Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Admission Requirements

Enrolling for this study plan is only possible based on your academic record.

Overview of the study plan

Below you can find our educational offer for incoming Erasmus students. All courses are at Master’s level and are taught in English.

Foreign exchange students who wish to enroll in the English Erasmus+ course programme of the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel must be in the (second) last year of their Law or Criminology study, unless otherwise stipulated in the agreement with your home university.

A good command of both oral and written English is required.

Important notice: no other courses than those of the programme mentioned below can be followed by incoming Erasmus+ students. However, if an incoming Erasmus+ student has a good command of Dutch, then he/she can participate in the Faculty programme which is taught in Dutch.

In case an incoming Erasmus+ student has to write a Master thesis at their home university, part of the research for and writing of the thesis can be done at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. This research can count for a number of ECTS (maximum 12), to be decided by the home university. The Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel cannot, however, provide supervision or evaluation.


Electives for incoming Ma Students in Law

The Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel offers a programme with law courses in English to incoming Erasmus students. For more information please contact the Faculty Secretariat: mobility.rc@vub.be.

6ECTS credits - Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
6ECTS credits - Selected topics of Company Law
6ECTS credits - Privacy and Data Protection Law
6ECTS credits - Legal, Ethical and Social Issues of Artificial Intelligence
6ECTS credits - Legal Professionals in the Digital Age. (Regulatory Framework and Capita Selecta)
6ECTS credits - The Use of Genomic Data - Ethical and Legal Issues
6ECTS credits - Sustainability: an Interdisciplinary Approach
6ECTS credits - Selected Topics of Obligations and Contract Law
6ECTS credits - Crime Prevention
6ECTS credits - EUTOPIA Learning Unit - European Labour and Employment Law
6ECTS credits - European Public law
6ECTS credits - International and Comparative Economic Law
6ECTS credits - EUTOPIA Learning Unit - International and European Tax Law
6ECTS credits - International Law II
3ECTS credits - Introduction to Common Law and Legal English
6ECTS credits - Law and money

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