Vilnius, Lithuania
DURATION
3 Semesters
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jul 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 1 may for applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries | 1 july for citizens of EU/EFTA
** application fee EUR 100
Key Summary
Introduction
The purpose of the International and European Law study programme is to train legal experts and legal service professionals with a comprehensive and profound knowledge of the international, international-regional and European legal norms that influence the most important areas of national legal systems, as well as the development, interpretation and application practices of these legal norms.
Students will also gain the following abilities: to identify, analyse and solve complex problems related to law-making and legal applications in the contexts of international and European law; to apply their acquired knowledge in professional practice innovatively and integrally, to settle disputes and legal conflicts that arise in an international environment; to possess a critical approach and the skills to carry out independent research and provide suggestions based on scientific analyses.
The programme continues for three semesters (1.5 years, 90 ECTS). At the beginning of their studies, each student chooses the track he or she is interested in, according to three options:
- International Law and Human Rights
- Tech Law
- Business Law
Why choose this programme?
- The VU Faculty of Law is the oldest and most prestigious law school in Lithuania.
- The programme is designed with the most relevant and up-to-date courses in three different tracks (International and Human Rights; Tech Law; and Business Law).
- Students are entitled to participate in international conferences and other academic events.
- Courses are taught by outstanding professors from all over Europe.
Career Opportunities
- The qualification enables graduates to be legal experts (advisers) in both public and private entities, to be engaged as problem analysts or researchers in academic institutions, as well as to work in all the major legal professions in national and international, governmental and non-governmental organisations and companies.
- The possibility of holding an office in the regulated professions (judges, solicitors, prosecutors, civil servants, etc.) will depend on the qualification requirements applicable in a particular country and the recognition of foreign studies.
- Graduates of the programme will be able to pursue an academic career in Lithuania and abroad, by continuing their postgraduate studies in a PhD programme in social sciences.
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Curriculum
Scope of studies: 90 ECTS credits
Length: 1,5 years
1st Semester
Compulsory courses
- International Law and Human Rights (track)
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- Human Rights in Global Perspective
- Advanced Issues in Public International Law
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- Human Rights in Global Perspective
- Advanced Issues in Public International Law
- Tech Law (track)
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- Technology Law
- Contract Law and E-Commerce
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- Technology Law
- Contract Law and E-Commerce
- Business Law (track)
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- European Private Law
- International and European Company Law
- Global Law and Legal Ethics
- European Private Law
- International and European Company Law
Elective courses
- Cybersecurity Law and Cybercrime
- Consumer Protection Law
- External Relations Law of the European Union
- FinTech Law
- Health- and Biotechnology Law
- Law on Competition in Digital Economy
2nd Semester
Compulsory courses
- International Law and Human Rights (track)
- International Dispute Resolution
- Contemporary Approach to International Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Action
- Protection of Human Rights in Practice
- International Dispute Resolution
- Contemporary Approach to International Humanitarian Law and Humanitarian Action
- Protection of Human Rights in Practice
- Tech Law (track)
- International Dispute Resolution
- Data Protection and Privacy Law
- E-Justice and Online Dispute Resolution
- International Dispute Resolution
- Data Protection and Privacy Law
- E-Justice and Online Dispute Resolution
- Business Law (track)
- International Dispute Resolution
- Corporate Governance
- Business Transactions
- International Dispute Resolution
- Corporate Governance
- Business Transactions
Elective courses
- Employment Law in Global and Digital Economy
- Global Tax Law
- Intellectual Property Law and Technologies
- Legal Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Social Networks and Media Law
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Law
3rd Semester
Compulsory courses
- International Law and Human Rights (track), Tech Law (track), Business Law (track)
- Master Seminar
- Master Thesis
- Master Seminar
- Master Thesis
Students study two general compulsory courses (20 ECTS) representing the core of the programme and four compulsory courses (20 ECTS) in the selected track of interest. The remaining credits (20 ECTS) are allocated for the student’s free choice. These optional courses (4 electives) provide an opportunity to design individual studies’ profiles within students' concerns and needs and pursue personal education agendas.
Each course includes lectures as well as practical instruction time (seminars, workshops, moot activities, etc.). Like all masters, this study program is concluded by preparing a Master Thesis (30 ECTS) on a scientifically and/or practically relevant topic.
Program Outcome
Our students gain the ability to understand and interpret the meaning of International and European legal norms, to properly apply these norms to justify legal decisions, to lay out their ideas in an argumentative, critical and logical way both orally and in writing, to apply their knowledge in practice in an innovative and integrated way, to apply the principles of European law and international legal institutions relevant to the business environment and the content of constituent legal norms, to analyse and critically assess the characteristics of the application and enactment of regulated relations in national legal systems; and to correctly interpret and analyse legal texts, as well scientific and legally significant data, and to formulate conclusions with regard to various cultures.