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University University of Giessen
Degree Magister

Degree Magister Legum, LL.M.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission without admission restriction
Deadline for Beginning Students 01.06.2025 — 01.09.2025
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Standard period of study (amount) 2 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time
Location (main / branches campus) Gießen
Admission semester summer and winter semester
Subject

Das Jurisprudence, Law gehört zum Studienbereiche Law der Fächergruppe Economic Sciences, Law.
Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich Law.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Economic Sciences, Law.
Jurisprudence, Law

Field of study
- Target group For students with international degrees in law, the faculty offers a 1-year postgraduate Magister Legum (LL.M.) course. This course is open to students wishing to obtain additional qualifications in German and European Law in Giessen, after completion of their studies of law abroad. It offers an opportunity for gaining in-depth knowledge and skills in the legal sector of their choice, confirmed by an examination and documented by the award of a Magister degree. More information: http://www.recht.uni-giessen.de/wps/fb01/home/Marauhn/magisterlegum/
- Main instruction language German
- Course Website
- Link to the Higher Education Institution ranking at CHE
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission without admission restriction
- Admission semester summer and winter semester
- Requirements and conditions are specified in the Magister Statutes of the department from 19 March 1999. Key requirements are:
  
  Successful completed international Law degree in a course comparable and equivalent to a German Law degree course\;
  Adequate command of German\;
  more information regarding admission requirements
University-wide Dates and Deadlines
- Sommersemester 2025
- - Lecture period
  - 22.04.2025 — 25.07.2025
    weitere Informationen: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/semesterzeiten
  - Deadlines for Germans and Inhabitants
    Beginning Students
    
    Advanced Semester
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer
- Wintersemester 2025/2026
- - Lecture period
  - 13.10.2025 — 13.02.2026
    weitere Informationen: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/semesterzeiten
  - Deadlines for Germans and Inhabitants
    Beginning Students
    
    01.06.2025 — 01.09.2025
    Für Weiterbildungsmaster gelten abweichende Fristen siehe http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau
    
    Advanced Semester
    
    01.06.2025 — 01.09.2025
    gemäß Zulassungsbescheid
  - Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Bewerbungsfrist EU-Ausländer 01.06.2025 — 15.08.2025
    Für Weiterbildungsmaster gelten abweichende Fristen siehe http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau
  - Deadlines for International Students from Countries that are not EU Members
    Bewerbungsfrist Nicht-EU-Ausländer 01.06.2025 — 15.08.2025
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- Akademisches Auslandsamt
- Street address Goethestraße 58, 35390 Gießen
- Phone 0641 99-12137
- Fax 0641 99-12138
- internationales(at)admin.uni-giessen.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Bezeichnung Kontaktstelle Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen FB Rechtswissenschaften Professur für Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Europarecht Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn
- Street address Licher Str. 76, 35394 Giessen
- Phone /
- Fax /
- intlaw(at)recht.uni-giessen.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung (ZSB)
- Street address Goethestraße 58, 35390 Gießen
- Phone 0641 99-16223
- Fax 0641 99-16229
- zsb(at)uni-giessen.de
- Internetpage of the institution

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