Teaching and Examination Regulations for Master s degree programmes, 2013-2014 1 General provisions Article 1 Applicability 1.1 These Regulations apply to the teaching and examinations of the Master s degree programmes referred to in Article 3, hereinafter referred to as the Master s degree programmes. 1.2 The Master s degree programmes are provided by the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen, hereinafter referred to as the Faculty. 1.3 This TER is also applicable to students from other faculties or higher education institutions, in so far as they are participating in one of the master s degree programmes which are being offered by the Faculty. Article 2 Definitions The following definitions apply to these Regulations: Act the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW; Wet op het Hoger Onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) Student a person registered at the University for the purpose of taking course units and/or examinations and a final assessment leading to the conferral of a university degree Course unit a teaching unit of the degree programme within the meaning of the Act Practical/seminar a practical exercise, as referred to in Article 7.13 of the Act. Seminars and seminars focus on the student s ability to work independently, often expressed in a presentation and/or paper, in one of the following forms or a combination of several of these forms: - writing a thesis - writing a paper or draft - conducting a research project - participating in a field trip or excursion - completing a internship - participating in a different educational activity designed to teach certain skills Examination a test of the knowledge, understanding and skills of the student as well as an assessment of the results of any research Final assessment the final assessment of the Master s degree programme Semester part of the academic year, either starting on 1 September and ending on a date to be determined by the Board of the University on or around 31 January, or starting on the aforementioned date determined by the Board of the University and ending on or around 31 August Day working day, unless stated otherwise Ocasys the University s digital course catalogue for academic year 2012-2013. Ocasys is part of this Teaching and Examination Regulation unless otherwise is explicitly indicated in this Teaching and Examination Regulation. The other definitions shall have the meaning that the Act ascribes to them. Article 3 The Master s degree programmes 3.1 The Faculty offers the following Master s degree programmes: a. Dutch Law b. Notarial Law c. Tax Law d. Law and Public Administration e. International and European Law 1
2011-2012 f. Law and ICT g. European Law School 3.2 The Master s degree programmes listed under a, b, c, d and f are offered as both full-time and part-time programmes. The Master s degree programmes listed under a, b, c, and d are also offered as dual programmes. 3.3 The Master s degree programmes listed under a, b, and c (dual variants) are included in separate Teaching and Examination Regulations. 3.4 Students may request permission from the Board of Examiners to compile their own General Master of Laws programme within the degree programmes referred to in Article 3.1. The Board of Examiners may set specific conditions to this end. Article 4 Aim of the Master s degree programmes a. Dutch Law A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Dutch Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of Dutch Law through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the law, through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. An understanding of international and European influences on Dutch law, taking into account the additional requirements placed on a specific specialization. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Dutch Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature related to a complex problem of Dutch law, and to evaluate and apply them. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of Dutch law and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding Dutch law. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning Dutch law understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Dutch Law has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. b. Notarial Law A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Notarial Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of Notarial law through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the law, in particular Notarial law, through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. An understanding of international and European influences on Notarial law. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Notarial Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature related to a complex problem of Notarial law, 2
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 and to evaluate and apply them. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of Notarial law and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding Notarial law. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning Notarial law understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Notarial Law has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. c. Tax Law A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Tax Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of tax law through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the law, in particular tax law, through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. A thorough knowledge and understanding of the finance of companies. A4. A thorough knowledge and understanding of international and European tax law. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Tax Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature related to a complex problem of tax law, and to evaluate and apply them. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of tax law and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding tax law. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning tax law understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Tax Law has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. d. Law and Public Administration A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Law and Public Administration has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough understanding of the applicable national law (in particular public law) and its methods. A2. A thorough understanding of international and European public law, both as separate legal fields and in relation to and as components of national law. A3. Active mastery of the concepts and theories of public administration and policy studies. 3
