Students in their final year of undergraduate studies may be conditionally admitted, subject to the successful completion of their degree.
We require a minimum score of 560 for paper TOEFL, 95 for Internet based TOEFL or 7 for IELTS, or C1 score for ITACE (for Belgian applicants).
*There is a possibility to obtain an exemption for prospective candidates who have completed a study course of minimum one year (equal to 60 ECTS credits) at an English-speaking higher education institution (upon presentation of a respective document proving completion of such a programme).
Please note that the tuition fee for the LLM programms is expected to be 6678 Euro for the upcoming academic year.
Important information for Chinese students: Modified visa procedure (click here for more information).
We encourage you to start the application procedure as early as possible - even if you do not possess your diploma (if you are a student with expected graduation date before the beginning of next academic year) or English Proficiency certificate yet!
Students who need a visa are especially encouraged to apply as early as possible as their possibility of admission and arrival in Gent in time for the academic year is limited otherwise.
The application procedure is the same for International and Belgian students.
Exceptionally students who hold a Belgian diploma could submit their applications until the beginning of the academic year.
However, you are encouraged to submit your applications as early as possible and before 1st of July ideally as later applications will only be taken into consideration depending on the available spots left in the respective LLM Programme with a limited quota.
All students from the P.R. China have to obtain a certificate of academic screening issued by the Academic Evaluation Centre (APS) of the German Embassy in Beijing as a requirement for admission to a Flemish institution of higher education and in order to obtain a Belgian student visa.
The screening should involve a review of documents and an interview. For further information, see the website of APS (www.aps.org.cn/) or of the Belgian embassy in Beijing (http://www.diplomatie.be/beijing/) or of the Belgian Consulate-General (Shanghai) (http://www.diplomatie.be/shanghai/).
We advise students who wish to be admitted to the LLM programme to contact APS as soon as possible at info@aps.org.cn in order to make the necessary appointments. Please enquire about the cities where interviews are held.
The APS certificate is one of the requirements for applying for a visa. You should therefore contact APS prior to applying for a visa.
The APS application form and further practical information can be found at the APS website (www.aps.org.cn).
All new incoming application packages must include the APS certificate. Any decision relating to your admission to the programme is of course subject to your obtaining a Belgian student visa in due course.
In selecting students, the Committee takes into account academic potential, seriousness of purpose and motivation. Selection is a tribute not only to the past performance of the applicant but also to his/her believed ability to perform well in a demanding LLM programme and to contribute to the LLM group.
Ghent Law School does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, colour, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, handicap, income or personal financial means.
Selected students are then notified of their admission by email and asked to confirm their effective participation in the programme via the application tool. It is only after such confirmation the perspective students are considered as admitted.
