LLM Master of Laws at FernUniversität in Hagen

Programme overview

Consecutive legal Master's degree that deepens legal knowledge at academic level, focusing on legal challenges of digital transformation from public-law and civil-law perspectives. It builds on a law Bachelor's degree and is aimed at graduates of the FernUniversität's Bachelor of Laws and comparable programmes.

Faculty: Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät | Duration: 4 semesters full-time (120 ECTS); part-time individually | Study mode: full-time/part-time distance learning; German-taught | Intake: Summer semester (1 April) or winter semester (1 October) | Location: Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Legal challenges of digital transformation (public and civil law), legal history, legal philosophy and legal theory, development of law through case law and leading cases, and international legal relations.

Career pathways

Specialised legal work in companies, associations and public administration; graduates of the first and second state examinations show specialisation; with a suitable grade the degree meets the admission requirements for a doctorate.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Certificate and diploma of a completed university degree of at least six semesters at a recognised German higher education institution (e.g. Bachelor, Diplom, Magister) or a comparable foreign degree; proof of German per the university's list of recognised language certificates. Subject-specific prerequisites are set by the faculty. No Numerus Clausus (study place guarantee). Applications: 1 December to 31 January for the summer semester, 1 June to 31 July for the winter semester. Builds on a law Bachelor's degree.

EUR 1,300 for the whole programme. Approximate total for full-time study in the standard period, covering module fees and base fee; each additional semester adds a 60 EUR base fee. Excludes the student body contribution (Studierendenschaftsbeitrag). Source

Intake: Summer semester (1 April) or winter semester (1 October)

Duration: 4 semesters full-time (120 ECTS); part-time individually

Apply through the official page: https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/studium/einschreiben/masterstudium.shtml

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