项目介绍

2025年1月31日

The application for the European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE), academic year 2025/2026 is now open. The application deadline was extended until February 16^th, 2025, 23:59 o’clock ECT and all applicants will be informed about the selection results by the end of March 2025. The link to the application form can be found HERE.

Below and in the next tabs, you can find all updated information regarding the application and admission process, research topics, program structure, and regulations. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us at: rile@law.eur.nl.

Who can apply?

Admission to the programme is open to applicants with a diploma or a bachelor and master degree in law or economics or a relevant field, or an equivalent university degree (second cycle qualification). Applicants have to comply with partner universities’ requirements for admission to doctoral studies.

EDLE is a structured programme in the economic analysis of law on a doctoral level. Therefore, previous knowledge in the field of Law & Economics is required. If you lack specific knowledge on the economic analysis of law, you should consider applying for the EMLE programme, where this knowledge can be acquired (see www.emle.org).

We can not give individual advice on eligibility.

All documents shall be handed in in English. Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration.

Applications must be submitted via our applications form. The application window for 2025/2026 is now open. The application window for 2027/2028 will open on first December 2025 at 09:00 CET.

The applicant must provide the following documents:

1. CV with information on academic, professional and other education (Europass model)

Please use this template.
Instructions for using the Europass CV here.
Please name the file: “[family name]_[forename]CV.doc” (e.g. young_neilCV.doc).

2. Transcript of records

Applicants who expect to graduate before mid-July of the year of their application can also apply for admission. They can be conditionally admitted to the programme under the deferring condition that we ultimately receive the official copy of the diploma by July 20th of the year of their application (e.g. applicants for 2025 who will graduate by July 2025 can apply for the EDLE programme starting in October 2025).

All applicants are admitted conditionally on the legal validity of their second-cycle degree, which is officially declared by the Italian Authorities in their own country. Once (conditionally) admitted to the programme, applicants shall immediately apply for the “Dichiarazione di valore” from the Italian Consulate in the country where the degree was issued.

All selected candidates shall hand in legalized copies of their diplomas and transcripts.

Please scan the transcripts and send them as a PDF file. Maximum size: 500 KB
Please name the file: “[family name]_[forename]TRANS.pdf” (e.g. young_neilTRANS.pdf).

3. Letter of motivation with a prospective research proposal

In the letter of motivation, applicants are expected to explain why they are interested in Law and Economics in general and the EDLE programme in particular. Please use this Template to write a research proposal for the PhD project.

Suggestions for (but not limited to) Research Topics can be found here: Bologna, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Rennes, PraguePlease send the letter of motivation and the research proposal as two separate PDF files. Maximum size: 500 KB each.
Please name the file: [family name]_[forename]MOT.pdf (e.g. young_neilMOT.pdf) resp. [family name]_[forename]RESPROP.pdf.

4. Certificate of English proficiency (FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC, British Chamber of Commerce, Trinity College, TOEFL, IELTS) in case the applicant’s native language is not English

Only applicants who studied for a period of at least 2.5 years in the following countries do not need to submit the certificate: UK, USA, Canada (except for Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa. All other applicants have to submit a certificate of English proficiency.

Accepted certificates include:
– Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English: Grades A, B
– Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grades A, B, C
– IELTS (academic module): minimum score of 7
– TOEFL (International, not institutional) internetbased: minimum score 95

Please note that expired certificates can be accepted as well if they have not been expired for more than three years.

Please scan the certificate and send it as a PDF file. Maximum size: 500 KB
Please name the file: “[family name]_[forename]ENG.pdf” (e.g. young_neilENG.pdf).

5. Academic work, if available (at most two papers)

Please note that we need the paper itself, and not just a link.

Please send them as PDF files. Maximum total size: 1000 KB

Please name the file: “[family name]_[forename]AC1.pdf” and “[family name]_[forename]AC2.pdf]
(e.g. young_neilAC1.pdf and young_neilAC2.pdf).

6. Copy of valid ID

Please scan a copy of the photo page and send it as a PDF file. Maximum total size: 500 KB.

Please name the file: “[family name]_[forename]PASS.pdf” (e.g. young_neilPASS.pdf).

7. Two letters of recommendation

Applicants are expected to invite referees.

Reference letters should be submitted no later than the date of the application deadline.

8. Students with special needs

Please explain in detail your special needs (e.g. disability, very large family, etc.), if any.

Please name the file “[family name]_[forename]specialneeds.pdf”.

Relevant certificates may be requested at a later stage.