Introduction
International Economic Law is crucial for the majority of transnational activities. With this master's programme, you will become an expert in this field!
The two-year LLM stu­dy pro­gramme­ of­fers an in-depth stu­dy of in­ter­na­tio­nal eco­no­mic law with a dou­ble de­gree from Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­si­ty Lüne­burg in Ger­ma­ny and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow in Scot­land, or the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies in Bar­ba­dos.
The programme brings students from all over the world together. It combines private and public international economic law and offers a holistic approach to this area of law.
During your first year of study in Lüneburg, you will learn how to engage scientifically with the structures and the most important players of international economic law. During your second year in Glasgow or Bridgetown, you will focus on more specific subjects such as Corporate & Financial Law, International Commercial Law, International Competition Law, or Intellectual Property Law.
The mixture of compulsory modules and electives is a unique feature of the programme. It will enable you to acquire profound knowledge in different fields of international economic law, a basic idea of the functions of international relations and markets, and the skills to analyse the chances and risks of global relationships and international economic regulations.
Prepare yourself for the legal challenges of globalisation!
Programme Structure
You will spend the first year (October to August) in Lüneburg and the second year (September to August) either in Glasgow or Barbados.
In Lüneburg, you will complete six compulsory modules. For each of these modules, you receive ten credit points: In­ter­na­tio­nal Law, In­ter­na­tio­nal Eco­no­mic Law, Eu­ro­pean Law, Eu­ro­pean Eco­no­mic Law, In­ter­na­tio­nal Pri­va­te Law, and Eu­ro­pean Pri­va­te Law.
In Glasgow, you can choo­se one spe­cia­li­sa­ti­on out of se­ven: Cor­po­ra­te & Fi­nan­ci­al Law, In­tel­lec­tu­al Pro­per­ty & the Di­gi­tal Eco­no­my, In­ter­na­tio­nal Com­mer­ci­al Law, In­ter­na­tio­nal Com­pe­ti­ti­on Law & Po­li­cy, In­ter­na­tio­nal Eco­no­mic Law, In­ter­na­tio­nal Law, or In­ter­na­tio­nal Law & Se­cu­ri­ty.
In Bridgetown, you will have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to choo­se cour­ses from a wide ran­ge of mo­du­les in the field of Cor­po­ra­te & Com­mer­ci­al Law and Pu­blic Law, for example, cor­po­ra­te law, fi­nan­ci­al law, in­tel­lec­tu­al pro­per­ty law, and trans­na­tio­nal com­mer­ci­al tran­sac­tions law.Ba­sed on the con­so­li­da­ted know­ledge gai­ned in the first year and the spe­cia­li­sa­ti­on in the se­cond year, stu­dents com­ple­te their stu­dies by wri­ting their Mas­ters dis­ser­ta­ti­on.
All modules in this international programme are in English. The close cooperation between the three universities allows you not only to acquire professional qualifications, but also cultural and language skills, which are of great importance in international economic law.
Career Prospects
If you want to work in management positions of multinational companies or in advisory positions in both the private and the public sector, this is the ideal programme for you. You will be well prepared for these positions because of the profound knowledge of international economic law that you gain in the core area of the programme as well as the interdisciplinary and intercultural competencies you acquire during your specialisation.
The dif­fe­rent op­tions for spe­cia­li­sa­ti­on also al­low em­pha­sis on va­rious pro­fes­sio­nal fiel­ds and ca­re­ers in aca­de­mic con­texts in re­se­arch, teaching, and ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on.
At a Glance
Degrees awarded: Mas­ter of Laws (LL.M.) de­gree from Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­si­ty Lüne­burg and Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow or Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies
Application period: End of April - June 1
Start date: Every win­ter term, Oc­to­ber
Extent: 120 ECTS
Duration: 4 se­mes­ters
Language: Eng­lish
Location: Lüne­burg and Glas­gow or Bridge­town
Cont­ri­bu­ti­on: per year: 720 EUR* at Leu­pha­na Uni­ver­si­ty Lüne­burg
Fees: per year: 7.800 GBP (EU)* / 17.000 GBP (Non-EU)* at Uni­ver­si­ty of Glas­gow or 10.000 USD Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies
*Sub­ject to chan­ge