Structure of the curriculum:

180 ECTS credits

 

University-Wide Courses – 18 ECTS

Core Courses – 140 ECTS (include Compulsory Speciality Courses, Institude Wide Courses and European and International Law and Finnish Law)

Electives – 16 ECTS

Final Exam – 6 ECTS

Bacherlor’s Law Curriculum Examination

 

6 ECTS

Bacherlor’s Examination

 

In total 6 ECTS

 

Compulsory Specialty Courses

3 ECTS:

  • Comparative Constitutional Law
  • International Arbitration and Mediation
  • International Human Rights
  • Introduction to European Union Law
  • Law and Economics
  • Law of Business Associations
  • Principles of Criminal Law
  • Private International Law


4 ECTS

  • Civil Law II: Family Law, Property Law, Succession Law

 

5 ECTS

  • Public International Law
  • Civil Law I: Law of Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations

 

6 ECTS

  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Administration, Procedural and Enforcement Law
  • Practical Training

 

In total 56 ECTS

 

 

European and International Law & Finnish Law

 

European and International Law

 

4 ECTS

  • European Union Competition Law
  • International Commercial Law
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Economic Law
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • Maritime Law

 

6 ECTS

  • European Union Constitutional and Administrative Law
  • European Union Internal Market law

In total 36 ECTS

 

Finnish Law

 

4 ECTS

  • Finnish Administrative Law
  • Finnish Constitutional Law
  • Finnish Criminal Law
  • Finnish Procedural Law and Restorative Justice
  • Finnish Property Law
  • Introduction to Finnish Legal System

 

6 ECTS

  • Finnish Civil Law I
  • Finnish Civil Law II


In total 36 ECTS

 

NB! Students will major in either European and International Law OR Finnish Law. Students will study 36 ECTS on their major subject and 24 ECTS on their minor subject.

 

Institute Wide Courses

 

6 ECTS courses

  • Entrepreneurship and Economics
  • Legal Philosophy and Ethics
  • Society and Law
  • State, Politics and Government

In total 24 ECTS

 

Law Electives

4 ECTS

  • Advanced Legal Research and Writing
  • Comparative Legal Systems
  • EU Intellectual Property Rights
  • Foreign Legal System
  • International Courts
  • Moot Court (trial and appellate)
  • Topical Issues in Transnational Law
  • Transnational Criminal Law
  • Transnational Legal Theory

 

9 ECTS

  • International Internship

In total 49 ECTS

 

University Wide Courses

6 ECTS

  • Critical Thinking
  • Studying at the University
  • ELU – Enhanced Learning Unlimited

In total 18 ECTS