Master's Degree Programme in International Business Law and

Public International Law

Structure&content

Masterprogrammes

The Master's Programme in International Business Law and Public International Law (MICL) comprises of compulsory and elective studies, seminars and research work including master´s thesis within either of the two specializations.The language of instruction is English, at least three-fourths of the degree must be completed fully in English (e.g., examinations, seminar assignments and similar written work as well as the Master’s thesis). MICL consists of 120 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer System) to be completed in two academic years. Students will graduate with a title of Master of International and Comparative Law.

Students select their specialization when applying to the programme:

  • Public International Law
  • International Business Law

The specialization in Public International Law offers students a robust overview of general international law (including the law of treaties and institutional law) and highly specialist knowledge in some of its sub-disciplines. The approach will be highly analytical, and aims to develop the participants’ critical faculties. It will do so by means of a relatively strong theoretical and inter-disciplinary orientation. Graduates are expected to be capable of thinking, working, writing, and researching independently, which makes the program an ideal starting point for careers in government, the international civil service, and legal academia. The research seminar of Public International Law is methodologically rather than thematically inspired. The emphasis will rest on the development of participants’ writing and analytical skills and their critical faculties.

The specialization in International Business Law familiarises students with a recent development of European and international business law focusing especially to the Corporate Law. Special attention is paid to the theory of modern company law regulation, implementation of directives and to the framework of the corporate governance.  The programme relies on the strong tradition of theoretical research in Finland and elsewhere but also a practice-oriented method is having a large role. The research seminar focuses on international and national corporate law and the role of self-regulatory mechanism. Students can write their thesis on a range of subject, such as implementation of universal financial assistance regulation etc. The research methods could variable, but the method of Law and Economics could be used as a one main research method. Of course, international private law and comparative law offer also perspectives that can be utilized.

The structure of the programme for the intake of 2012. The course offer of the academic year 2011-2012 is available on WebOodi under "Teaching". The exact course offer and schedules for the academic year 2012-2013 will be available online in the summer 2012.