Dual degree programme for incomings from RU

To complete the dual degree with our faculty, you must follow these steps:

I. Application and enrollment

Apply for the Master of German Law (LL.M.) by September 15th for a start in the winter semester or by March 15th for a start in the summer semester. A requirement for that is that you have already completed 210 EC in Nijmegen. You can prove this by a Bachelor's degree in law of 180 EC and one semester of study in the Master Dutch Law or International and European Law (30 EC). For this purpose, please submit your Bachelor's degree certificate as well as transcripts of records of your Bachelor's and Master's studies. On our website you can find further information on the application procedure.

II. LL.M. Programme

You will then complete the LL.M. German Law according to the regular requirements, which can be found here.

III. Master's thesis

After completing the "Basismodul", you can officially register the topic of your master's thesis . Under the dual degree agreement, the thesis counts for both your German and Dutch degree and should be on a comparative law topic. The topic must be approved by your respective supervisors at the University of Münster and the RU and will be assessed separately by them when you have completed the thesis within the designated period of five months. It can be written in German or English and should comprise 23,000 - 25,000 words. Please note that you will need to make a request to the University of Münster if you wish to write the paper in English.

IV. Oral examination

The oral examination for your master's thesis will take place at the University of Münster and will be conducted by your supervisor. Your supervisor at the RU can be involved upon request. A further defence of the thesis can take place at the RU.

V. Certificate and Diploma

Upon receipt of the final oral exam protocol and the second assessment of your master's thesis, we will prepare your final documents (certificate and diploma) and send them to the address you provided us with.

Please note that you must be enrolled at the University of Münster until the completion of your studies (usually achieved with the oral examination). Please note that the semester fee must be paid for each semester in which you are enrolled. For example, if you take the oral exam on October 1, you will still have to pay the semester fee for the entire winter semester.
However, if you stay outside the catchment area of the semester ticket (NRW) for more than 4 months per semester, you can have the partial amount for this refunded upon presentation of an appropriate certificate to the AStA. You can obtain such a certificate at the Study Information Centre (siz@uni-muenster.de).

VI. Do you have further questions?

Information about the programmes is also available at the Faculty’s Study Information Centre (siz@uni-muenster.de).