A.Y. 2024-2025 (Application for the academic year 2024/2025 is closed. For academic year 2025/2026, application will be announced later this year (September with deadline in January) Please refer for the upcoming deadlines to https://emle.org/application/)
A master across Europe and beyond
The European Master of Law and Economics (EMLE) is a 1-year Master programme jointly offered by LUMSA University and other 10 partners: the University of Arizona, the University of Aix-en-Provence, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the University of Ghent, Haifa University, Hamburg University, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (Mumbai), the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the University of Vienna, and the University of Warsaw.
EMLE is forging a path in producing future lawyers and economists equipped with an interdisciplinary background ready to handle the multidimensional challenges of European and international business and law.
The programme, completely taught in English, is divided in three terms. Students can choose where to spend their first 2 terms between Hamburg University, the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the University of Ghent and Haifa University. In their third terms, students can take exams and write their Master’s thesis in the other partner universities, including LUMSA. Therefore, all students spend potentially all three terms in different universities around Europe and beyond.
EMLE provides an experience lauded as “an outstanding educational concept” which synthesizes law and economics together into a programme that is both manageable in its structure and innovative in its design. This programme creates an atmosphere of internationality through its students and its universities, which provides both a learning experience for its scholars and a desirable trait for future employers.
The combination of law and economics fosters an atmosphere of idea sharing and introduces different techniques for examining and handling problems.
Academic Title
Students who participate in the EMLE programme will receive an official degree from every partner university they have spent a term at. (LL.M. titles or master titles equivalent to an LL.M.), with the exception of students that attended the Universities of Rotterdam, Ghent and/or the University of Hamburg who will receive a Joint Degree (LL.M. “European Master in Law and Economics’). All of these degrees will bear the Erasmus Mundus: Erasmus+ label and are officially recognized in all countries involved. In practice, all students who come to LUMSA during their third term will receive the EMLE Joint Master Degree as well as the title of“Master di primo livello”released from LUMSA.
Department
Law, Economics, Politics and Modern languages
Reference area
Economico > Scienze economiche socio-politiche
Economic > Socio-political economic sciences
Scientific Director
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli
Scientific Committee at LUMSA
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli, LUMSA
Prof. Nicoletta Rangone, LUMSA
Prof. Giovanni Ferri, LUMSA
Prof. Luigino Bruni, LUMSA
Prof. Antonello Maruotti, LUMSA
Prof. Antonio Nicita, LUMSA
EMLE Organization
EMLE General Manager and Erasmus Mundus Coordinator Dr Ilva Putzier (Erasmus University of Rotterdam)
EMLE Coordinator at LUMSA Prof. Matteo Rizzolli (LUMSA University)
Management Committee at LUMSA
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli
Prof. Nicoletta Rangone
Faculty
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli, LUMSA
Prof. Nicoletta Rangone, LUMSA
Prof. Giovanni Ferri, LUMSA
Prof. Luigino Bruni, LUMSA
Prof. Antonello Maruotti, LUMSA
Prof. Antonio Nicita, LUMSA
Registration fee and payment method
Tuition fees are calculated on the basis of one fiscal year. This means that the fees outlined below cover the cost of tuition for the entire programme (as opposed to one trimester).
- The tuition fee for “European Students” (EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme) is € 6,500.
- The tuition fee for “non-European Students” (third countries not associated to the Programme) is € 11,000.
Please refer to European Master in Law & Economics
Information
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli: m.rizzolli@lumsa.it - emle@lumsa.it
The programme duration lasts for one academic year with three terms; the first and second terms comprise introductory courses as well as core courses on the major topics in the economic analysis of law, while in the third term, students take specialized courses and write their master thesis.
The first term takes place at either Hamburg, Haifa or Rotterdam Universities. In the first term, students earn 20 ECTS credits. All students are offered a Foundation course in two parts and must attend the remaining four courses (two single courses and a double course). ECTS credits earned with each course are reported in brackets.
The second term takes place at either Hamburg, Rotterdam or Ghent. In this term, students earn 20 ECTS credits. All students must attend the same three fundamental courses. In addition, they must attend two specialized course, which depend on the selected track for specialization. ECTS credits earned with each course are reported in brackets.
For the third term, students earn 20 ECTS credits divided as follows: 5 ECTS credits are earned by attending two courses within the specializations introduced already in the second term:
- Public and International Law Track (Mumbai, Rome LUMSA, Hamburg)
- Innovation and Intellectual Property Track (Arizona, Mumbai, Aix)
- Markets, Corporations and Regulators (Arizona, Warsaw, Rome, Aix)
15 ECTS credits are earned writing a master thesis in the form of a scientific paper of no more than 13.000 words on a specific subject in Economic Analysis of Law. In principle, supervision of master theses is offered in the area of a specialization, although a variety of other topics is allowed.
Project Work
CONSOB Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa
Lear Tailored solutions in economics
AGCOM Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
GSE Gestore Servizi Elettrici
Selection and other information
Refer to: European Master of Law and Economics
Location
In the third term 10 students will attend LUMSA university
Duration
1 year
Period
1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025
Refer to: European Master of Law and Economics
Enrolment deadline: Please refer for the upcoming deadlines to https://emle.org/application/
Admission requirement: European Master of Law and Economics
Directorate of Academic Student Services
Head: Dr Bruna Marro
Prof. Matteo Rizzolli: m.rizzolli@lumsa.it - emle@lumsa.it
