Applicants to the Master’s degree programmes taught in English must always prove their knowledge of the English language and fulfill the general academic requirements.

Programme specific admission requirements

The programme is open to all applicants holding a Bachelor’s degree in law or another Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 45 ECTS in law or other relevant subject(s) (such as relevant courses in criminology, international relations, social justice, international organisations or gender studies, combined with some legal courses). The applicants should be familiar with the basics of public international law and/or constitutional law.

In case the applicant’s Bachelor’s degree diploma does not contain an evaluation of the academic merits of the applicant’s Bachelor’s thesis or another equivalent academic research essay, a separate letter of evaluation by the supervisor should be attached to the application. Please note that a Bachelor’s thesis or another equivalent academic research essay is not a requirement for applying to the programme. However, a completed Bachelor’s thesis or an equivalent academic research essay is regarded as a merit.

Eligible applicants are assessed based on:

• their academic merits in relevant subject(s); assessed based on transcript of records including the evaluation of the Bachelor’s thesis or other equivalent academic research essay. Applicants may receive any score between 4 and 24, as exemplified by the following:
  24: A high A, with all grades at top of the scale. High distinction.
  20: A/5/excellent
  16: B/4/very good
  12: C/3/good
  8: D/2/satisfactory
  4: E/1/ sufficient

• a video submission, 0-6 points.
  The applicant shall upload a video (2 min +/- 30 seconds), in which s/he gives a well-thought-out pitch of an international legal question which s/he is particularly interested in, and explains why this programme would be suitable in view of her/his future endeavours.
  6 points: outstanding
  5 points: excellent
  4 points: very good
  3 points: good
  2 points: satisfactory
  1 point: sufficient
  0 points: fail
  If the applicant scores 0 points for the video, the application will not be processed further. Accepted file formats for the video are mp4 (recommended), x-m4v, x-matroska, x-msvideo, mpeg, ogg, webm, 3gpp, 3gpp2, MP2T, quicktime, x-ms-wmv, x-ms-vob. Video content exceeding the time limit (2 min +/- 30 seconds) will not be taken into account for the evaluation, and only the above-mentioned video file formats will be accepted.

Applicants who are assessed with a minimum of 16 points for their academic merits and 4 for their video submission, may be invited to an interview. The programme reserves the right to limit the number of persons interviewed to 100 applicants, in which case the interviewed applicants are selected based on their score (academic merits + video).

• an online interview, 0-15 points.
  Online interviews on Zoom will be held during one week in March (the exact dates to be specified later). Interviews take place between 9 am and 5 pm (EET, GMT+2). The exact time and a Zoom link are communicated via e-mail to each applicant invited to the interview the week prior to the interview. For the interview via Zoom the applicants need a computer or a smart device, a webcam, earphones and a microphone. The use of the webcam is mandatory. At the beginning of the interview the applicant needs to show a valid identity document. The interview lasts a maximum of 20 minutes. In the interview the following aspects are assessed:
• • Motivation for studies in the programme
  • Suitability for studies in the programme
  • Oral communication skills

Each aspect will be graded on a scale of 0-5 points. The final score for the interview is calculated as the sum of the three. If the applicant scores 0 points in any of the three components, the application will not be processed further.
5 points: excellent
4 points: very good
3 points: good
2 points: satisfactory
1 point: sufficient
0 points: fail

Applicants need to score 10 points in the interview in order to be eligible to be admitted to the programme.