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Law & Finance (LLM)

Study programme

The Master's Law & Finance has the ambition to set a new and higher standard for what may be expected of financial lawyers. It includes courses on financial and corporate law and regulation. The relevant subjects will be studied from a combined financial-legal perspective. Students will therefore be taught to think and practice in a thoroughly interdisciplinary manner.

Programme structure

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC
  • Accounting and Financial Reporting
    3
  • Business Organisations and Corporate Finance Law
    6
  • Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods
    3
  • Foundations of Finance and Corporate Governance
    6
  • Securities and Markets Regulation
    6
  • Insolvency Law and Corporate Finance
    3
  • Institutional Aspects of EU Financial and Monetary Law and Regulation
    3
  • Finance: Capital Structure and Corporate Reorganisation
    6
  • Prudential Regulation of Banks and Shadow Banks
    6
  • Financial Contracting
    6
  • Master's thesis
    12
UvA Course Catalogue: Law & Finance

The information on this website is valid for the current academic year and may change for next year. In May the Course Catalogue is updated for the next academic year.

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Discover the Master’s Honours programme

Are you looking for more challenge and academic depth? In that case the new Honours programme Academic Excellence track could be interesting for you!

More about the Academic Excellence Track
The programme’s challenging curriculum, combining law and finance, sets this Master’s programme apart from other programmes. It gives me a unique position and clear advantage on the job market. Jorrit Posthuma de Boer (Netherlands), Master’s student Law & Finance Read more stories from students
Frequently Asked Questions
  • What is the Amsterdam Law Practice?

    The Amsterdam Law Practice (ALP) is a unique experiential education program for all law Master's students. In the Amsterdam Law Practice, you learn by reflecting on who you are as a lawyer and how you want to contribute to society in the future. You apply your academic knowledge of law and your learned skills by stepping into the shoes of a lawyer in real or simulated cases.

    As part of your LLM programme, you must take at least one ALP course of 6 ECTS and a maximum of 12 ECTS. You can take these ALP courses in the form of clinics, where you participate in real cases, or in a moot court or law Lab, where practice is simulated.

    The Amsterdam Law Practice won a Dutch Higher Education Prize for innovative education in 2022.

  • What makes this Master’s unique?

    The Amsterdam Law School and the Amsterdam Business School joined forces to offer a challenging curriculum. It's unique worldwide because it is offered by 2 faculties and provides truly interdisciplinary education at the intersection between law, economics and finance. The main goal is to educate students in both fields of law and finance.  

  • What does an academic year at the UvA look like?

    The education days and holidays can be found in the academic calendar. The academic year at the UvA is divided into 2 semesters, each with 3 blocks of classes and exams. Most courses are offered once a year. Check the academic calender.