International Law and Global Governance LLM
Winter intake start date
2027-02-01
Winter intake deadline
2026-11-25
Learn to navigate a world in which rules and systems of governance are becoming increasingly informal and transnational. Gain a versatile and focused view on international law and global governance by investigating the impact of transnational business, migration, and global security on human rights, sustainability and environmental law, and international law and relations. International Law and Global Governance is a track of the Master’s International and European Law (LLM).
Learn to tackle international issues by looking beyond static state borders and national law. Investigate the influence of new informal rules and systems of government, such as soft law, transnational regulations, and nonbinding agreements on challenges related to transnational business, migration and global security. Get a versatile and focused view on international law and global governance.
In this program, you gain expertise in three main areas of study; international law and international relations, human rights and human security, and global sustainability and environmental law. Apart from this three pillar legal order, you can tailor your specialization(s) to match your career goals.
- With the electives, you can tailor your specialization(s) to match your career goals.
- The program offers an interdisciplinary approach and a law-in-context focus. This means you will learn about relevant treaties and landmark cases, and how political institutions, economic actors, and civil society shape the ways in which laws are produced and applied at the international level.
- All teachers are highly qualified and enthusiastic academics with additional expertise emanating from their connections to international legal practice. The latest developments and insights are continuously fed into learning, so you are confronted with topics and ideas from the real world.
- Guest speakers on a number of areas offer you the opportunity to network outside Tilburg University during your studies.
This is a track of the Master's program International and European Law (LLM). You specialize by following one of its tracks. Degree upon graduation: Master in Law (LLM) in International and European Law.
Typical courses are:
- Public International Law: Continuity and Transformation
- Global Trade and Development Law
- Human Rights and Globalization
- ECTS transcript – If you are still completing your Bachelor’s degree, upload an ECTS transcript showing the subjects you have studied, your grades, and the number of credits awarded. Your Bachelor’s diploma must be uploaded later, as soon as you receive it.
- Bachelor’s diploma – If you have already graduated, upload your Bachelor’s diploma. A separate ECTS transcript is not required.
Note: Your Bachelor’s degree must be in the same or a related field as the Master’s programme you are applying for. The university will check whether you have completed enough relevant subjects and ECTS credits.
Important! View the full requirements on the university’s official website. Requirements may vary depending where you completed your bachelor education.
Applicants have to prove their English language skills either by an internationally recognized language test or upon previous studies. Usually English language skills can be proved by the following documents:
- TOEFL iBT*
- IELTS Academic
- A Cambridge English qualification
- Higher education degree completed in English
- Secondary education completed in English in a country or school qualification accepted by the university
- An English subject and grade on your secondary school leaving certificate that meet the university’s requirements
- Other
Important: Accepted methods and minimum results depend on study programme and the country where you completed your education. Check the official requirements for your chosen study programme.
*Use the Kastu promo code LTU1000102 when registering for TOEFL iBT and receive a 5% discount.
You have an academic Bachelor's degree in Law before the start of this Master's program, or;
You have an academic Bachelor’s degree in Political Science/International Relations before the start of this Master’s program, or:
You have an academic Bachelor’s degree in a law related field (with a minimum of 90 ECTS in law courses).
As a Master of Laws with a specialization in international law and global governance, you are well prepared for a career in national and/or international law firms, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, diplomacy, international courts or tribunals, multinational enterprises and consultancies, think-tanks, and in journalism.
Graduates started for example as:
Researcher at The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Decision Maker at the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
Senior Governance, Risk and Compliance Consultant at Deloitte
Alumni facts Tilburg Law School
Average number of months until first paid job: 4
Employer requires an academic Master’s degree: 59%
Gross monthly income one year after graduation: € 2,266,-
Source: National Alumni Survey, 2016 | n = 163
