Study Year 2022-2023

The 2022-2023 academic year is planned to be conducted in-person in Groningen. Students who will be enrolling in Faculty of Law academic programmes for the upcoming acadmic year are expected to be in Groningen (and Leeuwarden for students enrolling in the Governance and Law in Digitial Society LLM) when programmes begin in September. Students are also expected to be present at mandatory orientation and introduction events held at the end of August. None of our law programmes are offered as full, online distance learning programmes.

If any changes occur with the way in which education will be offered in the upcoming academic year, all applicants and/or incoming students will be notified as soon as possible.

Faculty Introduction

The introductory session for new Law students in the English taught programmes is organised every year by our International Office. They will inform new incoming students about the details of these events via email. For more details, please look at the Step-by-step for programmes on the Admitted Students page.

Education

As soon as students have enrolled for courses, they will have access to the Student Portal of the University. The course descriptions for the 2022-2023 academic year study programmes can be found in Ocasys in late July/early August 2022. If you would like to have an idea of what it is like to study in our Faculty, you can read about the experience of some our students in our student blog.

Soft Cut ('Zachte Knip')

Since the introduction of the bachelors-before-masters-rule (the so-called ‘Harde Knip’) it is only possible to start your master’s degree programme if you have graduated for your bachelor’s degree programme. Because of the pandemic, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has decided that this entry requirement may, under certain conditions, be suspended in the coming academic year. Due to the COVID-19 measures, some education was offered online for part of this current academic year. However, this may have caused study delay for some students, since not everything can be done digitally.

This exceptional situation requires special measures, which is why the Board of the University has decided to allow a relaxation again of the existing entry requirements for starting a master’s degree programme.

From September 1st, 2022, students in the final phase of their bachelor's degree programme can start their master’s degree programme under certain conditions. This way, students can already take master courses whilst also finishing their bachelor’s degree programme and study delay is limited as much as possible. Note: you need to enroll for the bachelor as well as for the master programme.

There are conditions attached to this relaxation of the current regulations. The Faculty of Law has the following requirements:

For LLB students:

1. This does not apply for students who already made use of this exception in the academic year 2020-2021 or 2021-2022.
2. You were enrolled in the LLB in the academic year 2021-2022.
3. Your list of courses in Progress has been approved by the Board of Examiners. If you have not submitted this list in Progress yet, you can still do so before 1 June 2022.
4. You only need to complete a joint workload of maximum 15 ECTS of your LLB programme.
5. You have successfully completed the bachelor-concluding course unit (Research Colloquium) at the end of this academic year (2021-2022).

For pre-master (pre-LLM) students:

1. This does not apply for students who already made use of this exception in the academic year 2020-2021 or 2021-2022.
2. You were enrolled in the pre-master in the academic year 2021-2022.
3. Your list of courses in Progress has been approved by the Board of Examiners. If you have not submitted this list in Progress yet, you can still do so before 1 June 2022.
4. You only need to complete a joint workload of maximum 15 ECTS of your pre-LLM programme.

Please be aware: the Faculty will not be able to take any overlap between bachelor and master exams into consideration in this upcoming academic year.

When you meet the requirements, you can register simultaneously for the LLB/pre-LLM programme and the LLM programme of your choice in Studielink. This simultaneous registration can last for a maximum of one academic year. This means you will have to complete your LLB/pre-LLM programme in 2022-2023. If your LLB/pre-LLM programme has not been successfully completed by 1 September 2023, you will not be able to re-register in the LLM programme. This will only be possible again once you have successfully completed your LLB/pre-LLM programme. The exams of master courses you have obtained in the academic year 2022-2023 will of course remain valid for a later master registration.

Do you think this situation might apply to you? Please register in Studielink for both the LLB/pre-LLM programme and the LLM programme of your choice, preferably before 1 May, but by 1 August 2022 at the very latest. As soon as the exam results have been published, we will give all students who meet the requirements access to the LLM programme of their choice. These students will receive a notification to this effect. If you have not received a notification and you think you are meeting the requirements, please contact the International Office (LLM rug.nl) after 15 August 2022.

Registration on the basis of the propaedeutic phase from a University of Applied Sciences

Are you currently in the propaedeutic phase at a University of Applied Sciences (HBO) and would you like to start the Bachelor’s degree International and European Law from 1 September 2022? Due to the pandemic, a one-time exception to the rule has been made again for the academic year 2022-2023 that you may only register in the propaedeutic phase of the Bachelor’s degree International and European Law when you are in the possession of a HBO propaedeutic diploma International and European Law of The Hague University of Applied Sciences. At this moment, you can register when you have finished a minimum of 45 ECTS from the propaedeutic phase of the International and European Law programme in The Hague. Subsequently, your propaedeutic diploma in The Hague must be obtained in the academic year 2022-2023.

The Binding Study Advice will apply in full to the propaedeutic phase of the Bachelor's degree in International and European Law, also in 2022-2023.

The procedure is as follows:

• You have applied before 1 May through Studielink and you have participated in the compulsory matching;
• As soon as you have collected a minimum of 45 ECTS of your propaedeutic phase, you request a statement confirming this from your University of Applied Sciences (HBO);
• Please send this statement to: LLB rug.nl
• We will inform the Student Information & Administration that you are admissible, so that they can further process your registration.

In case of any questions, please email us at LLB rug.nl. This arrangement only concerns students that have applied for the Bachelor’s degree International and European Law at the University of Groningen through Studielink on time (1 May at the latest) and who have taken part in the compulsory matching in June 2022.

Questions, doubt, uncertainty?

We can imagine that students still have questions, that they may be anxious or unsure about how it will all go. If you would like to contact us in advance, our study advisers are ready to answer any questions you may have. They can be reached via email: LLB rug.nl for incoming LLB students, LLM rug.nl for incoming LLM and pre-LLM students, and exchangelaw rug.nl for incoming exchange students.

If you need a visa to study in the Netherlands, you should have already been in touch with our Immigration Service Desk (ISD). You can find their contact details here.

If your application is still in processing, please contact our Admissions Officers if you have questions:  LLB applicants to llb.admission rug.nl, (pre-)LLM applicants to llm.admission rug.nl.

Students enrolling in the Governance and Law in Digital Society LLM at Campus Fryslan (CF) can also contact CF staff for further information about studying in Leeuwarden at cf-se rug.nl.

More information about Covid-related matters can be found under the following links:

General Corona update + FAQ University of Groningen

Student Information & Administration

*Please note this page is subject to change and will continuosly be updated over the Summer.