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Admission to the Zurich bar examination with the degree of Master of Law UZH International and Comparative Law or the Double Degree Masteer's program is possible. However, it should be emphasized that due to their focus on international law and comparative law aspects, the study programs are not specifically geared towards an internship at a Zurich district court (auditoriate) and also not towards the subjects examined in occasion of the Zurich bar exam (§10 Abs. 3 PrüfV, OS 215.11). Graduates of these study programs who wish to take the cantonal bar exam must therefore deepen their knowledge of Swiss law on their own responsibility, which involves an additional learning effort.
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The Master of Law UZH International and Comparative Law comprises 90 ECTS Credits.
English
The Master of Law UZH International and Comparative Law serves to deepen students' knowledge in various areas of international and comparative law. It offers students the opportunity to continue their studies in English and to supplement their legal skills with a view to an international working environment.
The study program International and Comparative Law consists of two variations. Students with a Bachelor of Law degree from a Swiss university complete core elective modules worth 48 ECTS credits, elective law modules worth 30 ECTS credits as well as the compulsory module Master's thesis worth 12 ECTS credits. Students with a Bachelor of Law degree from a foreign university, on the other hand, complete the additional compulsory module „Introduction to Swiss Law“, subsequently reducing the scope of the elective law modules to 24 ECTS credits.
Compulsory modules are mandatory for all students. Core elective modules are selected from a predefined list. Elective law modules are selected from the entire range of English-language modules offered at Master‘s level at
RWF UZH.
Overview of the study program International and Comparative Law
| Module | ECTS | Module type |
Completion cycle | Performance record and evaluation type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Swiss Law* | 6 | Compulsory |
fall semester (one-semester module) |
by announcement |
|
Master's Thesis |
12 |
Compulsory |
no fixed semester allocation |
written paper, graded |
|
Foundations of Law Core Elective Modules |
6 |
Core Elective | by announcement | by announcement |
|
International Law Core Elective Modules |
24 | Core Elective | by announcement | by announcement |
|
Comparative Law Core Elective Modules |
18 | Core Elective | by announcement | by announcement |
| Elective Modules (entire Faculty of Law module offer at Master's level in English) |
24 |
various | by announcement |
various |
|
Total |
90 |
*For students with a Bachelor of Law degree from a Swiss university the module Introduction to Swiss Law is considered fulfilled upon commencement of the study program. Instead, they complete another (English-language) module of the Faculty of Law at Master's level according to choice in the amount of 6 ECTS credits.
The compulsory modules can be repeated twice.
There is a combined maximum limit of 13 failed attempts for the core elective modules and the elective modules. Until the maximum number of failed attempts is reached, the individual core elective and elective modules can be repeated as often as students wish, provided that the modules are offered again, and can be substituted within the respective pool. Failed attempts at modules not offered by the Faculty of Law are not included in the maximum number of failed attempts.
Master of Law UZH
