Sports Lawpart time degree programmes for professionals
Master of Laws
Master
Degree4 semesters
Standard period of study (amount)
Gießen
Location
March 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)
February 2025 (EU), February 2025 (Non-EU)
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Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Jurisprudence, Legal
Focus
Organisational Principles of Sport (including association law, issues concerning sports institutions, arbitration and international sports law), Economic Dimensions of Sport (including employment law, marketing, liability in sport, promotion of sport), Social Challenges within Sport (including doping and its penalties, criminal law in sport, issues ensuing from public law, tax law)
Target group
Fully qualified lawyers following the second Staatsexamen (state examination) as well as certified law candidates with one year of legal professional experience or judicial service training.
Annotation
The postgraduate Master's degree course in Sports Law is offered in cooperation between the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and the Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, German Sport University Cologne). Teaching takes place at both universities in equal parts. The final degree is awarded by both higher education institutions. Enrolment is at the University of Gießen.
Admission modus
Without admission restriction
Admission requirements
A prerequisite for admission is proof of the second Staatsexamen (state examination) or the first Staatsexamen with one year of professional experience/post-graduate civil service.
Lecture period
- 14.10.2024 - 14.02.2025
- 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2024/2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired (Universitywide deadline)
For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired (Universitywide deadline)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired (Universitywide deadline)
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired (Universitywide deadline)
in accordance with the letter of acceptance
Summer semester (2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.12.2024 - 20.03.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Information: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see http://www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.12.2024 - 28.02.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.12.2024 - 28.02.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Information: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung
Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.12.2024 - 20.03.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Information: www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung For advanced education masters, different deadlines will apply, see http://www.uni-giessen.de/studium/bewerbung/ergaenzung_aufbau
Languages of instruction
Main language
German
