BUT Carrières juridiques (Legal Careers) at Université de Haute-Alsace

Three-year Bachelor Universitaire de Technologie at the IUT de Colmar (Grillenbreit campus) training legal technicians with knowledge of French and European public and private law. It prepares graduates for direct employment, for category A, B and C civil-service competitive examinations, or for further study. Intake is 130 places and the course can be taken as a work-study programme from the second year.

Faculty: Institut Universitaire de Technologie de Colmar  |  Duration: 3 years (6 semesters, 180 ECTS)  |  Study mode: Taught in French (initial, apprenticeship and professionalisation contract routes; work-study from year 2)  |  Location: Mulhouse, Grand Est, France

What you will study

Four competences: managing legal, accounting, financial and organisational tasks; advising on them; securing relationships and data; and drafting legal documents. After the first year students choose one of three pathways: Administration and Justice; Business and Association; or Heritage and Finance (work-study only). Includes 600 hours of projects, 1,800 hours of teaching and 24 weeks of compulsory placements, with German reinforcement.

Career pathways

Administration and justice roles such as court clerk, police or gendarmerie staff, prison probation counsellor and territorial administrator, plus business, association and heritage-and-finance careers; graduates can continue to a master's degree or a school.

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