Which are the most prestigious and best universities for either one of these subjects in Continental Europe and UK/Ireland? Especially with a focus on academic research.

I would say the Europa Institut at Saarland University in Germany for Continental Europe and for the UK maybe Edinburgh. But European Law studies usually means reading the right book (for example Craig and De Burca, EU Law). You can do this at any University. Therefore, for an LLM in European Law I would rather look at a nice or interesting city than a prestigious University (whatever that is...).

Which are the most prestigious and best universities for either one of these subjects in Continental Europe and UK/Ireland? Especially with a focus on academic research.

Hello :)
I am looking for the best Human Rights LLM courses offered worldwide, and I got confused about these following options in Europe because they seem very interesting, but I have almost no reference about them... Can anyone help me learn more about them? Would these be better (or equal) to courses at NYU, Columbia, Harvard, American U, Essex and LSE (which, to my knowledge, are the best Human Rights LLM options worldmide)?

- European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC / EMA) :: http://www.emahumanrights.org/

- NOHA International Association of Universities (association of seven universities) :: http://www.nohanet.org/

- University of Geneva Masters of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Action : :
http://www.unige.ch/formcont/piah/contact.html

- Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights : :
http://www.adh-geneva.ch/teaching/master.php

- UNICRI · United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (in Italy) :: http://www.unicri.it/llm/

- Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva · Institut Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales (HEI) :: http://graduateinstitute.ch/

Thanks!

In response to the original post and agreeing with the first response, you should definitely look at Edinburgh. If you are interested in academic research, Edinburgh has a very respected Europa Institute and the directors of the programme are leaders in the field of European law. http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/pg/taught/llmeuropeanlaw.aspx
There is also a very active student-led European Research reading group http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/communities/mainview.aspx?ref=8 that has taken a break for the summer but has many things on the programme for the autumn semester.
Best of luck!

Hi,

Just a quick query about the LLM in Saarlandes. I have been accepted into this programme. I would have to do the LLM through english as I have no German. Does anyone have any idea if my lack of German would be a problem throughout the year, with regards to both socialising and study? I'm wondering would it be easier for me to do my LLM in an English speaking country

Hi,

Just a quick query about the LLM in Saarlandes. I have been accepted into this programme. I would have to do the LLM through english as I have no German. Does anyone have any idea if my lack of German would be a problem throughout the year, with regards to both socialising and study? I'm wondering would it be easier for me to do my LLM in an English speaking country

University of Oxford
Masters in International Human Rights Law
( but part - time ).
http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/

Hey Erik,

Thanks a mill for your reply...was probably mainly nervous about not being able to mix with the people in my course if they were speaking in german from day to day. Glad to see you really enjoyed studying there. Do you have any recommendations for accomodation?

Thanks again,

Dee

Hey Erik,

Thanks a mill for your reply...was probably mainly nervous about not being able to mix with the people in my course if they were speaking in german from day to day. Glad to see you really enjoyed studying there. Do you have any recommendations for accomodation?

Thanks again,

Dee