International Law MicroMasters Program

Overview

With this International Law MicroMasters Program from Université Catholique de Louvain, you’ll master the language and institutions of international law. The MicroMasters Program will give you a clear understanding of the ways by which international law exists as a legal order and bears on domestic governance (human rights), war (law of armed conflicts) and the economy (investment law). 

You’ll learn to decode international news from a legal perspective and to understand the legal rules at play in specific professional fields of international relations (diplomacy, humanitarian aid, NGOs...).

If you’re not a lawyer, you’ll become able to interact with professional lawyers in an articulate way.

If you already graduated in law, political sciences or international relations, you might even become interested in taking your credential to the next level and become an advanced master student at Louvain!

Your MicroMasters Credential from Université Catholique de Louvain - LouvainX will be worth 20 credits out of the 60 credits needed to complete the advanced master. 33% of study time saved!

What You'll Learn:

• Understand the legal rules at play in specific professional fields of international relations (diplomacy, humanitarian aid, NGOs...)

• Make sound legal arguments in order to enhance claims based on international law and interact with professional lawyers in an articulate way

• Decrypt international news from a legal perspective

Job Outlook

• Career opportunities include: Attorneys, political scientists, journalists, economists, activists and NGO specialists

• members of the armed forces, Civil servants, members of governmental and intergovernmental organizations, diplomats, embassy staff