• Principles and Foundations of EU Law (6 EC) (ALP course)
• European Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights (12 EC) (ALP course)
• EU Legal Remedies (6 EC)
• Current Challenges of EU Law (6 EC)

• European Competition Law (12 EC)
• European Law Moot Court (6 EC) (ALP course)
• Amsterdam Law Clinics (6 EC) (ALP course)
• Law of the Internal Market I: Free Movement of Goods and Services (6 EC)
• Individual Research Project European Public Law and Governance (6 EC)
• Internship (6 EC) (ALP course)
• EU Migration Law: Forced and Unforced Migration to the EU (6 EC)
• EU Regulated Markets (6 EC)
• Foundations of EU Competition Law (6 EC)
• Globalization of Cartel Law (6 EC)
• EU State Aid Law (6 EC)
• European Human Rights Law (6 EC)

You can find the specific course information in the Course Catalogue.

You can choose from different skills courses that are part of the Amsterdam Law Practice, our unique, award winning experiential education. A contemporary way of learning, in which reflection on your own experiences and the development of a professional identity are central. The education programme received for this a Dutch Higher Education Award 2022 for innovative higher education.

The following compulsory or restricted-choice elective courses are part of the Amsterdam Law Practice:

• European Law Moot Court (6 EC)
• European Constitutional Law and Fundamental Rights (12 EC)
• Amsterdam Law Clinics (6 EC)
• Principles and Foundations of EU Law (6 EC)
• Internship (6 EC)

You can find the specific course information in the Course Catalogue.

The master’s thesis course consists of 2 components:

• Conducting academic research and providing a written report of this research;
• An oral defense of this academic research.

Read more about the master’s thesis course on the Course Catalogue.

The Amsterdam Law Practice (ALP) is a unique experiential education programme for all law Master's students. In the Amsterdam Law Practice, you learn by reflecting on who you are as a lawyer and how you want to contribute to society in the future. You apply your academic knowledge of law and your learned skills by stepping into the shoes of a lawyer in real or simulated cases.

As part of your LLM programme, you must take at least one ALP course of 6 ECTS and a maximum of 12 ECTS. You can take these ALP courses in the form of clinics, where you participate in real cases, or in a moot court or law Lab, where practice is simulated.

The Amsterdam Law Practice won a Dutch Higher Education Prize for innovative education in 2022.

The quality of this Master’s programme has been positively assessed by the Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). This means that upon successful completion of the programme, students will receive a legally accredited Master’s degree in International and European Law and the title Master of Laws (LLM).

It is also possible to follow this Master's programme on a part-time basis; the programme then lasts 2 years. Most courses, however, are not offered in the evening. For more information, please contact the Education Desk.

European Union Law is a side track in the Master’s programme International and European Law which you can choose. Other tracks of this Master’s programme are European Competition Law and Regulation, Public International Law and International Trade and Investment Law.

The education days and holidays can be found in the academic calendar. The academic year at the UvA is divided into 2 semesters, each with 3 blocks of classes and exams. Most courses are offered once a year. Check the academic calender.