Faculty of Law and Criminology

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is possible after having obtained one of the following degrees:

Academic Bachelor's programme rechten

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Bridging Programme Master of Laws (only in Dutch).

Enrolling for this plan is also possible having completed the Preparatory Programme Master of Laws (only in Dutch).

Overview of the study plan

De opleiding Master in de Rechten - Dual Master in Comparative and Financial Law bestaat uit 8 onderdelen:
1) Juridische studiedelen verdiepend
2) Keuzevakken I: ULB
3) Keuzevakken II: Verbredende kennis
4) Reflectievak
5) Keuzevak andere afstudeerrichting
6) Juridische studiedelen Gespecialiseerd – Dual Master VUB
7) Juridische studiedelen Gespecialiseerd – Dual Master Leeds
8) Masterproef


verplichte vakken en vaardigheden

Deze studiedelen maken deel uit van het modeltraject eerste master in de rechten en zijn verplicht af te werken.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Private International Law
6ECTS credits - Social Security Law
6ECTS credits - Master Thesis I: Researchplan
6ECTS credits - Corporate Law

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Franstalige module

Dit studiedeel behoort tot het modeltraject van de eerste master in de Rechten. De student dient verplicht dit studiedeel op te nemen

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Brussels: The city and the law
6ECTS credits - External course (6 credits)

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Verbredende kennis

Deze studiedelen maken deel uit van het modeltraject eerste master in de Rechten. De student dient minimum 12 studiepunten uit deze lijst te kiezen.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 12 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Special topics of corporate income tax
6ECTS credits - International Protection of Human Rights
6ECTS credits - Financial and Economic Law
6ECTS credits - Insurance Law
6ECTS credits - Sustainability: an Interdisciplinary Approach
6ECTS credits - Trade Mission

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Reflectievakken

De student dient voor 6 studiepunten aan de VUB te volgen. De student neemt het reflectievak (6 SP) op in het modeltraject eerste master in de rechten.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Legal Theory
6ECTS credits - EUTOPIA Learning Unit - Legal History
3ECTS credits - Forensic Psychiatry
3ECTS credits - Forensic Social Work
6ECTS credits - Legal Theory and Practice
6ECTS credits - Introduction in Gender and Diversity Studies
6ECTS credits - Designing, Proposing and Presenting Research
6ECTS credits - Security in the Constitutional State
6ECTS credits - Philosophy of Law

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Keuzevakken andere afstudeerrichting

De student dient voor 6 studiepunten te kiezen uit andere afstudeerrichtingen. De student kiest in het modeltraject eerste master één keuzevak uit een andere afstudeerrichting.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 6 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Fiscal competence
6ECTS credits - Ethics of the Socio-Economic Order
6ECTS credits - International and Comparative Economic Law
6ECTS credits - Selected topics of Company Law
6ECTS credits - General Offences Criminal Law
6ECTS credits - Specific offences criminal law
6ECTS credits - Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
6ECTS credits - Selected Topics of Criminal Procedure Law
6ECTS credits - Economic and Financial Criminal Law
6ECTS credits - Constitutional and European Social Security Law
6ECTS credits - Special Topics of Personal Income Tax
6ECTS credits - European Labour and Employment Law
6ECTS credits - Social Enforcement and Social Procedural Law
6ECTS credits - Social Protection of the Self-employed
6ECTS credits - Selected Problems of International Law and International Institutions
6ECTS credits - International Law II
6ECTS credits - European Law II
6ECTS credits - European Competition Law
6ECTS credits - Legal Aspects of European Unification, Capita Selecta
6ECTS credits - Theoretical Criminology and Victimology
6ECTS credits - Police studies
6ECTS credits - International and European Tax Law
6ECTS credits - Penology and Penitentiary Law
6ECTS credits - Youth Law and Youth Criminology
6ECTS credits - Quantitative criminological research
6ECTS credits - Special Issues of Collective and Individual Labour Law
6ECTS credits - Law and money
6ECTS credits - Legal Aspects of the Information Society
6ECTS credits - Tax proceedings and criminal tax law
6ECTS credits - Climate and Environmental law
6ECTS credits - Law of Public Enterprises and Contracts
6ECTS credits - Special Topics on Tax Law
6ECTS credits - European Public law
6ECTS credits - Migration Law
6ECTS credits - Selected Topics of Obligations and Contract Law
6ECTS credits - Alternative Dispute Resolution
6ECTS credits - Health Law
6ECTS credits - Partition of Estate
6ECTS credits - Intellectual Property Rights

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Juridische studiedelen Gesp. – Dual Master in Comp. Corp. & Fin. Law

Deze studiedelen behoren tot het modeltraject Tweede Master in de Rechten en kunnen pas opgenomen worden indien de student reeds geslaagd is op “Juridische studiedelen verdiepend I” en “juridische studiedelen verdiepend II”.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - International and Comparative Economic Law
6ECTS credits - Selected topics of Company Law
6ECTS credits - Law and money
3ECTS credits - International Investment Law

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Keuzevakken II: University of Leeds

Deze studiedelen behoren tot het modeltraject Tweede Master in de Rechten en kunnen pas opgenomen worden indien de student reeds geslaagd is op "Juridische studiedelen verdiepend I" en "juridische studiedelen verdiepend II".

De student dient minimum 24 Studiepunten te kiezen.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 24 ECTS credits.

6ECTS credits - Competition Law
6ECTS credits - Copyright and File-sharing
6ECTS credits - International Insolvency Law
6ECTS credits - International Banking Law: The Regulatory Framework
6ECTS credits - International Banking Law: Capital Markets and Loans
6ECTS credits - International Corporate Governance
6ECTS credits - International Corporate Rescue
6ECTS credits - International and European Business taxation
6ECTS credits - International Law of Foreign Investment
6ECTS credits - World Trade Organisation Law

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Masterproef

Dit studiedeel behoort tot het modeltraject Tweede Master in de Rechten en kan pas opgenomen worden indien de student zich in de afstudeerfase bevindt, maw pas als laatste studiedeel in het jaarprogramma kan worden opgenomen.

From the courses listed below, students must obtain 18 ECTS credits.

18ECTS credits - Master Thesis II: Extended Essay

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