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Master’s · Law

IT and IP Law (EULISP) LL.M.

Leibniz University Hannover · Hannover · Official programme page

20 facts from 7 official pages · last checked 14 November 2026

Reviewed by Dennis Maaß, admission and immigration expert
Published 8 November 2026 · Last reviewed 8 November 2026

Key facts

Length, deadlines and costs

Language
English and German
Source
“Language of Instruction German, English”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

LUH lists the LL.M. among its English-language degree programmes. The admission regulations ask for sufficient German or English plus the language needed at the partner university chosen for the second semester.

Study mode
On campus
Source
“International Stay abroad obligatory.”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

The first semester is in Hannover, the second at one of the partner universities, so a stay abroad is compulsory. LUH flags its two distance-learning master's programmes as "Fernstudium" in the course type and charges additional fees for them; this programme is neither, and the page presents a stay abroad as the exception, so teaching takes place at the university in Hannover. No LUH page uses the words "on campus".

Length
2 semesters
Source
“Standard Course Duration 2 semesters”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

Credits
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

Neither the programme page nor the admission regulations state the number of credit points.

Intakes
Winter
Source
“Course Start Winter semester Language of Instruction German, English”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

Non-EU deadline
15 Jul 2027 (winter 2027)
Source
“First-year students (application from non-EU countries: VPD from uni-assist is required ) 1 June - 15 July of the year for the winter semester”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

This programme has no early deadline for applicants from non-EU countries: the same dates apply to everybody. The uni-assist VPD must still be applied for at least eight weeks before the deadline, and LUH asks for 4-8 weeks to issue it.

Non-EU tuition
None
Source
“At present, no tuition fee is levied for studying in Hanover (as of Summer semester 2015).”
“Further details relating to fees and payment conditions can be found in the programme's fee regulations.” page

www.jura.uni-hannover.de/en/eulisp/costs · checked 14 November 2026

No tuition for the Hannover semester, but the faculty points to the programme's own fee regulations (Entgeltordnung) for details, and the partner university charges its own fees for the second semester. Ask the EULISP office what the current fee regulations say before applying.

Application fee
€75 one-off uni-assist handling fee for the first VPD application in a semester; 30 EUR for each further application in the same semester.
Source
“Pay the processing fee (€75 for the first application, €30 for each additional application in the same semester).”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/vorpruefungsdokumentation · checked 14 November 2026

LUH itself charges nothing for the application in its own portal, but applicants from non-EU countries cannot apply without the uni-assist VPD, so the uni-assist fee is unavoidable. One VPD can be used for several master's applications in the same semester.

Places
Restricted (limited places)
Source
“Admission Restricted admission”

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

Places are limited. Admission depends on a qualified law degree and/or a letter of motivation scored by the selection committee.

Places for non-EU applicants
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

The admission regulations set no quota or separate ranking for applicants from non-EU countries. LUH states a 5% non-EU quota only in the section of its central page that explains the selection procedure for restricted-admission bachelor's programmes (NC), which it says applies to applicants from Germany and the EU only.

Admission

What you need to apply

3-year bachelor’s
Case by case
Source
“Die Entscheidung, ob ein Studiengang fachlich eng verwandt ist, trifft die oder der Beauftragte für den Studiengang gem. § 3 EULISP Studienordnung ("Beauftragte").”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/aufbau/llm_itrecht.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The regulations set no minimum length or credit count for the first degree: what counts is a first professionally qualifying law degree, and the programme officer decides whether a foreign degree is closely related; equivalence follows the ZAB/anabin assessments. A three-year LL.B. is therefore not excluded, but it is an individual decision and the grade requirement (at least "befriedigend") applies.

Subject background
A first professionally qualifying law degree (or an equivalent degree in a closely related subject) from a German university, a university in a Bologna signatory country or another foreign university, plus particular aptitude: a qualified law degree (grade at least "befriedigend"/satisfactory) and/or a letter of motivation scored by the selection committee, and sufficient language skills.
Source
“An undergraduate degree in a related field of study, such as IT and IP Law (LL.B.) (Bachelor of Laws) Law (State Examination, Bachelor of Laws)”
“Special Requirements An above-average exam or a comparable foreign qualification as well as sufficient language skills for the stay abroad” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/studienangebot/info/studiengang/detail/it-and-ip-law-llm/ · checked 14 November 2026

Minimum grade
At least "befriedigend" (satisfactory) in the previous law degree, as part of the qualified-degree route to particular aptitude
Source
“(3) Der qualifizierte rechtswissenschaftlichen Abschluss setzt voraus, dass das vorangegangene Studium mit mindestens der Note "befriedigend" abgeschlossen wurde”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/aufbau/llm_itrecht.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The German grade 3.0 (befriedigend) is the floor on this route; the programme page calls it "An above-average exam or a comparable foreign qualification". Applicants who do not reach it can still show particular aptitude through the scored letter of motivation. Foreign grades are converted by uni-assist in the VPD.

