PhD
The Europa-Institut offers optimal conditions for doctoral candidates. PhD students at the Europa-Institut benefit from both the extent of the academic freedom they are granted and from the intensive specialist support and advice provided by their supervisors. Already, a considerable number of doctoral candidates are currently undertaking their PhD at the Europa-Institut, focusing on areas of European and public international law. Many of the PhD students completed their LL.M. at the Europa-Institut beforehand, however this is not a prerequisite for undertaking a doctorate at the Institute.
The Doctorate Regulations of the Law and Business School of Saarland University also allow foreign students to undertake a PhD at the Institute without undergoing a further admissions and proof of qualifications procedure through recognition of studies undertaken at the Europa-Institut. The precondition is that students completed the Master's program "European Integration" at the Institute and that their Master's thesis was awarded with at least the grade "good" (see also § 5 of the Doctorate Regulations (in German)). All professors teaching at the Europa-Institut are authorized to take on doctoral candidates. PhD students are given the opportunity to attend courses taught at the Europa-Institut as part of the Master's program in order to deepen their knowledge on the subject of their doctoral thesis.
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