Program Overview

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Rechtswissenschaft / Jura - Legum Magister

Key data on study program

• Faculty: Law
• Academic Degree: Legum Magister
• Restricted admission: None
• Regular duration of studies: 2 semesters
• Is a combination subject required?: No
• Application deadline 1st semester:
  • Application deadline for Germans and EU citizens: Winter semester: 15.09
  • Application deadline for non-EU citizens: Winter semester: 15.07
• Program start: Winter semester
• Language of instruction: German
• Costs: Tuition and other fees

Requirements and application

On what criteria are applicants selected?

The application deadline ends every year on July 15 for non-EU citizens and September 15 for Germans, EU citizens, and Bildungsinländer. The application is made exclusively through the application portal Alma. Within the application portal, the following are required for a successful application:

• University entrance qualification (e.g., Baccalauréat, Esame di Stato, Matura, Abitur)
• Certificate of completion of a law degree abroad
• Proof of the duration and content of the study (e.g., Transcript of Records/Diploma Supplement)
• Proof of language proficiency (e.g., a recognized language test)

These documents must be submitted in German or English. Alternatively, a certified translation of these documents can be submitted.

Which requirements must I meet for studies?

Applicants must have completed a law degree abroad. In addition, applicants must demonstrate sufficient German language skills through recognized language tests:

• The "Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang" (DSH), with a minimum overall result of DSH-2
• The Test "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" (TestDaF), with a minimum level of 4 in all subtests
• The Test "Telc C1 Hochschule"

Program details

Which topics are dealt with in the program?

The LL.M. program at the University of Tübingen begins every year in the winter semester and lasts a total of 10 months. It takes place entirely in German.

The program provides foreign lawyers with in-depth knowledge in a individually selected area of German law. Professors and lecturers from practice ensure training that combines scientific demands and practical relevance.

Participants attend regular lectures together with German students. In each semester, basic courses in one of the three major areas of law are planned: civil law, criminal law, or public law. Additionally, participants attend lectures from a focus area, which they can choose freely.

The following focus areas are available:

• Business organization and financing
• Labor and social issues in the company
• Competition law and industrial property protection
• Civil procedure and insolvency law
• Roman private law
• Modern legal history and legal contemporary history
• Religious constitutional law and church law
• International public law (including international economic law)
• International private and procedural law, comparative law
• Public economy, infrastructure, and environment
• Taxes
• Criminology
• Economic criminal law with international and procedural references

Participants write a master's thesis in German in the second semester. The topic can be determined by the participant in consultation with a personal supervisor. In a weekly LL.M. seminar, participants are comprehensively supported and prepared for the demands of a study in Germany by experienced lecturers.

The LL.M. program is designed as a full-time study and the learning material is accordingly condensed. Therefore, a part-time study is not possible.

How is the program structured?

The LL.M. program begins every year in the winter semester and lasts two semesters.

In the winter semester, the following study achievements must be completed:

• Basic course I (civil law, criminal law, or public law)
• Case discussion (civil law, criminal law, or public law)
• LL.M. seminar
• Lectures from the focus area with a minimum of 4 semester hours per week

In the summer semester, the following study achievements must be completed:

• Basic course II (civil law, criminal law, or public law)
• LL.M. seminar
• Lectures from the focus area with a minimum of 4 semester hours per week
• Master's thesis
• Oral LL.M. final examination

Is study abroad expected?

Optional time abroad: You may choose to spend some time abroad as part of any study program. You should start planning it 12 to 18 months before your departure.

After your studies

Career prospects

Participants learn the working and thinking methods of German legal science and the methodology of scientific work. This enables them to acquire the necessary skills to compare German law with their home country's legal system and to solve cross-border legal problems theoretically and practically.

Doctorate options

The LL.M. degree provides a good basis for a doctorate at a German law faculty.

Join the alumni society

Here you will find all information about the alumni association Alumni Tübingen.