Master of Laws IT law and intellectual property law – Faculty of Law

The Postgraduate Study Programme in IT-Law and IP-Law is a one-year course of studies. After the successful completion of the course, students are awarded the academic degree ‘Master of Laws (LL.M)’.

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Application deadline

Applications must be submitted between 1st of June and 15th of July for the following wintersemester exclusively via the applicant portal. The application phase applies for both EU and non-EU applicants. General information can be found here.

For EU applicants: Further information on the application process here.

For non-EU applicants: Further information on the application process here.

IMPORTANT: Time frame for a preliminary examination documentation

Students from outside the EU have to request a preliminary examination documentation (VPD) from Uni-assist before applying for the master's programme. Please note that processing time can take up to six weeks. Plan enough time for this before the application period.

Admission Requirements

Brief description

Degree	Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Duration of studies	2 Semesters (1st semester in Hanover, 2nd semester at one of our 8 partner universities all over the world)
Fees	No study fees for the 1st semester, only an enrollment fee (approx. 439,73 €, including a ticket for public transport); for the 2nd semester, the same enrollment fee for Hannover would be required (approx. 439,73 €) and additional costs might apply, depending on the partner university chosen (0 EUR - 4.500 EUR)”
Target group	Lawyers with the first or second state law examination (or a comparable, first job-qualifying legal degree)
Application deadline	The deadline for applicants is July 15 (for the upcoming winter semester)

The Postgraduate Study Programme in IT-Law and IP-Law is a one-year course of studies. After the successful completion of the course, students are awarded the academic degree ‘Master of Laws (LL.M)’. The course is offered within the European Legal Informatics Study Programme (EULISP) at the Faculty of Law at Leibniz University Hanover. Eight partner universities participate in EULISP. The Institute of Legal Informatics is in charge of the course of studies, which was the first German postgraduate course of studies in this subject area.

The duration of the course of study is two semesters. Students study in Hanover during the first Semester and stay at one of our eight EULISP partner universities during the second. The one-semester stay abroad is a fixed component of the programme of study. The year of study concludes with a graduation ceremony at which the degree certificates are awarded to the graduates.