Career prospects

The LLM in Advanced European Union Law is designed to equip its graduates with expert knowledge and skills for careers in major law firms or as in-house lawyers, as well as at the European institutions, national governments, and policy-influencing bodies. The programme is also highly suitable for students interested in a career in academic research. Given the continuing and growing importance of EU law, both at European level and in the legal orders of the Member States, the demand for specialised EU lawyers remains strong and continues to rise.

Alumni survey

Below you will see a distribution of the different arenas where past students are currently working (please note this programme was previously known as European Law in a Global Context). And here you can read about the various career paths of Faculty international LLM programme graduates.
You can also see what graduates have to say about the programme in general here.

'Civiel Effect' (for students with Dutch Law-degrees)

This LLM can qualify you for "civiel effect" in the Netherlands. To learn more with regards to the criteria for "civiel effect", please read here. The information is only available in Dutch since you need to be fluent in Dutch to practice law in the Netherlands.

Career Services

Further, you will have access to the University Career Services and Career Services Law, where you can seek advice about finding and preparing for internships and employment.