German Law, LL.M.
From the winter semester of 2021/2022, the Faculty of Law will be offering a master's degree program for lawyers who have graduated abroad, which explicitly relates to German law in the German language. This is designed to last two semesters and allows you to study German law and its methods with individual focus and comparative legal elements.
The consecutive master's degree program is aimed at lawyers who have already completed a bachelor's or master's degree worth 240 credit points (LP) abroad.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Laws (LL.M.) |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 semesters, 60 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €384 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
The master's program regularly begins with the lecture period in October and ends in the following September. The course consists of three study sections. In the first part of the course, compulsory introductory modules (10 CP) must be completed. In the second stage of study, five areas of focus are offered, of which students must successfully complete one area of focus as an elective area (35 credits). In addition, a master's thesis must be completed in the third part of the course (15 credits).
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
With an LL.M. Lawyers have a unique selling point in the field in which they specialize. However, the master's degree does not qualify you to practice state-regulated legal professions. Possible professional fields include, for example, the legal and human resources departments of companies as well as banks and insurance companies.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Hamburg), international students | €0 |
|---|---|
| Semester contribution | €384 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | The consecutive master's degree program is aimed at lawyers who have already completed a bachelor's or master's degree worth 240 credit points (LP) abroad. |
|---|---|
| Language | German C1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
How much does the programme cost?
What language level do I need?
When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.