I'm interested in Mater Programme in International Law, specially Public International Law and I would like to study it in Europe. Could you please tell me besides Amsterdam, Leiden, Hei which other you consider as excellent?
Thank you in advance.

Excellent LL.Ms in Public International Law (Europe):

No. 1 - Cambridge, no question.

Then the rest (in no specific order):

- Oxford, BCL (there's no specific Masters in PIL there, but if you check out the courses you'll find that you can specialise in PIL)
- UCL (especially international environmental law)
- LSE
- European University Institute (Florence)
- Leiden (definitely)

There are bunch of others, but those come to mind when thinking of general PIL courses. If you are looking at something more specific, e.g. international human rights law, humanitarian law, WTO law, international legal theory, then you should really look at which uni.s specialise in what.

Not a final word, and not even close to a comprehensive list, just my five cents.

Hi Pkotiaho, thank you so much!!! I haven't decided yet because I'm not sure if it would be better go to the specific, like humanitarian law or go for a general LLM in international law. Right now i'm studying all the possibilities, but I want to know places with great recognition and quality that offer these programmes. After that I make my decision.

Hey no problem,

I'm glad if that list helped. About that specific vs. general LL.M. question: my view is that it depends a lot on numerous factors, e.g.:

- how much exposure to PIL have you had before;
- are you specifically interested in one area of PIL;
- what you want to do with your LL.M.

But equally I would recommend also considering factors like:

- do you really want to live in that country;
- do you feel that the university has other things going for it that you would be interested in (extra-curricular);
- what you want out of the experience: hardcore academia or a year in a different country, etc.

Its really important not to ignore such considerations as in my experience (academic) success is contingent on how one is doing overall in other aspects of student life.

Also if you are rather career-minded then a worthy consideration might also be to think whether the university is in a position to help you get a internship (e.g. Leiden has a couple of brilliant programs), meet interesting practitioners (Cambridge seems to be the centre for ICJ advocates; or UCL for Professor Sands and the like), or introduce you to the forefront of academic excellency (I'm thinking of Oxford here).

Basically there's a huge number of variables to play around with, the end result always being that you need to follow your own instincts and make the best of whatever choice you make.

Best of luck with the upcoming choices.