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Since the academic year 2014/2015  “Technische Universität Berlin” has offered this masters course on European and International Law on the EUREF Campus in the centre of Berlin. The course addresses jurists and economists who want to gain in-depth, special knowledge in the field of international and European energy law. Students will become acuainted with the technical and economic foundations of the energy markets as well as with all legal Topics relevant for the whole value chain in the energy sector. The cuuriculum comprises competition law, regulatory law and economic fundamentals amongst others. Lectures come from the international community (Germany, USA, China, Russia, Italy) and are experts from universities, European and national authorities, international and national energy companies, major law firms, and courts. To Name a few,  technical universities, the European Commission, the German regulatroy authority BNetzA. The course is also supported by the Institute for Energy and Regulatory Law Berlin (enreg.eu) and benefits from experts’ knowledge of the European and German energy sector which is the largest one in Europe. The academic director is Professor Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. Dres. h.c. Franz Jürgen Säcker who is the Editor and author of leading publications in the field of energy law.

Among the many different fields of law, it is the energy law that has seen the most dynamic rise in the recent years. The Change of energy policy, the priority for an extensive use of the renewable energies, the CO2 reduction, the security of supply, are some of the issues that have increased the importance of the sector rapidly. At the same time, energy law is a very complex sector, which includes not only legal but also political, economic, and technical aspects. Further, energy law is a very challenging intersection between public and private, competition and regulatory law and applies at national, European and international level. On this Background, the Master in European and International Energy Law gives the Young jurists and economists an excellent understanding of all the relevant issues of the energy sector. Therefore, the program’s interdisciplinary Content, which covers the political, economic, technical and legal aspects of the energy markets, gives students and future employees a distinctive profile and qualifies them for a leading position in the energy sector. Learning and studying in small Groups of up to 30 students allows individual and excellent learning condidtions. The EUREF-Campus around the Gasometer in Berlin-Schöneberg offers unique and attractive local conditions. Students who are the futere energy experts learn in a Close cooperation with leading Enterprises and institutions located on the EUREF-Campus to become acqainted also with practical projects in the field of energy. The practical and technical knowledge is further enhanced by the various excursions to relevant institutions and infrastructure Operators, that the program offers to the students.