work authorisation and permanent residence remain separate decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Is Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law full time and on campus?
Yes. This guide covers the 1 academic year, full-time, in-person route in Washington, DC. It excludes online, part-time, executive, certificate and short-course study.
How much is Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law for an Indian student?
The working full-route estimate is USD 127,295, about INR 122.99 lakh at USD 1 = INR 96.6149. It combines the published institutional cost basis, the relevant living budget and listed application and F-1 setup payments.
When is the Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law deadline?
The official application point used here is 1 July 2027 final deadline. All required programme and international materials should be complete by that point.
What background is needed for Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law?
The central programme evidence is a first law degree that permits legal practice or bar eligibility in its jurisdiction, plus the complete LL.M. file. Georgetown also applies degree-equivalence, English-proficiency and complete-file requirements.
Does Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law require a test score?
Use the programme's current application instructions for the applicable standardised-test and English-evidence rules. A university-wide assumption should not replace the live programme checklist.
Can an Indian graduate work in the US after Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law?
An eligible F-1 graduate may apply for degree-related Optional Practical Training under the rules then in force. Any STEM extension depends on the programme's I-20 classification and all current USCIS conditions; employment and sponsorship are not guaranteed.
Does Georgetown LLM National and Global Health Law guarantee a job?
No. Georgetown publishes no guaranteed exact-programme placement, salary or employer result. Work showing health regulation analysis, bioethics reasoning and public-health legal research may support applications, while employers make independent decisions.
Sources
These sources support the programme, admission, cost and immigration information used on this page.
Sources checked on October 22, 2026. Current intake information follows. Fall 2027 full-time intake.
| No. | Source | Evidence role |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Georgetown official LLM National and Global Health Law page | Core programme evidence |
| 02 | Georgetown current graduate programme directory | Supporting external evidence |
| 03 | Georgetown University 2026-27 programme bulletin | Supporting external evidence |
| 04 | Georgetown Fall 2027 application deadlines | Supporting external evidence |
| 05 | Georgetown international graduate applicant guidance | Supporting external evidence |
| 06 | Georgetown graduate English proficiency guidance | Supporting external evidence |
| 07 | Georgetown 2026-27 tuition and fee schedule | Supporting external evidence |
| 08 | Georgetown 2026-27 cost of attendance | Supporting external evidence |
| 09 | US ICE I-901 SEVIS fee | Supporting external evidence |
| 10 | US Department of State student visa fee | Supporting external evidence |
| 11 | USCIS Optional Practical Training guidance | Supporting external evidence |
| 12 | ECB reference rates used for the USD/INR cross | Supporting external evidence |
| 13 | Research Organization Registry record for Georgetown University | Supporting external evidence |
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