Programme Committees

Programme Committees play an important role with regard to quality assurance within the Faculty. They have close links with the education offered and have an advising role at programme level towards the Faculty Council, the Faculty Board and the Director of Education. The Programme Committee and her tasks are arranged for in Article 9.18 of the Higher Education Act ‘Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek’ (WHW). This article shows three main tasks for the Programme Committee:

1. Give advice with regard to the Teaching and Examination Regulations (TER);
2. Give consent with regard to changes of certain parts of the TER;
3. The annual assessment of the way the TER is/was executed;
4. Give advice, both consulted and unsolicited, on all issues regarding education within the programme (execution of the education offered, planning of education, study advising, course evaluations, etc.).

The Faculty of Law has nine Programme Committees and one permanent committee dealing with the first year of the Dutch-taught bachelor's degree programme 'Rechtsgeleerdheid' (Law). The consortium of the joint master in which the Faculty participates has a separate Programme Committee, structured according to the consortium structure. Each Programme Committee is composed of students and academic staff (equally divided). In addition to the tasks mentioned above, the Programme Committee is also the place for students to report matters to. Students can send complaints, suggestions and problems about courses and/or examinations to the student members of the Programme Committee. The table below shows the email address available for each Programme Committee.

Are you interested in joining a Programme Committee? Student members are selected yearly based on an application procedure which is taken care of by the study association which is linked to the respective programme.

Law (‘Rechtsgeleerdheid’) programme

Responsible for the bachelor 'Rechtsgeleerdheid' (Law), more specifically for the track 'Nederlands Recht' (Dutch Law) and the master 'Nederlands Recht' (Dutch Law) (ocrg rug.nl).

Notarial Law (‘Notarieel Recht’) programme

Responsible for the master 'Notarieel Recht' (Notarial Law) (ocnr rug.nl)

Tax Law ('Fiscaal Recht') programme

Responsible for the master 'Fiscaal Recht' (Tax Law) (ocfr rug.nl).

Law and Public Administration ('Recht en Bestuur') programme

Responsible for the master 'Recht en Bestuur' (Law and Public Administration) (ocrb rug.nl).

IT-Law ('IT-Recht') programme

Responsible for the master 'IT-Recht' (IT-Law) (ocitr rug.nl).

International and European Law programme

Responsible for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) International and European Law programme and its Technology Law track (PC-LLB rug.nl).

Energy and Climate Law, European Law in a Global Context, International Commercial Law and Technology Law and Innovation programme

Responsible for the Master of Laws (LLM) Energy and Climate Law (ECL), LLM European Law in a Global Context (ELGC), and its Technology Law and Innovation (TLI) track, and International Commercial Law (ICL) (PC-LLM-cluster1 rug.nl).

Global Criminal Law, Health and Technology Law, International Human Rights Law and Public International Law programme

Responsible for the Master of Laws (LLM) Global Criminal Law (GCL), LLM Public International Law (PIL) and its Health and Technology Law (HTL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) tracks (PC-LLM-cluster2 rug.nl).

Research Master Legal Research ('Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek')

Responsible for the Research Master programme 'Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek' (Legal Research) (GGSL rug.nl)

Advanced LLM in Energy Law

Responsible for the Advanced LLM in Energy Law, a joint degree offered together with the universities of Aberdeen, Copenhagen and Oslo (NSELP rug.nl)

Permanent Committee for the Dutch-taught first year ('propaedeuse'; VCP)