International Criminal Justice: Law, History and Politicsfull time

  • Master of Arts

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Marburg

    Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study
  • Political Science
  • History
  • International Law
Focus

Learning legal, social and historical methods, Acquisition of basic knowledge of International Criminal Law, History and Politics, Deepening knowledge of international criminal justice, Development of interdisciplinary research perspectives, Development of key competencies

Target group

The course is aimed at lawyers with the first legal examination as well as graduates of a Bachelor's degree - or a comparable domestic or foreign university degree with a professional qualification - in the fields of Law, History, Social Sciences, Philosophy, Economics, Media Sciences, Psychology, Regional Sciences, Geography, Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Archive and Documentation Science or Translation Science.

Annotation

The Master's programme "International Criminal Justice: Law, History, Politics” is a more research-oriented, interdisciplinary and internationally oriented course. The international criminal justice system is a relatively new, innovative teaching and research field that has increasingly become the focus of academic training since the 1990s. The aim of the course is to generate a comprehensive understanding of the international criminal justice system, its possibilities, mechanisms of action and limits, and thus to train qualified researchers and practitioners. Students consider and investigate international crime or international crime as a legal, empirical and social phenomenon during their studies. In doing so, they acquire extensive knowledge of relevant historical and political developments and can contextualise them and their social impact, as well as explore the functional conditions of international criminal justice. Special emphasis is placed on the international connectivity of the teaching content, which enables and encourages professional and research orientation across national borders.

Admission modus

Without admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Lecture period
  • 22.04.2025 - 25.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 13.02.2026

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

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

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

    The application deadlines for study programmes at the Philipps-Universität Marburg can be found on our university homepage under the following link: https://www.uni-marburg.de/de/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerben-und-einschreiben/bewerbung-formalia-fristen/bewerbungsfristen

Tuition fee

Fees

Currently, the German federal state of Hesse does not charge tuition fees.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

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