European Union Law

The LLM in European Union Law presents the best of Ghent Law School’s renowned expertise in EU law for students aspiring to specialise in the law and institutions of the European Union. By a careful combination of compulsory core courses and elective specialised courses, students receive an all-round high-level EU law education, while maintaining a freedom of focus on personal career or research needs.

The Ghent Law School is a EU ‘Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence’, recognised for its expertise and its available resources for European Union Law. With the EU institutions in its vicinity, Ghent Law School offers all the necessary facilities for an in-depth study of the law and practice of the European Union. Students can also benefit from the excellent library, which doubles as a European Documentation Centre.

With an ever expanding and further integrating European Union, and in an ever more global legal environment, the LLM offers an additional law degree that is instrumental on the international job market. The specialised nature of the programme allows students to develop specific skills and competences in the rapidly developing areas of EU law. In short, the Ghent University Law School LLM-programme forms a significant stepping stone for lawyers and professionals who require knowledge of EU law and/or EU institutions for their career development.

General Courses

• Advanced EU External Relations Law
• Advanced EU Institutional Law
• Advanced EU Internal Market Law
• The Autonomous EU Legal Order
• Seminar: Foreign Chair
• Skills for Lawyers and LLM Lecture Series
• Master's Dissertation

Elective Courses

• European Law: the Basics
• European Criminal Policy
• International and European Environmental Law
• Advanced EU Competition Law
• Contemporary Issues in EU Law
• Contemporary Issues in European and Comparative Law
• EU Enlargement and Proximity Relations
• EU External Relations: Selected Topics
• EU Banking and Capital Market Law
• European Company Law and Corporate Governance
• Constitutional Aspects of EU Integration
• European Contract Law
• EU Labor Law
• EU Social Law and International Employment
• EU Trade Policy
• International and European Biodiversity Law
• European Private Law (ius commune)
• European Law & ICT
• Moot Court: International Commercial Arbitration
• Moot Court: Public International Law

Requirements

• To have a law degree, i.e. the degree that in its country of origin makes one eligible to exercise the legal professions. Students in their final year of undergraduate studies may apply and may be conditionally admitted, subject to the successful completion of their degree.
• Exceptionally, after an examination of their curricula and in view of their acquired competences, candidates who do not have a law degree may also be admitted. In such an event, the admission may be made subject to limitations with respect to the courses to be followed.
• To present proof of sufficient English proficiency (Applicable only to all non-native English speakers. We require a minimum score of 560 for paper TOEFL, 95 for Internet based TOEFL or 6.5 for IELTS, or C1 score for ITACE (for Belgian applicants). However, there is a possibility to obtain an exemption for prospective candidates who have completed a study course of minimum one year (equal to 60 ECTS credits) at an English-speaking higher education institution (upon presentation of a respective document proving completion of such a programme).
• To have sufficient financial support, as indicated in the application form, either through personal financial means or via financial aid. Please note that the tuition fee for the LLM programmes is 5000 Euro.
• CV
• Motivation letter
• Transcript of records
• Enrollment fee of Ghent University for academic year 2016-2017 is 890 € for EER-students and students from OESO-DAC-list (developing countries), all other students pay an enrollment fee of 5330 €

Scholarships

• Master Grants