Master of Law - Double Degree programme

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1 Master of Law - Double Degree programme (in cooperation with Zurich University) Faculty of Law KU Leuven. Inspiring the outstanding.

2 Discover KU Leuven Situated in Belgium, in the heart of Western Europe, KU Leuven has been a centre of learning for nearly six centuries. Today, it is Belgium's largest and highest-ranked university and, founded in 1425, one of the oldest and most renowned universities in Europe. As a leading European research university and co-founder of the League of European Research Universities (LERU), KU Leuven offers a wide variety of international master s programmes, all supported by high-quality, innovative, interdisciplinary research. Since its founding, KU Leuven has been based in the city that shares its name. Leuven is a pleasant, safe and bustling student town, where centuries-rich history meets cuttingedge science. The university also offers degree programmes at campuses in 11 Belgian cities, including Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp. The Faculty of Law With some 4,200 students and comprehensive bachelor s and master s programmes, the Faculty of Law at KU Leuven is the oldest and the largest in the country and has a long tradition of public service. Its alumni hold prominent positions in leading law firms, high courts, European and international organisations, public institutions and politics. The faculty s Global Law School Programme brings authoritative legal experts from universities around the world to Leuven to host lectures, workshops and seminars for our international students. The programme provides students with a unique opportunity to obtain first-hand knowledge of other legal systems from leading experts. Our teaching faculty includes the Vice- President of the European Court of Justice, the Belgian Judge in the European Court of Human Rights, a Judge in the Constitu - tional Court and a judge in the Belgian Supreme Court. The faculty s research activities have a decidedly European, international and comparative orientation. Its staff members publish regularly in discipline-leading European and international law journals in several languages.

3 Master of Law double degree programme with Zurich University The law faculties of KU Leuven and the University of Zürich two of Europe s finest have joined up to offer a two-year Master of Law programme taught entirely in English. Students spend one year in Leuven and one year in Zurich. The programme focuses on each institution s strengths: International and European Law in Leuven and Arbitration Law, Financial Law and Human Rights in Zurich. Switzerland is a centre of arbitration and banking, and many international institutions are based there. Upon completion of the programme, students receive a double degree one from KU Leuven and another from the University of Zurich an added value for your future professional career in the international legal world. Each partner university selects fifteen students to participate in this highly competitive programme. Admission requirements All applicants must: hold a Bachelor of Laws degree demonstrate a satisfactory level of proficiency in English by providing one of the following tests: TOEFL (minimum score of 100), IELTS (minimum score of 7.5) or Cambridge Proficiency level certificate. send a motivation letter Profile The ideal prospective student for the Master of Laws programme: has undergraduate knowledge of local, European and international law and has a general understanding of the mutual relationship between these three systems of law; is capable of situating law in its social, historical and geographical context and is capable of subjecting law to critical, reflective research; has mastered and sufficiently extended his/her ability to reason in the abstract and his/her ability to achieve a synthesis and analysis to be able to think in a creative and law-forming manner; has acquired the capacities to argue and reason in a legal manner; has knowledge of sources of law; has core skills in written and oral expression in English.

4 Programme MASTER OF LAWS 120 ECTS COURSE ECTS PROGRAMME AT KU LEUVEN Compulsory courses 22 Constitutional Law of the European Union 6 Law and Religion 4 Substantive Law of the European Union 6 Judicial Protection in the European Union 6 Elective courses 32 Students choose elective courses for a total of 32 ECTS. International Taxation 6 International Business Law 6 The Law of the World Trade Organisation 4 European Social Security Law 4 European Financial Regulation 4 European Criminal Law 6 European Insurance Law 4 The Law of International Organizations 6 European Family Law 4 Discrimination Law 6 European Taxation 6 Humanitarian and Security Law from a European Perspective 4 The Law of External Relations of the European Union 4 International Criminal Law 4 International Arbitration 4 European Labour Law 4 European Contract Law 6 European Competition Law 4 European Company Law 4 European Banking and Investment Services Law 4 Chinese Law from a European Perspective 4 Conflict of Laws 4 Negotiation 4 Global Law 3 PROGRAMME AT ZURICH UNIVERSITY Compulsory courses 24 Introduction to Swiss Law 6 International Commercial Arbitration (Rechtspraxis) 6 International Finance Law 6 International Human Rights 6

5 COURSE ECTS Elective Courses International Law 18 Students choose elective courses for a total of 18 ECTS. Comparative Civil Procedure 6 Comparative Private Law 6 European Economic Law 6 Gesellschaftsrecht 6 International Organisations 6 Law and Economics 6 European Institutions 6 International Economic Law 6 MASTER S DISSERTATION 24 Practical Clinic (KU Leuven) 6 Master s Dissertation (Zurich University) 18 For detailed descriptions of this programme s courses and for the course timetable, please consult Career outlook The Master of Laws programme is a stepping stone to an interesting and exciting legal career. As experts in European and International Law, our students go on to careers in international law firms, European and international institutions, interest groups and public service positions at all levels of government. Our graduates are also recruited by NGOs and private-sector companies.

6 KU LEUVEN Oude Markt 13 box LEUVEN, Belgium Learn more General information Publications Faculty of Law Prof. dr. Vincent Sagaert: Gema Rodriguez Valls: This brochure provides the most complete and accurate information available concerning this master s programme offered at KU Leuven. However, amendments to the composition of this programme maybe approved at any time. Consequently, KU Leuven is in no way legally bound by the information provided in this brochure. The most recent information on all our academic programmes can be consulted at Last updated: January 2015 v.u.: Isabelle Van Geet, Oude Markt 13, 3000 Leuven