LLM German Law at University of Freiburg

Research-oriented Master of Laws taught in German for international students who already hold a first law degree from their home country. It offers insight into German law and its European and international links, with optional specialisation, and is available as a one-year or a two-year variant depending on admission.

Faculty: Faculty of Law  |  Duration: 1 year (2 semesters) or 2 years (4 semesters); 60 ECTS for the full degree programme  |  Intake: Winter semester only; applications 15 April to 15 June  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Students choose from ten focus areas: legal history and comparative law; civil procedure in the judiciary and the legal profession; criminal law and social control; trade and business; labour and social security; European and international private and commercial law; German, European and international public law; media and information law; intellectual property; and philosophical and theoretical foundations of law. Alternatively they take a broad overview of civil, criminal or public law. A small Master's thesis is written, which in the two-year variant can be replaced by a large Master's thesis.

Career pathways

Academic careers in science and research, and legal work in state or private institutions in the home country, in an international context or in Germany.

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