Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the largest university in Belgium, with 27,000 students and 3,000 professors. It is located in Leuven, a historic university town of nearly 100,000 residents only 20 minutes from Brussels. As the capital of Belgium, Brussels is an area of economic and political activity. It is the center of the European Community and NATO, and is the home of many multinational businesses and organizations. Belgium is a bilingual kingdom, with most of its population speaking either French or Dutch.
K.U. Leuven offers the LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree, with its courses taught in English, through its Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS). The Centre's focus is on European Law, International Business Law, Comparative Law and European Legal Culture. The LL.M. program includes visits to a number of European and international institutions each year, such as the European Commission in Brussels, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, and the Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Students in the LL.M. program are both Belgian law students and students from the European Union in the Erasmus or Tempus programs. K.U. Leuven hosts approximately 2,000 foreign students from 96 countries, and has a well-established network of international student services, including housing and student life.
The academic calendar is divided into two semesters: late September to early January and late January to late May. Either semester would be suitable for NYU students.
The courses are conducted in English and most do not have more than 50 students.
For specific information about this program, click here. Additional information is also available at the K.U. Leuven's Web site: http://www.kuleuven.ac.be/english.
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