In order to help Chinese students better prepare for their upcoming studies in Europe, on the afternoon of April 29, 2022, CESL held an information session in 305 Mingfa Building. Liu Fei, the Chinese Co-Dean of CESL, Monty Silley, the European Executive Co-Dean, all administrative teachers of CESL and all 2021 double masters attended the meeting. As the countdown to studying in Europe begins, the 2021-intake students will soon become new authors of the "CESL story" with their truly international education.
At the beginning of the activity, Monty Silley welcomed the students to study and live in Europe. He first introduced Hamburg, which is known as "Germany’s Gateway to the World". Secondly, he introduced the beautiful campus location, strong humanistic environment and free academic atmosphere of the University of Hamburg. Then he explained the accommodation and transportation arrangements in Hamburg. In addition, Monty Silley also responded to the students' concerns about the epidemic safety with a very sincere attitude and put forward alternative plans for hybrid/online classes for those that might not want to attend in person. Finally, he gave a detailed answers to the content and process required for the University of Hamburg’s admission application.
Professor Liu Fei, Co-Dean of the Chinese side, expressed his ardent hope for the students to choose to go abroad for further study, and shared his own experience and feelings with the students from the perspective of a former student studying in Germany. Professor Liu Fei emphasized that the time studying abroad should focus on study and while keeping aware of safety.
Ma Anna, Director of the Teaching Administrative Office, explained the various application links for studying in Europe, including the admission application of the University of Hamburg , the material preparation and interview for APS study abroad review in Germany, the appointment and visa submission, etc., highlighting the important time points and reminding the students to complete their applications on time.
In the Q&A session, students actively asked many questions about accommodation arrangements, epidemic prevention, air ticket expenses, the application process and partner institution selection for their elective studies in the Spring semester. The teachers answered the students' questions one by one patiently and carefully, and provided effective guidance and useful suggestions to the students.
The information session was successfully concluded with the applause of the students. In their second year, the 2021-intake double master's students can study at the law school of the University of Hamburg, Germany, or online study in Beijing due to the Covid-19. In the second semester, students can choose to study at the University of Hamburg in Germany, the KU Leuven in Belgium, Lund University in Sweden, Jagiellonian University (Krakow) in Poland, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) in Hungary, Central European University in Austria, or online in the Changping campus of the China University of Political Science and Law. Since 2021, CESL has made efforts to gradually resume international exchanges among students and highlight the characteristics of international legal talent training. In the spring of 2022, master students went to the KU Leuven in Belgium, Maastricht University in the Netherlands and the Europa-Kolleg Hamburg in Germany, to study European elective courses. On this basis, CESL has further improved the learning arrangements for the second year of 2021-intake double master's degree, and made efforts to provide valuable learning programs for students in combination with the current domestic and foreign conditions. At the same time, CESL attaches great importance to the orientation meetings for students studying abroad and will continue to hold a series of additional orientation activities to help students gain a sufficient understanding of various things they may encounter during their study abroad.
Written by: XuYanzhen，CESL Double Master Student from 2021 Intake
Translated by: Wei Yixuan
