Below is a short list of application deadlines for full-time LL.M. programs in continental European countries that begin in Fall 2013.
AUSTRIA
University of Vienna (International Legal Studies) - May 1
BELGIUM
College of Europe - "Normally January 15"
Vrije - February 28
Liège - No deadline specified
Brussels School of Competition - No deadline specified
CZECH REPUBLIC
Charles University - April 30
DENMARK
University of Copenhagen - March 1 (non-EU applicants); April 1 (EU applicants)
FRANCE
Queen Mary (QMUL) - Paris - July 31
Paris I - Sorbonne - May 30
Paris II - Assas - June 15
Sorbonne University (International Business Law) - June 28
Lyon III - June 30
Lyon Catholic - June 15
Toulouse - May 17
GERMANY
Institute for Law and Finance (ILF) - "Rolling"
FU Berlin - June 15
Europa-Institut - July 15
Heidelberg - July 15
Hamburg University (EMLE Program) - December 1
Humboldt Berlin - Master of German and European Law and Legal Practice: June 15
MIPLC - April 30
Bucerius - March 31
ITALY
UNICRI - August 22 (electronic); August 30 (paper)
EUI - January 31
LATVIA
RGSL - March 15
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg - July
THE NETHERLANDS
Leiden - April 1
University of Amsterdam - April 1
Maastricht - June 1 (non-EU applicants); July 15 (EU applicants)
Tilburg - April 1 (non-EU applicants); July 1 (EU applicants)
Erasmus Rotterdam -
December 1: Commercial Law & International and European Public Law programs (international applicants for external scholarship consideration);
January 10: EU applicants to European Master in Law & Economics program;
February 1: Commercial Law and International and European Public Law (international applicants for partial tuition waiver);
June 1: Commercial Law and International and European Public Law (no scholarship consideration)
Groningen - June 1 (non-EU applicants); July 1 (EU applicants)
Utrecht - April 1 (non-EU applicants)
PORTUGAL
Católica Global - January 20
SPAIN
IE - "Rolling"
ESADE - No deadline specified
SWEDEN
Stockholm - January 15
Lund - January 15
SWITZERLAND
Zurich - December 1
Graduate Institute (Geneva) -
International Law LL.M.: January 15
Master of International Humanitarian Law: February 15
International Dispute Settlement LL.M. (MIDS): February 1
Fribourg - April 30
St. Gallen - May 31
Lausanne (UNIL) - June 30
IMPORTANT: All prospective students are advised to double-check application deadlines with the law schools they are interested as soon as possible before applying.
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For more information about the LL.M. programs at specific schools, please follow the links below.