Schedule of courses

Global Criminal Law

(Image: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia operated in The Hague from 1993 to 2017)

The Global Criminal Law programme is a one year long, full-time programme. The language of instruction and examination in the programme is English. The academic year in Groningen runs from the first week of September to the end of August and is divided into two semesters of two blocks each. Each lecture block is followed by periods of examinations.

Programme structure
Below you will find the exact build-up of our LLM programme Global Criminal Law. You can find the full course descriptions in Ocasys by clicking the separate courses in the schedule.

*Course names and schedules are occasionally subject to change.

Block 1		Block 2		Block 3		Block 4
Comparative Criminal Law	6 ECTS	International Crimes and Gross Human Rights Violations	6 ECTS	Organised and Financial Crime	6 ECTS	International Criminal Tribunals and Courts	6 ECTS
Criminal Procedure and Human Rights	6 ECTS	Cybercrime and Cyber Security	6 ECTS	Law in Practice	-	Law in Practice (cont.)	6 ECTS
Seminar Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters	-	Seminar Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (cont.)	6 ECTS	Master's Thesis	-	Master's Thesis (cont.)	12 ECTS

If you'd like to know more about the Global Criminal Law LLM programme, you are welcome to particpate in our free online webclass, and/or join one of our Masters Week presentations for the programme. You can also watch a recording of our most recent (online) masters week presentation here.

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08 July 2025 12.42 p.m.