How your grade is converted
Foreign grades are converted into the German grading system by uni-assist in the Vorprüfungsdokumentation (VPD); LUH's selection then uses that converted grade. LUH publishes no conversion table or formula of its own.
Source
“For applicants from non-EU countries , grades will be converted by uni-assist and listed in the VPD.”
“In addition, your grades are converted into the German grading system.” page

www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/zulassungsarten · checked 14 November 2026

Applicants from Germany and the EU have their grades converted by LUH's own admissions team instead. The converted grade is what the ranking list is built on.

English
TOEFL iBT 78. Cambridge: CAE or CPE, each with grade B. A language test of a university language centre (Fachsprachenzentrum) or equivalent proof is also accepted, as are German school reports from an advanced English course. Applicants whose mother tongue is the language in question are exempt. Knowledge of the language of instruction at the chosen partner university is required as well.
Source
“Englischkenntnisse können auch durch den erfolgreichen Abschluss des Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) mit mindestens IBT 78/120 oder das Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) bzw. Proficiency in English (CPE) jeweils mit Grade B nachge- wiesen werden.”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/aufbau/llm_itrecht.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

This programme's admission regulations (2009) carry their own list of certificates instead of using LUH's central table, so the numbers differ from the rest of the university: TOEFL iBT 78 of 120 and Cambridge grade B. The regulations say nothing about IELTS, PTE, the TOEFL Home Edition or Duolingo - ask the EULISP office whether LUH's central list (which accepts IELTS 7.0, PTE 76 and the Home Edition at C1) is applied as well.

German
When applying: German DSH-2, TestDaF 4x4, KDS or equivalent, unless sufficient English is proven instead
Source
“Bewerberinnen und Bewerber müssen über ausreichende Kenntnisse der deutschen oder der engli- schen Sprache verfügen, sowie über hinreichende Kenntnisse der Sprache, welche für die aktive Teil- nahme an den Lehrveranstaltungen an der gewählten Partneruniversität erforderlich sind.”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/aufbau/llm_itrecht.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

German or English is enough - the regulations ask for "sufficient knowledge of German or English" plus the language of the chosen partner university. The programme page says only "Instruction language English - English skills (see the admission regulations)". Applicants who choose German as their language of study need DSH-2/TestDaF 4x4/KDS unless German is their mother tongue.

GRE / GMAT / GATE
Not stated by the university
2 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

No LUH page mentions a GRE, GMAT or LSAT requirement for this programme.

Selection
Particular aptitude: a law degree with at least "befriedigend" and/or a letter of motivation that scores at least 2 of 4 points (talents and interests, professional goals, ability to work scientifically, command of the basics of the first degree), reviewed by the selection committee.
Source
“Der Nachweis der be- sonderen Motivation setzt voraus, dass das Motivationsschreiben mit mindestens 2 Punkten bewertet wird.”

www.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/luh/studium/ordnungen/zugang/aufbau/llm_itrecht.pdf · checked 14 November 2026

The second semester is spent at one of the EULISP partner universities, so the application also has to show the language skills needed there.

India, Pakistan, Nigeria

Rules for applicants from India, Pakistan and Nigeria

English test waiver
Not stated by the university
3 pages checked, 14 Nov 2026

The regulations list the ways to prove English and none of them is a degree or school certificate taught in English: a language test of a university language centre "oder gleichwertige Nachweise", TOEFL iBT 78 or Cambridge CAE/CPE at grade B, German school reports from an advanced or a two-year basic English course, or evidence of a twelve-month stay in a country where the language is spoken. Outright exempt are only applicants whose mother tongue is the language in question. Whether an English-taught Indian, Nigerian or Pakistani degree passes as "gleichwertige Nachweise", and whether living in Nigeria or India counts as the twelve-month stay, is nowhere stated, so no waiver is recorded - ask the EULISP office before relying on either.

Rules that name these countries
  • India: Applicants with Indian school or university transcripts must submit an individual APS certificate with their application, and need it before they can apply for the uni-assist VPD; group APS certificates are not accepted.
    Source
    “Applicants with school or university transcripts from Vietnam, India, and China (excluding Macao and Hong Kong) must submit an individual APS certificate or an APS certificate with their application. This is required in order to apply for the VPD .”

    www.uni-hannover.de/en/studium/vor-dem-studium/bewerbung-zulassung/voraussetzungen-zum-studium/aps-bescheinigung · checked 14 November 2026

    China and Vietnam are named in the same rule. LUH exempts applicants from India who already live in Germany without a visa procedure, who earned their highest relevant university degree outside India, who passed a Studienkolleg assessment test, or who hold a German or EU scholarship. No rule on LUH's pages names Nigeria or Pakistan.

The rules for your country across all universities, and the visa rules on English tests, are on the India, Pakistan and Nigeria pages.

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Every value was read on an official page and is stored with a verbatim quote; open “Source” to see it. “Not stated by the university” means none of the pages we checked says, and lists those pages. Rules change: confirm with the university before you apply or pay.