Doctoral Programme in Law
University of Turku · Turku, Finland
About the programme
According to the Government Decree on University Degrees (794/2004), in order to be awarded a doctorate, the student must complete the required postgraduate studies, demonstrate independent and critical thinking in the field of research, and write a doctoral dissertation and defend it in public.
Description: Opintopolku / Studyinfo.fi (Finnish National Agency for Education) (CC BY 4.0).
Key facts
- Degree
- Doctorate
- Institution
- University of Turku (University)
- Location
- Turku
- Language of instruction
- Finnish
- Standard duration
- 4 years
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Fields
- Law
About Law
Rules and rights: legal reasoning, contracts, courts, human rights and business law.
Where it leads
Lawyer · Judge · Legal counsel · Prosecutor · Human rights advocate
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