Submit your application
International Tax Law
The application deadline is 1 May 2015. You can apply online through one of the forms below.
Application documents
In addition to completing the web form, please send in the following documents:
- Printed version of the completed online application form
- Curriculum vitae
- Certified copy of university transcript including grades
- Certified copy of university diploma
- If appropriate: evidence that your university education is equivalent to the ECTS standards set out in the list of entry requirements
- If appropriate: evidence that you have work experience in tax law at a sufficiently conceptual level
- Official copy of your TOEFL/IELTS/CPE score
- A short essay (approx. 2,500 words) on a topic of domestic or international tax law (see below)
- Two letters of reference
- Motivation letter; if you wish to be considered for a UvA/IBFD scholarship state also your motivation in this respect
The application documents must be sent as hard copies to:
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam Law School
P.O. Box 1030
NL-1000 BA Amsterdam
Netherlands
Short essay
As part of the application documents, applicants for this programme must submit a short essay, in English, on a topic related to tax law. This essay should ideally be about 2,500 words (approx. 5 pages), but in any event should be no longer than 5,000 words. It should demonstrate your ability to set out your thoughts in written form and to give a coherent structure to a piece of written work.
The topic of the essay need not be about international tax law; an essay about domestic tax law is also suitable. The topic may be one that you have already written about, for example a summary of a paper written during your first degree or a report on a project that you have carried out at work, and it may focus on the theory of tax law or on practical issues. The essay should be more than a simple factual report and should contain some analysis of the subject matter. In order to win one of the UvA/IBFD scholarshipsfor the programme, your essay should also contain some original research, a new analysis or the development of new ideas. If you wish to discuss whether your proposed topic is suitable, please send an email to: TAX-LLM-FDR@uva.nl
Administrative fee
Applicants are required to pay an administrative fee of € 125. Applications will not be reviewed until the fee has been received. € 100 of this fee will be reimbursed to those students who enrol at the Amsterdam Law School in September 2015. The remaining € 25 is non-refundable but is used, for example, to send students' diplomas by courier mail.
The fee should be transferred to the following account:
Deutsche Bank
Account no. 50.90.95.402
Faculty of Law
Amsterdam Law School
1000 BA Amsterdam
IBAN no: NL69DEUT0509095402
BIC/SWIFTcode: DEUTNL2N
Applications will not be reviewed until all required application materials and the administrative fee have been received.
Application timetable
|
Deadline/date |
Event |
|
1 January 2015 |
Application procedure opens |
|
1 May 2015 |
Final date for submission of application form and all supporting documents and payment of administrative fee |
|
9-25 May 2015 |
In some cases – interview held by Skype or telephone |
|
1 June 2015 |
Applicants informed whether they have been selected and whether they have been awarded an UvA-IBFD scholarship or an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship |
|
24-28 August 2015 |
UvA student introduction week |
|
31 August 2015 |
Start of first semester |
Note: The same selection procedure applies to all applicants for this programme, regardless of their nationality. For successful applicants, the immigration formalities that have to be completed after their acceptance on the programme depend on their nationality – see visas and permits.
Selected students who do not have the nationality of any EU country are advised to submit their application for the immigration formalities as soon as possible after their acceptance in order to ensure that they receive their entry visa on time.