Bucerius Law School is a private law university in Hamburg, Hamburg. Bucerius Law School is Germany’s first private law school and nonprofit institution founded by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius to combine intensive German legal education, international experience, interdisciplinary business study and independent legal research. 2000 The ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius founds the Bucerius Law School. Its institutional development It was the first private financed law school in Germany. Today, the academic profile of the Faculty is formed by subjects such as German law, European law, international law, commercial law, corporate law, legal technology, legal methodology, economics, business, dispute resolution, comparative law and doctoral legal research. The location The compact Jungiusstraße campus is located in the center of Hamburg, next to courts, law firms, companies, publishers, public institutions, port-related businesses, cultural organisations and an international commercial legal market, and adjacent to Planten un Blomen.

The course portfolio recorded in this master file contains 1 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate entries with subject combinations merged under the parent degrees where applicable. Examples of undergraduate are Law – LL.B. and First State Examination Pathway and examples of later entry are Law – LL.B. and First State Examination Pathway. Postgraduate study includes Law and Business and Law and Business. Each course remains a parent qualification with the specialisations recorded within the course entry and not as misrepresented as separate degrees.

Admission is through the program level. Law degree applicants are chosen in a competitive process with written and oral exams, not just school marks. Master of Law and Business: suitable law or business experience, credits, English, documents, rolling selection; doctoral entry according to faculty regulations and supervision. Before applying, applicants should check the language of instruction, the semester they want to start in, any subject prerequisites, the selection process and the procedure for sending in documents. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may ask for module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Admission to doctoral programs is separate from admission to bachelor or master programs and generally requires a viable research proposal, eligible supervision and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.

Bucerius is privately funded and charges tuition fees for the integrated law program under the current study contract, with scholarships and an income-linked reverse-generation contract available. The one-year Master of Law and Business costs € 25,000 and includes the stated materials, study trips and the Hamburg transport ticket. €500 for the doctorate admission and examination fees and public student charges. These institutional fees do not cover the cost of rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs and personal travel. Special tuition may be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree or long-term study formats, if provided for by the relevant law or program regulation. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards, but each funding application is assessed independently from admission.

Career preparation is a reflection of the subject mix of the university, not a guarantyd placement scheme. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and a thesis developed in cooperation with an external partner can all help to improve professional readiness.