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CHE University Ranking

Law, Department

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Universität des Saarlandes

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Campus
D-66123 Saarbrücken
Telephone: +49 681 302-2003
https://www.uni-saarland.de
Uni des Saarlandes/Saarbrücken
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

2,330

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

300

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/14 points

Results of study

Exam results

24.7%

Exam preparation

7/8 points

Research

Doctorates per professor

0.8

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Assistance with exam preparation
Share of external repetitions visited

72.9%

Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Self-study places
Return rate of the questionnaires

87

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

From the first to the fourth semester, performance assessments for all lectures for the purpose of self-assessment and to enable continuous study; Campus university; Numerous study groups and tutorials; Increased involvement of practitioners; Unique features: Internationality and reference to Europe, protection of human rights, tax law, legal informatics, French law and insurance law; Certificates (key competences; European and International Law; Patent and Innovation Protection; IT Law and Legal Informatics); Participation in moot courts; Key areas in basic subjects.

Special features regarding the international orientation

Degree courses: German-French Law, European Law and International Law, German Law for International Lawyers; 85 Erasmus contracts; Clusters of excellence with universities in the Balkans, partnerships with Keio University / Tokyo, Eastern / South-East Europe; Student and lecturer exchange with universities in Yunnan, Wuhan, South Africa and Moscow; Partnerships in barrister training with Ordre des Avocats de Paris; Collaboration with the French Chamber of Notaries in the field of continuing education; Joint study programmes with the universities of Lorraine, Strasbourg, Paris II and others.

Special features regarding the equipment

Integrative information management concept; Excellent specialised library (reference-only stock approx. 370,000 books, 604 journal subscriptions, 353 serial publications) with long opening hours (Monday - Friday: 8am until 10pm; Sat: 9am to 8pm, Sun.: 1pm to 7pm); Extensive access (also from home) to numerous electronic legal information systems, for example juris, beck-online, Wolters Kluwer Online as well as the international databases Westlaw International, Hein Online and others.; Modern lecture halls and seminar rooms.

Special features regarding research activities

Influence of European Court of Justice case law on European legislation; Interactions between law in the provinces and Roman law; Research digitalisation (BiJUS); E-government in administration, IT security issues; Administrative procedural law and EU and international law; EU tax law; Jean Monnet Chair European. Integration/Human Rights; DAAD project Southeast Europe/SEE/EU Excellence Cluster; Criminal law framework for AI/detection of illegal content; Digital attendance at court; Liability for autonomous systems; Industrial contracts 4.0; Electronic records; Staudinger’s commentary; Big data insurance products

Support for founders

Entrepreneurship study offer organised by the contact centre for knowledge and technology transfer (KWT).

Other special features

Dual-degree option (German and French Law) with Licence/Bachelor academic degree; Classroom revision and exam course; Special exam preparation in compulsory subjects and specialisation fields ([holiday] mock exams and crash course); Integration of Law degree course with the LLM in European and International Law; Doctorate jointly supervised with internat. faculties; trilateral Master's programme (ger./eng./fr.); Various advanced Master’s degree courses also by distance learning; Computing in the Judiciary Day; Best Jura Saar advancement programme for particularly talented students; considerable third-party funding.

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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