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Law Faculty

Juristische Fakultät

The law faculty of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is the oldest, largest and most renowned law faculty in Lower Saxony. Since it was founded in 1737, it has been committed to the unity and freedom of research and teaching. Its top position in northern Germany has been confirmed in recent years by positive teaching (2008) and research evaluations (2002). The aim of the faculty is to establish itself as a center of excellent legal research and teaching in Germany.

Facts about the faculty

UniversityGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
Programmes1 programme
Language of programmesGerman C1 — 1 programme
CityGöttingen
Websitehttp://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/42867.html

What the faculty's programmes require

The university-wide requirements are complemented by the faculty's own — they are missed most often, because the university page does not list them.

German C1 before applying

For 1 German-taught programme: DSH, TestDaF or telc C1 Hochschule — before you apply, not after.

About the faculty

The faculty has long been characterized by excellent and broad-based research and teaching in the core subjects of civil law, public law and criminal law and in the field of basic subjects (legal history, legal philosophy and theory, and comparative law). Building on this, she has established innovative research projects on overarching topics and specialist areas. With the interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary research focus

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  • Europeanization and internationalization
  • Position of man in medicine and the family
  • Economic and social order

the faculty aims to further sharpen its profile and to network with the economic and social sciences.
In the course of the generation change, the faculty has renewed its staff and thus created the prerequisites for the expansion of the new research focuses on the basis of its successful research in the core areas. This profile is supported by numerous structural and organizational measures, including, above all, the new faculty structure. From a research point of view, the following nine institutes, a center and three external institutes connected to the faculty have been established:

  • Institutes, centers and external institutes

Programmes of the faculty

Questions about admission to the faculty

In which language are the programmes taught?
German C1 — 1 programme.
Do I apply to the faculty or to a programme?
To a programme: requirements, language and deadline are set per programme, and the faculty's admission committee assesses the application.

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