Bachelor in Law

Education objectives

The First Cycle is the foundation of every student's legal studies. It has the following specific goals:
a) To ensure that students acquire a thorough knowledge of the main subjects and its central concepts, and to familiarise them with major theories of law (both past and contemporary);
b) To encourage an interdisciplinary, critical approach to the law as a means to understanding the complexity of legal phenomena;
c) To develop an awareness of the relative character of legal systems and their theoretical, cultural, and ideological foundations. A strong emphasis is placed on the study of other legal systems and on the comparison of the Portuguese legal order with geographically and historically distant ones.

General characterization

DGES code

9078

Cicle

Bachelor (1st Cycle)

Degree

Bachelor (under Bolonha process)

Access to other programs

Access to Master's Programs

Coordinator

Jorge Morais Carvalho,Rita Calçada Pires,Miguel de Azevedo Moura

Opening date

September

Vacancies

100

Fees

Annual tuition value National Student: 697,00Euros Part-Time Tuition Fee value National Student: 495,00Euros Annual tuition value International Student: 7000,00Euros Part-Time Tuition Fee value: 4550,00 Euros The tuition fee is annual and is due in full upon enrolment in the course. The tuition fee can be paid in full, or in ten monthly instalments.

Schedule

This course is taught during daytime hours. Some optional Course Units may be taught after working hours.

Teaching language

Portuguese. Some Course Units can be taught in English

Degree pre-requisites

The study program is organized in 8 semesters with a total of 240 ECTS.

Conditions of admittance

The application to the 1st cycle of public higher education is made annually through a national competition organized by the General Directorate of Higher Education. Relevant admissions information Faculty code: 0911 Degree code: 9078 Number of degree vacancies 2023-2024: 100 University access examinations One of the following sets: 06 Philosophy and 18 Portuguese or (11) History and (18) Portuguese or (19 )Mathematics A and (18)Portuguese Minimum marks Application mark: 120 points University access mark: 100 points Calculation formula Secondary education average: 50% University access examinations: 50% You can also check the course details for your application, as well as the characteristics, entrance exams and entrance averages from previous years at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/guias/detcursopi.asp?codc=9078&code=0911 NOVA School of Law annually opens special competitions for Undergraduates, Change of Parents, Over 23s and International Students. See all the information on the applications tab on our website at: https://novalaw.unl.pt/en/bachelors-in-law/

Evaluation rules

The final assessment of the curricular units consists, as a rule, of a written exam with a maximum duration of three hours, under an anonymous regime, designed to assess the extent to which students have achieved the curricular goals and learning objectives of such curricular units. Other complementary elements of assessment may be used, as long as they are announced to the students orally and in writing at the beginning of the semester.

Structure

Paths