Institute of Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster
The Institute of Customs and International Trade Law (ICTL) is an autonomous institute of the University of Münster, Germany, supported by the AWA Außenwirtschafts-Akademie GmbH.
Welcome to the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law
The University of Münster has been researching and teaching multidisciplinary issues of customs and foreign trade law since 1995. In 2016 the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law (ICTL) became an independent institution under the joint auspices of the University of Münster and the AWA Foreign Trade Academy.
Today, the ICTL is the only academic institution at a German university specialising in customs and foreign trade law at the global, European and national levels.
The co-editorship of the World Customs Journal is an important task of the Institute.
The following pages provide an overview of the activities and research projects of the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law. We hope you will find them of interest: please contact us if you would like to know more!
Save the date! – Third Seminar of ECCE
Save the date! On Friday, 18 October 2024, the third seminar of the ECCE (European Common Customs Evaluation) programme will take place in Münster under the auspices of the Institute of Customs and International Trade (...)
Prof. Wolffgang gives interview at the “Zollwärts” Customs Conference 2024
As part of the "Zollwärts" conference 2024 which took place at the 27th of June 2024 in Stuttgart, Professor Wolffgang gave an interview together with Janine Lampprecht (CEO, Grenzlotsen GmbH) on the current and (...)
Prof. Wolffgang gives lecture on Foreign Trade Forum of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Schwarzwald Baar Heuberg
At the 8th Foreign Trade Forum of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Schwarzwald Baar Heuberg which took place at the 26th of June 2024 in Donauschingen, Professor Wolffgang held a presentation on the geopolitical (...)
prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Wolffgang
Head of the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster
“There is a widespread opinion that customs is no longer an issue because of the open EU borders, but that is a very truncated view. You have to look at the whole world, not just Germany and its neighbouring countries.“
University of Münster
The University of Münster is one of the largest universities in Germany with a rich and time-honoured tradition. It enjoys an outstanding reputation in the region and far beyond. Fifteen faculties with 120 degree programmes and some 30 research centres comprise the institutional backbone of the University.
