Application
who is Eligible?
Eligible are excellent doctorate students of all participating institutes, who do research in the field of private law with tangencies to EU Law. Private law is understood in a very broad sense here, covering such fields as company law, private international and procedural law, and competition law.
There will be 24 participating doctorate students, coming from the named universities, as well as from Hamburg, Katowice and Cracow, Genova, Leuven and Maribor.
Free accommodation will be granted. PEPP tries to provide accommodation from Sunday through Saturday. However, the exact weekdays of the beginning and end of the sessions in 2026 are not yet fixed. Please wait for further information before booking your flights.
Applications should go directly to your local programme coordinator.
Further Information on additional support and other issues can be found here.
The deadline for applications is the 15th June 2025 (PEPP Round 2025/2026).
Documents to include with the application
Contact
Each applicant has to hand in their application to the following contact from their university:
Graduate students from Münster:
Prof. Dr. Bettina Heiderhoff
Universität Münster
Institut für Deutsches und Internationales Familienrecht
Universitätsstraße 14-16
48143 Münster
Graduate Students from Hamburg:
Susanna Roßbach
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Mittelweg 187
20148 Hamburg
Graduate Students from Cambridge:
Prof. Dr. Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
University of Cambridge
Faculty of Law
10 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Graduate Students from Leuven:
Prof. Dr. Vincent Sagaert
Katholike Universiteit Leuven
Faculty of Law
Tiensestraat 41
3000 Leuven, Belgium
Graduate Students from Katowice:
Prof. Dr. Monika Jagielska
Katedra Prawa Cywilnego i Prawa Prywatnego Miedzynarodowego
Wydzial Prawa i Administracji
Uniwersytet Slaski
ul. Bankowa 11 B
40-007 Katowice
Graduate Students from Genua:
Prof. Dr. Ilaria Queirolo
Università degli Studi di Genova
Via Balbi 22/7 B
16126 Genova
Graduate Students from Valencia:
Prof. Dr. Carlos Esplugues
Departmento de Derecho Internacional
Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Valencia
Avda. dels Tarongers s/n
46071 Valencia
Graduate Students from Maribor:
Associate Professor Petra Weingerl, Magister Juris, DPhil (Oxford)
University of Maribor
Faculty of Law
Mladinska ulica 9
2000 Maribor
Graduate Students from Zagreb:
Prof. Dr. Sc. Tatjana Josipović
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Law
Trg Republike Hrvatske 3
10000 Zagreb