International and European Law

Does an international treaty take priority over national laws? And if so, is that the case for every state in the world? Can citizens themselves take a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights or the European Court of Justice? Or to the International Court of Justice? If so, under what conditions?

General information

All states have laws and their own legal system. In most countries you can only study national law. This programme provides you the opportunity to be taught international and European Union law on the basis of a more general understanding of what law is and how law functions. You will also learn about relevant factors when law is created:

• economics
• international relations
• history of law
• politics

Career prospects

• civil servants for national ministries, the EU, the UN or other international organizations
• diplomacy
• positions in non-governmental organizations (such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace)
• careers in the international commercial sector (such as Unilever or Shell)
• academic teaching and research

Entry into traditional legal professions (advocate, attorney, barrister, judge, etc.) is not guaranteed upon completion of the programme, as such entry is conditional on national requirements.

Admission

• certified copy of degree certificate/diploma of your pre-university education (or at least a statement from your school that you have fulfilled all requirements for your pre-university degree or will do so soon)
• official transcript of studies of your pre-university education (courses taken/marks; we require a GPA of 2.75/4, 3.5/5, 7/10, 70/100)
• test of proficiency in English* (TOEFL score 580/237/92, IELTS test 6.5 or a Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English or of Proficiency in English (CAE/CPE); all sections of both TOEFL and IELTS have to be sufficient TOEFL 55, 21 or 21/20; IELTS 6.0, including a TWE of 4.5 with the PBT & CPT-TOEFL test) * not applicable for those whose native language is English
• more details about admissions requirements on Faculty website.

More information

International Office of the Faculty of Law
T + 31 50 363 52 43
F +31 50 363 74 08
E-mail: LLB@rug.nl
Website: Bachelor International and European Law

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