Staatsexamen Rechtswissenschaft at University of Würzburg

Law degree ending with the Erste Juristische Prüfung (Diplom-Jurist Univ. awarded on request on passing). The Faculty of Law has six institutes with twenty chairs and four professorships and has a historical, philosophical and European emphasis.

Faculty: Faculty of Law  |  Duration: 9 semesters (standard period of study)  |  Intake: Winter and summer semester  |  Study mode: full-time; Staatsexamen  |  Location: Würzburg, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Three phases: a foundation phase (semesters 1-3) with basic courses in civil, public and criminal law and an intermediate examination; a middle phase (semesters 4-6) with advanced exercises and a specialisation area chosen from 14 (for example Foundations of Law, Company and Tax Law, Human Rights, State and Administration, Criminal Sciences, French Law); and a revision phase (semesters 7-8) with examination preparation. A legal foreign-language programme runs alongside.

Career pathways

Prepares for the legal professions after the Referendariat.

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