The master’s degree program
Building on the first degree, the bachelor’s degree program in Business Law, the acquired knowledge and skills in the fields of law and business administration are intensified over four semesters. In this way, students are prepared in a practical manner for future, possibly international responsibilities in specialist and management roles.
You can specialize in the following areas:
- Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
- Bank- und Versicherungsrecht
- Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht
At the end of the degree program, you should be able to work independently on issues related to business law from a theoretical basis and in an application-oriented manner.
After passing the examination, graduates are awarded the academic degree, “Master of Laws” (LL.M.).
Modules in the degree program Business Law
The degree program is module based. A module is a content-related course in which students are required to take an examination or submit some other type of verifiable academic achievement. The individual modules are described in the module description handbook .
Compulsory modules
- Business Law
- Leadership and Communication Skills
- Strategic ManagementSeminar on Business and Corporate Law
- Economics of Information (Incentives and Contracts) or Industrial Economics
- Mobility semester (semester at another domestic or foreign institution)
- Master’s thesis
- Master’s colloquium
Elective modules
The list of elective modules includes elective modules of the master's degree programs in Business Law and Business Studies, in the currently valid version.
Specialization elective modules
(The four modules of one specialization – A, B or C – have to be selected)
A - Specialization Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
- Arbeits- und sozialversicherungsrechtliches Projekt
- Betriebsverfassungs- und Unternehmensmitbestimmungsrecht
- Seminar zum Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
- Arbeits- und Tarifvertragsrecht
B - Specialization Bank- und Versicherungsrecht
- Wertpapierrecht
- Seminar zu Banken, Versicherungen und Wirtschaftsüberwachung
- Öffentliches Banken- und Versicherungsrecht
- Public-Private Partnership
C - Specialization Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht
- Internationales Wettbewerbs- und Kartellrecht
- Internationales Handelsrecht
- Seminar zum europäischen Wirtschaftsrecht
- Internationales Vertrags- und Kommunikationsrecht
Elective modules Master Business Law
(modules of the non-selected specialization can also be taken as elective modules of Business Law instead)
- Seminar zu den aktuellen Fragen des Wirtschaftsrechts
- Seminar zu aktuellen Entscheidungen der obersten Gerichte
- Seminar zum internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht
- Rechtsvergleichendes Seminar
- Project
Curriculum of the degree program Business Law
1st semester
Compulsory modules
- Business Law
- Leadership and Communication Skills
- Strategic Management
Elective modules
- Specialization elective module I
- Specialization elective module II
- WPM MWR
2nd semester
Compulsory modules
- Business Law Seminar
- Economics of Information (Incentives and Contracts) or Industrial Economics
Elective modules
- Specialization elective module III
- Specialization elective module IV
- Elective module from the economics and business master's degree programs
- Elective module from Business Law or economics and business master's degree programs
3rd semester
Compulsory modules
- Mobility semester (semester at another domestic or foreign institution)
4th semester
Compulsory modules
- Master’s thesis
- Master’s colloquium
Program sequence
1st semester
- 15 weeks – lectures, tutorials, lab/pool classes, excursions
- 3 weeks lab/studio classes, block seminars, tutorials, projects, excursions, examinations
- 30 credits
2nd semester
- 15 weeks – lectures, tutorials, lab/pool classes, excursions
- 3 weeks lab/studio classes, block seminars, tutorials, projects, excursions, examinations
- 30 credits
3rd semester
- Mobility semester (semester at another domestic or foreign institution)
- 30 credits
4th semester
- 20 weeks - master's thesis and colloquium
- 30 credits
Excerpt of § 11 of the degree program and examination regulations
Semester at another domestic or foreign institution
(1) In the third semester, students should complete an additional study phase at a foreign university (para. 2) or an extended academic project in professional practice (para. 3) (mobility semester). As an alternative, students may also take modules worth 30 credits from the range of modules offered in the master's degree programs of the Department of Economics (appendix 4) (para. 4). The degree program advisors assist students in selecting the modules to be combined (a specifically agreed upon curriculum).
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(3) The extended scientific project in professional practice has a duration of at least 24 weeks. In the context of the extended academic project in professional practice, a practice-oriented task is worked on within a company, within an administrative body at the federal or state level, or in an equivalent institution/organization. In addition, for the extended academic project, attendance modules or online modules resulting in 10 credits must be successfully completed. The attendance modules must be chosen from the range of the elective modules catalogue of MWR (appendix 4). A total of 30 credits are awarded. Details are regulated by the “Ordnung über die Absolvierung des erweiterten wissenschaftlichen Projektes in der Praxis” (regulations about the completion of the extended academic project in practice).
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