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PhD Programme in Law

The opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools.

The London School of Economics is a world centre for advanced research and teaching with an outstanding reputation, with a campus situated in the heart of London, one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Only a short distance from Europe's financial, legal and cultural centres, LSE stands at the crossroads of international debate, a location that is fundamental to our identity as an outward looking institution with an active involvement in UK and world affairs. Each year the School attracts many influential outside speakers. Regular events and seminars involving politicians, regulators, practitioners and academics take place to complement your studies. 

LSE Law School is one of the UK's pre-eminent research institutions for law. Our academics are the authors of influential and often path-breaking scholarship, and many have globally leading reputations.  LSE Law is also one of UK's largest law schools, with over 70 academic members of staff. It is a uniquely cosmopolitan academic community, with staff and students coming from all over the world.  Our academics draw on a wide range of literatures and traditions, and pursue analyses that seek to situate the law within the political, social and economic context within which it is formed and operates. 

PhD Programme

The PhD programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers the opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools. Students in our PhD programme receive excellent training and work under the supervision of leading scholars with strong international, comparative and interdisciplinary commitments. Our doctoral students become members of a lively academic community which is at the cutting-edge of legal scholarship and which plays a major role in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

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Doctoral Education Doctoral Programme in Law

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The DSL offers a quality research environment, assuring the best conditions for an advanced training of doctoral candidates in law at the University of Luxembourg.

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Duration 3-4 years

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Fee €200/semester

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Through its research and training programmes, the University fosters an open-minded approach to legal analysis, going beyond the boundaries of national jurisdictions, to promote comparative cross-disciplinary research, within a multilingual environment (English, French and German) and an international academic team.

In accordance with its commitment to an open-minded European and international perspective, the school organizes opportunities for scientific cooperation and exchanges with universities worldwide. This facilitates student mobility in terms of international research placements.

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PhD in European Law

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Curriculum 1: European Law

• General principles of European law and EU institutional law
• European citizenship and the non discrimination principle
• EU fundamental rights and freedoms and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Internal market and other EU sectoral policies
• Economic and monetary Union
• EU external relations

Curriculum 2: European Markets Law

• Financial and banking Law
• Labour Law and social protection policies
• Industrial competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship European policies
• Employment and social affairs European policies (social inclusion, microfinance, female and young entrepreneurship, financial education)
• Legal instruments for innovations and sustainable development
• Legal instruments for digital market
• Internationalization of law and contributions of a global legal order

Marina Timoteo

Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche

Via Zamboni 27/29 Bologna (BO)

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Best Universities for International Law in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in International Law. A graph of 128K citations received by 27K academic papers made by 256 universities in Europe was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Cambridge

For International Law

2. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

3. University of Oxford

4. London School of Economics and Political Science

5. University of Helsinki

6. Utrecht University

7. Leiden University

8. University of Amsterdam

9. University College London

10. University of Nottingham

11. University of Copenhagen

12. National University of Ireland, Galway

13. University of Oslo

14. King's College London

15. University of Edinburgh

16. Queen Mary University of London

17. University of Birmingham

18. University of Vienna

19. University of Glasgow

20. University of Westminster

21. University of Groningen

22. University of Hull

23. University of Leicester

24. University of Manchester

25. University of Warwick

26. University of London

27. Tilburg University

28. University of Geneva

29. Maastricht University

30. Lund University

31. University of Kent

32. Free University Amsterdam

33. Queen's University Belfast

34. Catholic University of Leuven

35. University of Essex

36. Brunel University London

37. University of Sheffield

38. Ghent University

39. University of Sussex

40. Free University of Berlin

41. Stockholm University

42. University of Bristol

43. University of Liverpool

44. Erasmus University Rotterdam

45. Cardiff University

46. University of Leeds

47. University of Hamburg

48. University of Reading

49. Durham University

50. University of Southampton

51. World Maritime University

52. University of Dundee

53. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

54. SOAS, University of London

55. University of Exeter

56. University of Munich

57. University of Milan

58. University of Wales

59. University of Bern

60. University of Florence

61. University of Gottingen

62. Ulster University

63. Moscow State Institute of International Relations

64. Bocconi University

65. Swansea University

66. Catholic University of Louvain

67. University College Cork

68. Free University of Brussels - VUB

69. Paris Institute of Political Studies

70. University of Lapland

71. Birkbeck, University of London

72. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

73. Humboldt University of Berlin

74. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

75. Uppsala University

76. Radboud University

77. University of Zurich

78. Keele University

79. University of Neuchatel

80. Heidelberg University - Germany

81. Lancaster University

82. University of Warsaw

83. University of Bologna

84. University of Antwerp

85. University of Aberdeen

86. University of Cologne

87. Pantheon-Assas Paris II University

88. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

89. University of Fribourg

90. City, University of London

91. University of the West of England

92. Nicolaus Copernicus University

93. University of Graz

94. University of Strathclyde

95. University of Bremen

96. Aberystwyth University

97. Free University of Brussels

98. University of Salzburg

99. University of Siena

100. LUISS University

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