​5 reasons to choose the Master’s Degrees in Law at the Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

• A highly qualified academic staff - bringing together specialists from different areas of Universidade Católica and from leading international universities, selected for their technical excellence and outstanding pedagogical ability.
   
• A personalised and interdisciplinary academic pathway - students have the freedom to design their own curriculum and create an interdisciplinary study plan. This model is unique in Portugal but reflects the practice followed by several top American and European universities.
   
• A strengthened offer of interdisciplinary modules and seminars - thanks to the flexibility of the study plan, students may choose curricular units in Corporate and Business Law, Tax Law and/or Labour Law, among other areas.
   
• Excellent employability rates - eight out of ten students begin the programme without professional experience, yet more than half are already working by their final year, with 90% employed in positions directly related to their field of study.
   
• Training internships - available through Erasmus+, the Free-Mobility Programme, or the curricular internship programme offered in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Eight Areas of Specialisation

• Private Law
• Criminal Law
• Corporate and Business Law
• International and European Law
• Administrative Law
• Labour Law
• Tax Law
• Constitutionalism, Democracy and Human Rights

Merit Scholarships

Merit Scholarships are awarded to students enrolled in the Master’s Degree who achieved the highest classifications in their undergraduate degree, provided that the final grade is 15/20 or higher.

Ten scholarships are awarded each semester.

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