Diploma Programme Law
Would you like to understand the legal system and acquire legal skills?
The Law frames our society, and lawyers mediate between the law and the individual. The students of the Diploma Programme in Law acquire knowledge about the legal system and all areas within it. This programme prepares the students academically for the professions of a lawyer, judge, public notary and other legal professions.
Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.
Study Code
UC 100
Supplemental Examination
Supplemental examination in Latin is required before completion of the bachelor's degree programme if this subject was not completed satisfactorily with at least 10 credit hours at a higher-level secondary school. Please note that this supplemental examination may not be the last examination of the degree programme.
FAQ
Graduates of the Diploma Programme Law possess fundamental and academically in-depth universal legal knowledge of a substantive and methodological nature and have the ability to familiarise themselves with specific subject matters and the special requirements of all legal professions.
They are able to recognise interrelationships between law, state and society and to independently deal with challenging legal problems using legal solution methods. The high level of problem-solving competence they have acquired through this university education prepares them to work in a scientifically sound manner in all legally relevant professional fields at national as well as at European and international level.
The Diploma Programme Law serves as academic preparation for those professions whose exercise requires knowledge of the law. The focus is on Austrian law and its international references. Accordingly, all sub-disciplines of the Austrian legal system as well as their historical and theoretical foundations are taught with the aim of enabling students to solve problems in practice in a legally sound manner. Specific interests of the students can be deepened according to their choice.
The professional breadth and profound detailed legal knowledge imparted in the Diploma Programme Law qualify graduates for entry into or further training for classical legal professions such as notary public, lawyer, judge, public prosecutor, administrative lawyer.
With its broad orientation, graduates of this degree programme are also open to all other professions that require legal knowledge, for example in business, in international organisations, in diplomacy, in NGOs or in research and teaching.
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Curriculum
The curriculum is the basis of a degree programme. A look at the curriculum for the Diploma Programme Law gives you a detailed overview of the structure, content, examination regulations and qualification profile of this diploma degree.
The curriculum can clarify several important questions before you start your studies. For example, which criteria must be fulfilled for enrolment in the Diploma Programme Law, how long the programme lasts, which modules must be completed and much more.
The 2020W curriculum is currently valid for the Diploma Programme Law.
Information on the Curriculum (2020W)
The complete version of the curriculum reflects the currently valid version of the curriculum. It is for informational purposes only and is not legally binding. The legally binding version of the curriculum, including any amendments, may be found in the University of Innsbruck Bulletins.
In order to determine which version of the curriculum is applicable in your case, see the Catalogue of Studies
available at: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/lfuonline_meinestudien.studienblatt
Section: Current Curriculum version
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin October 30th, 2024, Issue 9, No. 88 (equivalence list)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2024)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 27 2024, Issue 79, No. 875 (modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2023)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin June 28 2023, Issue 54, No. 625 (modification of the curriculum)
- English version of the curriculum (from October 1st 2020)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin November 4 2020, Issue 13, No. 142 (equivalence list)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin May 20 2020, Issue 34, No. 362 (amendment of the modification of the curriculum)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin April 30 2019, Issue 25, No. 346 (modification of the curriculum)
- University of Innsbruck Bulletin July 30 2001, Issue 41, No. 734 (regulation about the recognition of exams)
Studies Induction and Orientation Stage (STEOP)
(1) Within the scope of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage, which takes place in the first semester, the following compulsory subjects must be passed:
- Introduction to Law (§7 no. 1) VO 4, 6 ECTS-Credits,
- Legal Methods and their Application (§7 no. 2) VO 2, 4 ECTS-Credits.
(2) Successful passing of all exams of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage entitles to taking all further courses and examinations.
(3) Before successful completion of the Studies Induction and Orientation Stage courses amounting to 22 ECTS-Credits may be passed. The requirements specified in the curriculum must be met.
Subjects / Modules
The Diploma Programme Law consists of three parts, each of which is concluded with a diploma examination.
First Diploma Examination (one semester - 32 ECTS-Credits)
This part conveys the fundamentals of law, the competent use of internet databases, and economic knowledge that is important for legal professions. The subject "Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure" marks the entry into the area of current law.
Compulsory Subjects:
- Introduction to Law
- Legal Methods and their Application
- Roman Private Law
- History of Law
- Practical course in Roman Private Law or the History of Law
Second Diploma Examination (five semesters - 145 ECTS-Credits)
This is the core part of the study programme. Teaching focuses on the material that is essential for legal activities.
Compulsory Subjects:
- Private Law and Private International Law
- Corporate Law, Company Law and the Law of the Capital Market
- Civil Procedure
- Labour and Social Law
- Theory of States, Theory of Constitutions and Constitutional Law
- Administrative Sciences and Administrative Law
- Financial Law
- European Law
- Public International Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Philosophy, Theory and Methods of Law
- Practical courses from three different subjects according to No. 1 to 10
- Seminar from one of the subjects according No 1 to11 und §7 No 3 and 4
- AG Working Group for Academic Legal Writing
Third Diploma Examination (two semesters - 63 ECTS-Credits)
Subject baskets:
- Judiciary – Legal Practice
- Administration
- Law and Economics
- Employment, Social Affairs, Living
- European Law and Public International Law
- Foreign Law and Law Comparison
- Italian Law
- Law and Digitisation
- Legal Professional Skills
Individual elective subjects
Extension Programme
Within the scope of the Study Programme, a Extension Programme corresponding to 60 ECTS-Credits may be passed. Admission to the Extension Programme requires the admission to or the having passed of one of the selected Study Programmes. Detailed information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/studium/angebot/es-informatik/
Information about examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination regulations
The examination regulation is an integral part of the curriculum, detailed information can be found under the paragraph examination regulations.
The grade distribution table is a statistical representation of the distribution of all successfully completed examinations in a given programme of study or subject (based on all registered students for the programme or subject). The grade distribution table is updated in regular intervals.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austrian grading scheme | Definition | %-age | ||
| 1 | EXCELLENT: Outstanding performance | 29.4 | = 100% | |
| 2 | GOOD: Generally good, but with some errors | 26.6 | ||
| 3 | SATISFACTORY: Generally sound work with a number of substantial errors | 24.2 | ||
| 4 | SUFFICIENT: Performance meets the minimum cirteria | 19.8 | ||
| 5 | INSUFFICIENT: Substantial improvement necessary; requirement of further work |
December 2021
Overall classification of the qualification
Not applicable
Explanation: An overall classification (mit Auszeichnung bestanden/pass with distinction, bestanden/pass, nicht bestanden/fail) – is awarded only for examinations that conclude a programme of study and consist of more than one subject (an examination of this type is not specified in the curriculum of this programme of study).
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Examination Dates (in German only)
Forms (in German only)
Recognition of ExamsAND Supplementary Sheet
Application for the Diploma Thesis- Cover Sheet for the Diploma Thesis
- Declaration of Academic Honesty
- Submission of the Diploma Thesis (Instruction)
- To block the Diploma Thesis
Recognitions (in German only)
- Diploma Programme Business Law (2003W) => Diploma Programme Law
- Bachelor's Programme Business Law (2015W) => Diploma Programme Law
- Recognition of exams (University of Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna)
Contact and Information
Examination Office
Standort Innrain 52d
Associate Dean of Studies
Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Niedermayr
Dean of Studies
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Alexander Koch, LL.M.
Information about the Programme (in German only)
Older curricula can be found in the archive Course Catalog
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