Master of Laws in German Law Postgraduate Programme By Universität Hamburg |TopUniversities
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Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

LLM

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

From the 2021/2022 winter semester, the Faculty of Law will be offering a master’s degree for lawyers who have graduated abroad, which explicitly refers to German law in the German language. This is designed for two semesters and allows you to study German law and its methods with an individual focus and elements of comparative law. 


The consecutive master's degree is aimed at lawyers who have already completed a bachelor's or master's degree with a total of 240 credit points (CP) abroad.


The master's program regularly begins with the lecture period in October and ends in the following September. The course consists of three sections. In the first part of the course, compulsory introductory modules (10 CP) must be completed. In the second part of the course, five specializations are offered, of which the students must successfully complete one specialization as an elective (35 CP). In addition, a master's thesis must be completed in the third phase of study (15 CP).

Programme overview

Main Subject

Law and Legal Studies

Degree

LLM

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

From the 2021/2022 winter semester, the Faculty of Law will be offering a master’s degree for lawyers who have graduated abroad, which explicitly refers to German law in the German language. This is designed for two semesters and allows you to study German law and its methods with an individual focus and elements of comparative law. 


The consecutive master's degree is aimed at lawyers who have already completed a bachelor's or master's degree with a total of 240 credit points (CP) abroad.


The master's program regularly begins with the lecture period in October and ends in the following September. The course consists of three sections. In the first part of the course, compulsory introductory modules (10 CP) must be completed. In the second part of the course, five specializations are offered, of which the students must successfully complete one specialization as an elective (35 CP). In addition, a master's thesis must be completed in the third phase of study (15 CP).

Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet the following requirements:
  • a first professional degree from a foreign university in the field of law amounting to 240 credit points (CP)
  • Fluent command of the German language to be able to attend the courses and pass the necessary exams
  • the academic requirements must be such that a successful completion of the program can be expected

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