Media Law and Media Economicsfull time

  • Master of Laws

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Köln

    Location

  • July 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

    June 2025 (EU), June 2025 (Non-EU)
    Please enquire

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study
  • Media Management
  • Economic Sciences, Economics
  • Jurisprudence, Legal
  • Commercial Law
Focus

Media Law, Media Economics, Data Protection, Data Security, Copyright Law, Information Technology Law, Industrial Property Protection

Target group

Graduates of the degree course Business Law or Law with the First or Second State Law Examination. The four-semester degree course combines interdisciplinary and practice-oriented content from the fields of media and data protection law as well as data security with media economics content. In addition, students are taught the necessary technical expertise and methodological knowledge (including data and transmission technology).

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Completed university degree in Business Law (Bachelor's or Diplom degree with a minimum grade of 2.5) or First or Second State Law Examination or other relevant degree. A degree course is deemed relevant if it imparts legal knowledge in modules totalling at least 60 ECTS credits. The decision on whether the course of study is comparable and relevant is made by the Examination Board.

Lecture period
  • 20.03.2023 - 14.07.2023
  • 23.09.2024 - 07.02.2025

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2024/2025)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 30.06.2025

    Please apply via our service partner Uni-Assist. For more information, please see www.uni-assist.de. Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree programmes.

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    01.04.2025 - 30.06.2025

    Please apply via our service partner Uni-Assist. For more information, please see www.uni-assist.de. Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree programmes.

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    02.05.2025 - 15.07.2025

    Please note the differing application deadlines of the individual Master's degree. For more information, please see https://www.th-koeln.de/studium/alle-studiengaenge-auf-einen-blick_76.php

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    15.08.2025 - 15.09.2025

    Further information on how to apply for admission in a higher study semester can be found at https://www.th-koeln.de/studium/bewerbung-zum-hoeheren-fachsemester_5324.php

Tuition fee

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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