International and European Law

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 5.41 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 5.41 k / Year(s) Deadline: Mar 1, 2025
103 place StudyQA ranking:3208 Duration:1 year

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The LLM in International and European Law offers the broadest spectrum of options available for students with an international career or research orientation. It allows students to handpick courses from a wealth of topics of European (EU) or international relevance, enabling students to create educational programme tailored to their personal interests and career needs.

Ghent University Law School has a wide array of English language courses on a great variety of European and international law issues. This LLM programme provides students with an opportunity to design their own curricula in accordance with their career priorities. It enables them to gain expertise on many contemporary topical issues of European and international law.

For students seeking to broadly develop their skills and knowledge for a career with an international dimension, this programme offers the best possible personal preparation. While enabling students to focus on particular subjects of interest, it also fully accommodates the needs of those students who seek a general European and international law education. With its combination of academic and practical skills modules, the programme prepares students for the international professional life that is increasingly the reality of law professionals all over the world.

General Courses

  • Seminar: Foreign Chair (3 Credits)
  • Skills for Lawyers (3 Credits)
  • Master Dissertation (15 Credits)

Elective Courses(39 credits)

  • European Law: The Basics (3 Credits)
  • International and European Environmental Law (6 Credits)
  • Advanced Human Rights (6 Credits)
  • European Criminal Policy (6 Credits)
  • Advanced EU Competition Law (6 Credits)
  • Advanced EU External Relations Law (6 Credits)
  • Advanced EU Institutional Law (6 Credits)
  • Advanced EU Internal Market Law (6 Credits)
  • The Autonomous EU Legal Order (6 Credits)
  • Air and Space Law (4 Credits)
  • Transport Law (4 Credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in EU Law - "Federalism in the European Union and in the United States of America" (3 Credits)
  • Contemporary Issues in International Business Law: Intellectual Property Law (3 Credits)
  • Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in International Law (4 Credits)
  • EU Enlargement and Proximity Relations (4 Credits)
  • EU External Relations: Selected Topics (4 Credits)
  • EU Justice and Home Affairs (4 Credits) - Course will not be given in AY 2015-2016
  • European Banking and Capital Market Law (4 Credits)
  • European Company Law and Corporate Governance (4 Credits)
  • Constitutional Aspects of EU Integration (4 Credits)
  • European Contract Law (4 Credits)
  • EU Labour Law (4 Credits)
  • European Media Law (4 Credits)
  • EU Social Law and International Employment (4 Credits)
  • EU Trade Policy (4 Credits)
  • International Commercial Arbitration (4 Credits)
  • International Business Transactions (4 Credits)
  • International Economic Law (4 Credits)
  • International and European Biodiversity Law (4 Credits)
  • Law of the Sea (4 Credits)
  • Laws of Armed Conflict (4 Credits)
  • Maritime Transport Law (4 Credits)
  • Selected Issues: Organised Crime (4 Credits)
  • EU Mergers and Acquisitions (4 Credits)
  • Transport Insurance Law (4 Credits)
  • European Private Law (ius commune) (4 Credits)
  • Moot Court: International Commercial Arbitration (12 Credits)
  • Moot Court: Public International Law (12 Credits)

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 €

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