LLM IN FINANCE (MASTER OF LAWS IN FINANCE) GRADUATE PROGRAM - INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND FINANCE AT FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY, GERMANY

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LLM in Finance (Master of Laws in Finance) Graduate Program
Institute for Law and Finance at Frankfurt University

Address	Institute for Law and Finance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Senckenberganlage 31, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel. No.	+49 69 798 28448
Fax No.	+49 69 798 29018
E-mail address	LLM@ilf.uni-frankfurt.de
Course	LLM in Finance (Master of Laws in Finance) graduate program
Type of course	Full-time and part-time degree program
Length of course	One year full-time or two year part-time
Date of commencement	Commencement date is mid-October
Class size	40 graduate students maximum
Cost/Fees	Fees are €15,000 which covers tuition and use of the ILF’s facilities
Accommodation	ILF does not provide housing but can assist in finding such
Internship	During the academic year, students have the possibility to participate in a two month internship in leading banks, law firms and institutions. Cooperation partners include: Allen & Overy Ashurst Baker & McKenzie BHF Bank Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleitungsaufsicht (BaFin) Citigroup Global Markets Clifford Chance Commerzbank Debeviose & Plimpton LLP DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Deutsche Boerse AG Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bundesbank Dresdner Bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein European Central Bank Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Haarmann Partnerschaftsgeselleschaft Hengeler Mueller Jones Day Rechtsanwälte KPMG Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (kfw) Landesbank Hessen Thüringen Latham & Watkins LLP Linklaters McKinsey & Company Price Waterhouse Coopers SEB UBS White & Case Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Student profile	1. Countries of origin about 20 2. Students are drawn from across the world; the current class includes students from China, Brazil, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Japan, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, and from all parts of Europe. 3. Ratio men/women: 1:1 4. Age ranges from 23 to 34 5. Average age is 27 6. The school selects candidates from a range of academic and professional backgrounds to ensure diversity.
Admissions requirements	The program is open to students who hold a degree in Law or Business/Economics, normally with honors or equivalent. Candidates whose mother tongue is not English are required to demonstrate proficiency in English by a TOEFL or equivalently recognized English language proficiency certification. Knowledge of German is not required for admission. Two letters of recommendation are also required. Relevant professional work experience is an advantage but not essential. No formal interview is normally required.
Director	Professor Dr. Andreas Cahn Director, Insitute for Law and Finance
Contact details for application	Ms. Shen-Dee Kobbelt, LL.M. (Chicago) Admissions and Marketing Manager

About the Master of Laws in Finance (LL.M. Finance) Programme

The Institute for Law and Finance's (ILF) postgraduate program, leading to a Master of Laws in Finance (LL.M. Finance), is for qualified graduate students with prior degree in law or business/economics, who have an interest in combining theoretical with practical training in law and international finance. The program is built around a strong institutional commitment from leading banking institutions, international law firms and public institutions including the European Central Bank, the German Bundesbank, international law and accounting firms, banks and European institutions of financial regulation.

Class size is limited to 40 students. The emphasis is on international diversity, with over 20 different countries being represented among students, and instructors from eight countries. The curriculum is oriented to current international financial and legal practice. Basing the instruction in English enables a focus on the most important and current international developments in law and finance. The program builds on the role of Frankfurt as a leading banking, central banking and financial center of the European Union.

Teaching is conducted on an interdisciplinary and internationally comparative basis, to provide the foundation for working in the fast-evolving international financial area. Instructors are drawn from senior experts involved in the private sector as well as University scholars, a private-public partnership which gives a valuable synergy. In tandem with University professors in law and finance, teaching involves senior partners from leading international law firms, accounting firms, banks, the European Central Bank, Bundesbank and other relevant agencies.

In addition to its role as a teaching institution, the ILF serves as an independent policy think-tank. Here, by hosting regular symposia, seminars and conferences, the ILF acts as an incubator for the development of new legislation proposals, and recommendations in the area of international law and finance.

Financial aid is available on a selective basis. For the academic year 2005/2006, three Hertie Foundation full tuition scholarships were awarded to qualified applicants from Eastern or Central European countries, who also possessed a working knowledge of German in addition to English.

For students seeking to combine study with work, it is possible to arrange to take the courses over two years, for the same tuition fees, in a part-time degree plan.

In addition, the ILF incorporates a special two-month internship program with leading public and private institutions which support the goals of the ILF. This typically includes leading law firms, banks, the ECB and other institutions. Courses include international and national company law, EU regulation of financial markets, the law of central banks, capital markets and securities law, law of commercial banking, fundamentals of the theory of finance, among others.

The ILF is an integral part of the larger commitment of Frankfurt's Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, one of Germany’s most prominent academic institutions, to promote the highest quality in teaching and research in law and finance, capitalizing on the special role of the City of Frankfurt.

About the School and University

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt is one of Germany’s most prominent higher education institutions with a long tradition of excellence. The university, with its enrolment of 37,000 students, has one of the highest proportions of foreign students in German universities.

The university’s origins date back to the 18th century, and was the location for the prominent Frankfurter School or Institute for Social Research with leading academics including Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, Eric Fromm and others. Other prominent academics associated with the university have included Paul Ehrlich, Martin Buber, Max Born, Carlo Schmid, and Alexander Mitscherlich.

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