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Information on admission

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To be admitted to the Business Law (LL.M.) master’s degree programme at the Ohm, you must meet the qualification requirements summarised below.

If you would like to check in principle whether Business Law (LL.M.) is the right degree programme for you, we recommend that you take appropriate online tests. See our page “Step by step to the right degree programme”.

Admission with degree (direct admission)

• Successful completion of a business or equivalent university degree with 210 credit points or an equivalent degree as well as knowledge of German law amounting to at least 30 ECTS credits

  or

• successful completion of a Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) university degree in business law or an equivalent degree with 210 credits

  or

• successful completion of the First State Examination in Law

A specific final grade is not required.

Admission without a degree (provisional admission)

If you are studying in one of the above-mentioned bachelor’s degree programmes but have not yet completed your studies, you can still be admitted directly to the programme on a provisional basis if your application documents show that you are aiming for one of the above-mentioned degrees or an equivalent degree.

A specific final grade is not required.

Documentation of language proficiency:

The language of instruction in this degree programme is German. Applicants who are native speakers of a language other than German, who do not have bachelor’s degree from a German educational institution, and who have not completed German-language vocational or professional training at secondary school must provide one of the following certificates as documentation of their German proficiency:

• German language examination for the university admission of foreign applicants (DSH-Stufe 1)
• TestDaF (“Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache” with an above-average score (minimally level 3 in all four examination components)

Overview of all recognised language proficiency documentation (pdf, in German)

30 ECTS knowledge of German Law

What counts towards the 30 ECTS knowledge of German law?

The following shall apply in principle:

All modules designated as law modules, but also modules that have a legal connection in terms of content, such as accounting (HGB). In case of doubt, however, the latter should be proven separately – for example by means of the corresponding excerpt from the module description.

In the case of foreign university degrees,

Law modules can only be credited if they have international legal connections, especially to EU law. Since the master’s degree programme (successively) builds on the knowledge of the bachelor’s degree programme, basic knowledge of German law is indispensable. However, the decision is up to the selection committee in each individual case, so sufficient evidence regarding the content of the application should also be enclosed.

Examples of legal knowledge modules totalling at least 30 ECTS are available on this information sheet, “Beispielmodule für 30 ECTS Rechtskenntnisse“ (pdf, in German).

Application documents

You must attach the following documents to your application (extract):

If you have completed your studies:

Final official transcript and degree certificate as well as any interim certificates for the degree to be evidenced as qualification, in accordance with Section 4 of the Study and Examination Regulations (officially certified copies)

If you have not yet completed your studies:

Documentation clearly showing the following:

• the total number of ECTS credits to be earned (180, 210, or 240 ECTS credits)
• law modules successfully completed to date and the ECTS credits earned in each case
• law modules still to be taken, stating the ECTS credit points to be earned in each case, unless the degree programme in question is one in which more than 30 ECTS credits are normally earned
• if applicable, documentation of reference to law in modules that are not designated as law modules

When presenting the overview of grades, please make sure that all information is available and, if necessary, ask your Student Office to complete any missing information!

All detailed information on the admission procedure and aptitude for the specific degree programme can be found in Sections 5a - 5c of the Study and Examination Regulations.

 

Tuition applies for students from non-EEA countries

Please note that students from non-EEA countries are charged 500 euros tuition each semester. More information is available on our website.

 

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Student Counseling Service

Do you have questions about studying at university or applying?
Our International Academic Services department is happy to assist you.

If you went to school in the German system, feel free to contact the “Zentrale Studienberatung”.

Faculty advisor

Would you like more detailed information about the content of individual subjects within the Business Law (LL.M.) degree programme? Then the Faculty Advisor is the right person to contact.

Prof. Koch-Schlegtendal

Email: llmatth-nuernbergPunktde

FAQ

FAQs about the Business Law (LL.M.) master’s degree programme(in German)