Career

In the 10 years the programme has been in existence, it has established itself on a world scale as one of the – if not the – leading programme. The overall objective of the Master’s of Advanced Studies in International Tax Law is to provide its students with the knowledge and insight to work in positions with the government and in the private sector that require high-level theoretical and operational knowledge of international and EC tax law.

Students in the past have entered careers in private law practice, with multinational companies, with the government (Ministry of Finance, tax administrations and occasionally the judiciary) and in teaching, sometimes as a chaired professor, and on some occasions in a combi¬nation of any of the foregoing. In one case an alumnus was invited to a position with the tax division of the OECD. Experience shows that the Master of Advanced Studies in International Tax Law programme has become an important asset in obtaining a position with high ranking law firms and other potential employers. An increasing number of law firms in a range of countries has decided to send their most promising young associates to the Leiden Master’s of Advanced Studies in International Tax Law programme.