Trinity College Dublin and Maynooth University offer MLitt degrees.
Trinity has offered them the longest, owing largely to its tradition as Ireland's oldest university and Anglican heritage.
Generally a number of seminars in the relevant area need to be completed as well as the substantial dissertation researched and written over the period of 4 semesters (6 part-time).
Within the English University system MLitt degrees are not offered in all institutions, nor in all disciplines.
Students attending English Universities may apply for an MLitt in the first instance; for others who have completed two years of a Doctorate (such as a PhD or DPhil) and who do not wish to, or cannot, continue with the final year(s), there is the option to write up their completed research so far and graduate with an MLitt degree.
The MLitt is awarded within Scottish Universities on its own merit on the basis of a one-year taught,[2] or two-year research course of postgraduate study[3] rather than as a sub-PhD compensatory alternative as in the English model.
Postgraduate study for both taught and research degrees at this level may be undertaken on campus or by distance learning, depending on the university.