50業子

The bachelor European Law School, taught by skilled faculty members, covers a range of legal areas, including private law, public law, criminal law, international law, and European law. You will study these subjects with a comparative approach, examining how national, European, and international legal systems interact.

The programme is taught entirely in English and combines a solid academic approach to the law with the development of practical skills, offering a balanced learning experience through core coursework and skills development.

You will engage in Problem-Based Learning (PBL), an educational method that prioritizes collaborative learning in small-scale tutorial groups. Students collaborate with each other under the guidance of an experienced tutor. Through active participation and by contributing to in-depth discussions, students develop analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.  PBL has been implemented since the university's establishment and undergoes regular evaluation and refinement.

International experience:

From day one of the programme, you’ll be challenged with differing viewpoints and experiences as you interact with staff and students from all over the world. Your worldview will be enhanced by this interaction. The students in the European Law School programme represent close to 60 different nationalities, and 41% of the academic staff at the Faculty of Law come from abroad.

Such diversity creates an international atmosphere that is strengthened by the international orientation of the programme. You'll focus on European law, European legal systems and comparative law, which are taught by leading international experts. Staff members are generally linked to one of the Faculty’s research institutes. In this way the faculty implements state of the art research results into the teaching programmes. You'll also study legal English. Moreover, you can do part of your studies or an internship at a university abroad.

Study abroad:

You can choose to study at another university, in the Netherlands or abroad. The grades and credits you obtain as part of the exchange can be used towards your European Law School degree.

Skills training:

You will primarily be taught in small groups using the Problem-Based-Learning method and you will be trained in many different skills, such as writing briefs and academic papers, presenting and pleading cases. There is a lot of emphasis on developing contemporary skills such as mediation, negotiation and leadership. 

The Maastricht University law School has a strong reputation in international moot court competitions (in several languages), which demonstrates the effectiveness of this way of teaching.