Tuition Fee and Social Fee International Office Tuition Fee: 500 € per semester (probably The International Office provides foreign not charged for the winter term 2011/12) students with information relevant for a smooth start in . Social Fee: approx. 220 € per semester. Among other things it contains a travel International Office Master of German ticket for all public means of transportation Poppelsdorfer Allee 53 (LL.M.) in Bonn and the surrounding area 53115 Bonn ("Semesterticket" or "Studiticket"). Phone: +49 (0)228-739527 Scholarships Information on scholarships is available at Fax: +49 (0)228-735966 E-mail: [email protected] the German Academic Exchange Service Website: http://www3.uni-bonn.de/ Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst einrichtungen/international-office (DAAD) Kennedyallee 50 For information about 53175 Bonn courses and DSH examination contact Germany Phone: +49 (0)228-737708 Phone: +49 (0)228-882-0 E-mail: [email protected] Website: (http://www.daad.de) Contact Person at the Department Enrollment Faculty of Law and Studentensekretariat Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Poppelsdorfer Allee 49 Bonn 53115 Bonn Mrs. Dr. iur. U. Dorn Germany Adenauerallee 24-42 For further information see website. 53113 Bonn Website: http://www3.uni-bonn.de/ Germany University of Bonn, © Dr. Thomas Mauersberg studium/beratung/ Phone: +49 (0)228-7360180 studentensekretariat Fax: +49 (0)228-7360188 Faculty of Law and Economics E-mail: [email protected] Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms- Website: http://www.jura.uni-bonn.de University Bonn

The University of Bonn and the Faculty Description of the Law Degree environmental or regulation law) and of Law and Economics Programme “Master of German Laws European law. The University of Bonn is located in the (LL.M.)” Criminal law offers a specialization in former federal capital, one of the most The law department offers the programme criminology or international and European beautiful German cities in the valley. “Master of German Laws (LL.M.)” as a criminal law. It is about 30 kilometres away from postgraduate course on German law in All lectures end with a written exam at the and from the airport Cologne/Bonn. connection with European and international end of the course term. The final law. It is a two semester programme The University of Bonn was founded almost examination consists of a master thesis with designed for foreign law students wishing to 200 years ago and is considered to be one a defence of this latter (disputation). cope with the basics of German law of Germany's and indeed Europe's most tradition and practice. The programme Length of Studies important institutes of higher education. As leads to t home of learning to about 28,000 students he “Master of German Laws 2 semesters (including final examination) (LL.M.)”. and among them over 4,000 international Entry Requirements students from more than 130 countries, the In the first semester, all students acquire university enjoys an outstanding reputation basics in German law and its principles, • Degree in law equivalent to a law both at home and abroad. especially in the structure, theory and degree in Germany (“First Examination”) history of the German legal system. acquired at a university abroad. The University of Bonn is one of the world’s Furthermore they have to choos leading research based universities and e between • Sufficient knowledge in written and therefore it is no surprise that the university civil law, public law or criminal law as their spoken German; a German language main subject. Each main subject consists of operates on an international level and has test is required (DSH level II or TestDaF several basic courses in German law. particularly specialized in the fields of level 4). research and teaching and this has led to This selection is quite important for the For more information and application its position of a truly prominent international second semester in which the students can details, please contact Mrs. Dr. iur. U. Dorn institution. pursue their individual interests. In civil law of the Law Department at the Faculty of The Faculty of Law and Economics and its they can specialize in contract, tort, Law and Economics (Contact information property and procedure law or in teaching staff are of high national and on the backside). commercial, tax, competition, labour, international repute. All parts of national international private and comparative law. Application Deadlines and international law are lectured here on a In public law they can choose between all th high academic level. The application deadlines are 15 July (for subjects of constitutional and administrative the winter term) and 15th January (for the law (e.g. international public law, energy, summer term).