Who can apply?

The EMLE is a postgraduate course. Preference will be given to applicants who already have a first master degree.

The minimum requirement for admission is a bachelor degree, provided that this degree leads up to employability in the relevant labour market. In particular with respect to the legal profession, stricter job qualifying criteria (first master degree) may be required by national regulations.

Applicants with a bachelor degree only need to provide proof that this degree is an appropriate level of qualification in the labour market in their home country.

Besides graduates in Law or Economics, students with a first degree in Business Administration or in other social sciences may also apply if the curriculum includes a substantial number of courses in law and/or economics. The above requirement with respect to employability in the labour market equally applies.

No student may apply to more than three Erasmus Mundus courses in any given year.

Application Procedure

The application procedure differs depending on whether an applicant is considered a ‘European student’ or ‘third country student’ in accordance with the criteria of the European Union (the official definition of ‘third country students’ is available at the Erasmus Mundus website). European students are those who either

have a passport of an EU Member State or of the EEA-EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), or
have carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in any of the above countries.

All applicants who are characterized by neither of the above conditions are considered as third country students.

Note that students with multiple nationalities who are citizens of one of the countires listed in the definition, as well as of a non-European country, and who have not spent 12 months in Europe may choose whether they want to apply as European or as third country students.

Please proceed to the application procedure for the academic year 2011/2012:

European students (deadline December 15, 2010 - procedure open soon)

Third country students (deadline November 15, 2010 - procedure open)

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Student Voices

"This LL.M. is definitely a first-class Master. Thanks to a nice, accessible and high calibre faculty coming from all over Europe and abroad, as well as very bright students fellows, the EMLE programme is though-provoking and pushes for students to continuously score off. In this respect, the programme is very challenging academically.

Last but not least, beyond a strong academic interest for this programme, this year was culturally one of the richest of my life. Indeed, I had the great opportunity to travel and study between three European countries and meet wonderful students from all over the world whith whom I built strong friendships.

Even before finishing the LL.M., I was offered the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D in European Law and Economics at the University of Paris II, an opportunity that I was happy to accept."

Aurélien Portuese
(France)

[EMLE Student 2008/2009]

EUA Joint Masters Programme

This project of the European University Association analysed the possibilities of joint degree programmes in Europe as innovative examples of inter-university cooperation and as pillars of the future European higher education development. EMLE was among the eleven programmes that were selected for this pilot project.

Accreditation by NVAO and ZEvA

In August 2004, the EMLE programme in Rotterdam and Ghent was accredited by the NVAO, the Dutch Flemish Accreditation Agency. The NVAO is the official agency in the Netherlands and Flanders to certify that a programme meets the quality criteria as formulated by the Dutch and Flemish government.
In February 2005 the EMLE programme in Hamburg was accredited by the ZEvA, the Central Accreditation Agency of the Federal State of Lower Saxony. The ZEvA is one of the official agencies in Germany to certify that a programme fulfils the national German quality standards set by the German Conference of the Ministers of Education.

Erasmus Mundus Masters Course

The Erasmus Mundus programme is a co-operation and mobility programme in the field of higher education. It aims to enhance quality in European higher education and to promote intercultural understanding through co-operation with third countries. The programme is intended to strengthen European co-operation and international links in higher education by supporting high-quality European Masters Courses, by enabling students and visiting scholars from around the world to engage in postgraduate study at European universities, as well as by encouraging the outgoing mobility of European students and scholars towards third countries.

European Master