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The LLM in European Business and Economic Law is a one-calendar year Master’s program starting from 1^st October every year and ending on 30 September the following year. It comprises two semesters of teaching followed by the preparation of a Master’s thesis in summer time. A substantial part of this program may be offered on-line. For those students who will select the education in-person, they will not be obliged to stay in Thessaloniki after the successful completion of the spring semester’s exams, which take place in June. They may return back home and prepare their next step to their career, unless they will prefer to spend their summer vacation in the nearby region of Chalkidiki, one of the most beautiful places in Greece, only 100 klm away from Thessaloniki.

We have elaborated an inclusive curriculum comprising Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property Law, Data Protection and ICT Law, EU Trade and Investment Law and Policy, Competition and Public Procurement Law, International Business Transactions, Energy Law and Sustainable Development, which offers enhanced knowledge in EU Business and Economic Law. This LLM has been designed for both Greek and non-Greek citizens, who are law graduates and who wish to enhance their legal background in law governing business and economic activities in the European Union. It is particularly useful to non-EU law graduates, who want to do business in the EU. Modern economies are knowledge-based and services-oriented. From this point of view, the EU is the largest and most dynamic market in the world. Acquiring knowledge in EU Business and Economic Law will be a valuable tool for every law graduate wishing to do business in the EU.

The LLM in European Business and Economic Law will start operating in the forthcoming academic year 2022-2023. Therefore, we do not have any output yet. However, the enthusiasm with which students around the world have embraced the idea of studying EU business law in Thessaloniki next year is particularly encouraging. We look forward to recruiting foreign law graduates originating in EU and especially non-EU countries, who will form a multinational group of students prepared to embark on the same European adventure.

Greece is the right place for foreign students wishing to spend one year in a hospitable place, plenty of history and culture. Thessaloniki is on the crossroad between Europe and Asia. Moreover, the tuition fees are very competitive (only 3000 euros for our LLM) and the cost of living does not exceed 8000 euros per year. These are comparative advantages, which make Greece an ideal place to study. In addition, higher education in Greece offers programs of quality, which are comparable to the ones offered by the most reputed European Universities. Our English-speaking LLM is not only a best value for money Master’s degree, but also an excellent choice by itself in terms of curriculum and academic standards.

The LLM in European and Business Law is an English-speaking Master’s Degree. This is not the first time that our Faculty launches an English-speaking program. Actually, we teach law in English, German and French for Erasmus students since the early ’90s. Our Law School is by far the most internationalized School in Aristotle University, since we host more than 150 European students every year. We have a tradition of 90 years of contribution to the legal science, the institutions, the Greek society and the country. Our objective is to continue our multifaceted work, constantly improving our performance and confirming in practice the very positive evaluation we receive both from the competent institutions and from the society.