Continuing your studies

After your Bachelor’s

The end of your Bachelor’s doesn’t have to mean the end of your studies. You can go on to study a Master’s degree, or a professional course, right here at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. It’s a chance to learn more skills, get more hands-on experience, or prepare for a more senior role.

Master’s degrees

With a International Bachelor of Laws - International and European Law, you can go on to complete our Master of European Law and Policy, in just 12 months, full-time.

We’ve also got partnerships with other universities and higher education institutions all over the world, where you could continue your studies.  You can find out all about our  Master’s programmes here.

Professional courses

For those who already have a Bachelor’s degree, but want to develop a few more business skills, we offer 60 different Professional Courses. Some courses take just 3 months, others run to 2 years. But they’re all designed to develop skills you can use immediately in the workplace.

Professional courses involve a few classes a week (usually in the evening, but there are some daytime classes available), as well as personal study.

Faq

Question

Can I enter the qualification tests or fulfil other requirements to become an attorney-at-law, solicitor, barrister, tax lawyer, civil notary, public prosecutor or judge or equivalent professions in my home country, immediately after graduating in The Hague?

Answer

In many countries these professions are regulated by national public law in a way that you should have been examined in or graduated from certain national law programs. In the U.S. you have to have completed a J.D., in many continental European countries you have to have graduated as a LL.M.

The Hague International Bachelor of Law programme gives you a competitive edge to enter these law programs at local universities, since a great part of the knowledge you need for such further qualifications is already integrated in the curriculum. International law and principles of law, principles of litigation, contract law, tort law, property law, criminal law and administrative law are world wide the same.

For European countries, the knowledge in European Law (that is applicable in all member states) obtained in The Hague exceed by far the place of that subject in national law programs, and the general lawyering skills are fully integrated in The Hague Law School curriculum and gives a firm basis for subsequent examinations on that field in national “professional lawyer skills” tests.

A part of the curriculum is reserved to allow students to follow courses in national law in their home country. Students who wish to enter the market of these regulated professions as attorney-at-law, solicitor, barrister, tax lawyer, civil notary, public prosecutor or judge can prepair themselves in advance. It needs mentioning that most of the lawyers in the world do other work, where no such further qualifications are required and where the International Bachelor of Law programme could perfectly serve as start qualification.