European Law School - Public Law and Governance Maastricht University

European Law School- Public Law and Governance at Maastricht University

Are you inquisitive, analytical and internationally-minded? Do you like coming up with creative solutions to complex legal questions? And can you see yourself providing clients with legal advice on European tenders, or migration to the EU? European Law School may be the programme you're looking for. It offers a broad range of courses on different areas of European law, such as competition law, criminal law, family law and financial regulation. You'll also be familiarised with the methods and content of legal argumentation. Upon graduation, your deep understanding of EU law will make you an excellent candidate for a legal position at an international organisation or a government institute. But your analytical skills and quick legal reasoning will also be an asset if you choose to pursue a career in national law.

European Public Law and Governance

The European Public Law and Governance specialisation is a great choice if you would like to pursue a career in the public sector. Courses mainly focus on public law and constitutional law. You'll look at topics such as decision-making, multilevel governance, interaction between EU law and national law, fundamental rights and enforcement of EU law (with a heavy focus on the specific role of courts). The practical significance of EU institutional law and the institutional functioning of the EU is clarified by the application of such law to special substantive policies of the EU, like environmental policy and the economic and monetary union, and criminal law. 

Aims

The ELS programme comprises three tracks (or specialisations): EU law, Ius Commune and the ‘free track’. The EU law specialisation focuses on EU law and how it is (to be) applied by and in the Member States. The Ius Commune specialisation involves comparative law, studies common principles of European private and public law and explores how these principles can help to develop and shape EU law. The free track allows students to combine the main features and benefits of the EU law and Ius Commune specialisations.

Students with a non-Dutch diploma should have:

•     a bachelor’s degree in law from a non-Dutch university
•     a bachelor’s degree in a field other than law
•     a degree from a non-Dutch institute of higher vocational education

Language proficiency:

• IELTS: minimum overall score of 6.5
• TOEFL:minimum score of 575(PBT), 233(CBT) or 90(iBT)  
• Cambridge examinations: CPE with grade A, B , C  
• CAE with grade A, B or C+

Criteria for assessing applications:

• CV Screening
• Motivation letter
• References
• Examination