Canon Law University of Münster
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Summer and Winter Semester
Area of study
Catholic Theology
Target group
You can enrol as a regular student for the licentiate in canon law if you have successfully completed the "Theological Full degree", the "Bachelor degree" or a comparable degree or have a successfully passed first state examination for the teaching qualification for secondary level II with the subject Catholic Religious Studies or a comparable qualification as a teacher at a university outside the Federal Republic of Germany or a successfully completed first state examination in Law or the successful completion of a legal degree course equivalent to German Law in its requirements at a university outside the Federal Republic of Germany.
Admission modus
Without admission restriction
Admission requirements
Diplom, Magister Theologiae or final church examination in Catholic Theology, Master of Education for the Teaching Qualification at Grammar Schools and Comprehensive Schools in Catholic Religious Education or first Law State Examination
Lecture period
- 07.10.2024 - 31.01.2025
- 07.04.2025 - 18.07.2025
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2024/2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Expired
Some Master's degree programmes have an application deadline of 15.09.: www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/wwu/studierendensekretariat/verl__ngerte_bewerbungsfrist_fawima_15.09.pdfDeadlines for International Students from the European Union
Expired
Without DSH-2 (German language examination for entrance to an institution of higher education for international applicants) or passing an equivalent language test: 01-31.05.2024 (language course application or direct DSH test).Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
Expired
Without DSH-2 (German language examination for entrance to an institution of higher education for international applicants) or passing an equivalent language test: 01-31.05.2023 (language course application or direct DSH test).Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
Expired
Summer semester (2025)
Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
For some degree programmes, there is a deadline of 15 March for submitting the enrolment documents for the summer semester. (or until 15/09 for a winter semester).Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025 (Universitywide deadline)Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
01.11.2024 - 15.01.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Application via the online application portal (www.uni-muenster.de/bewerbung). Application for admission in a preliminary German course (DSH) > Entry level B1: annually from November 01 to 30 at the latest and from May 01 to 31 at the latest: www.uni-muenster.de/bewerbung.Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
01.02.2025 - 15.03.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
Languages of instruction
Main language
German