2011-2012 A4. An analytical understanding of the design and function of the public sector in the Netherlands and Europe. A5. In-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant key terms and concepts in political science, economics and philosophy of law. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Law and Public Administration has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently conduct public administration research in the field of the design and function of the public sector. B2. The ability to analyse questions with regard to the design and function of the public sector from an interrelated legal and socioscientific perspective, and on the basis of this to make public administration-related diagnoses and recommendations. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding public administration. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning public administration understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Law and Public Administration has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. e. International and European Law A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in International and European Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of international and European law through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the law, in particular international and European law, through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. A thorough knowledge and understanding of the wider (international) context in which international and European law functions. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in International and European Law has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature related to a complex problem of international and European law, and to evaluate and apply them. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of international and European law and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding international and European law. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning international and European law understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in International and European Law has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. f. Law and ICT A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes 4
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 The Master s degree programme in Law and ICT has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of IT law or legal information science through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the law, in particular IT law or legal information science, through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. An understanding of international and European influences on IT law or legal information science. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Law and ICT has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature related to a complex problem of IT law or legal information science, and to evaluate and apply them. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of IT law or legal information science and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding IT law or legal information science. B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning IT law or legal information science understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in Law and ICT has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. g. European Law School A. Knowledge and understanding learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in European Law School has the following learning outcomes with regard to knowledge and understanding: A1. A thorough knowledge and understanding of company law and private law within Dutch, German and/or French law and the legal systems of the United Kingdom through a deepening of the knowledge acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A2. A thorough understanding of the coherence of the various legal systems, in particular company law and private law within Dutch, German and/or French law and the legal systems of the United Kingdom through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. A3. A thorough understanding of the influence that European law has on company law and private law within Dutch, German and/or French law and the legal systems of the United Kingdom through a deepening of the understanding acquired during the Bachelor s phase. B. Skills and attitude learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in European Law School has the following learning outcomes with regard to skills and attitude: B1. The ability to independently collect, assess and apply relevant facts, legislation, jurisprudence and literature in order to solve a legal issue, also in an international context. B2. The ability to conduct independent academic legal research in the field of company law and private law, also from a comparative perspective, and to make a societally relevant contribution to the development of the law. B3. The ability to independently engage in academic discourse with colleagues regarding company law and private law, also from a comparative perspective. 5
2011-2012 B4. The ability to make a complex argument concerning company law and private law, also from a comparative perspective, understandable to a group of colleagues and the public orally and in writing. C. Professional and academic learning outcomes The Master s degree programme in European Law School has the following professional and academic learning outcomes: C1. Knowledge and understanding of the professional prospects. C2. Understanding of the demands regarding independent study and the personal decision-making process which follow from the rapid and continuous development of positive law. Article 4A More than one Master s degree 4A.1 Students who, having gained a Master s degree at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen or any other Law faculty, wish to follow another Master s degree programme at the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen must satisfy all the requirements of the curriculum of this Master s degree programme as referred to in the relevant article in the Teaching and Examination Regulations. Exemptions may be granted for compulsory components in the curriculum that have already been completed in the first Master s degree programme, with the exception of the Master s thesis. 4A.2 In the event that a student can satisfy the requirements of the Teaching and Examination Regulations of the second (third, etc.) Master s degree programme by gaining fewer than 30 ECTS credit points in new course units, this student must follow 30 ECTS in additional optional course units approved by the Board of Examiners. The thesis may be included in these 30 ECTS credit points. 4A.3 Subject to the provisions of Article 4A.2 and the Teaching and Examination Regulations of the relevant Master s degree programme, the optional course units in the second (third, etc.) Master s degree programme may include course units from the first Master s degree programme. 2 Structure of the degree programme Article 5 Student workload The degree programmes as referred to in Article 3.1 have a student workload of 60 ECTS credit points, whereby 1 ECTS equals 28 hours of study. Article 5A Honours programme master s degree programme 1. A student can be invited to participate in an Honours programme which is being offered by the Honours College of the University of Groningen. 2. The Honours programme has a total study load of 15 ECTS. The Teaching and Examination Regulation of the Honours College is applicable to that programme. 3. The Honours programme is not part of the regular master s degree curriculum. The results and grades will not count towards awarding the judicium cum laude or summa cum laude of the master s degree programme. 4. The results of the Honours programme will be mentioned on the diploma supplement attached to the degree certificate of the master s degree programme which the student obtained. Article 6 Specializations and structure of the Master s degree programme in Dutch Law 6.1 The Master s degree programme in Dutch Law has the following specializations: - Company Law 6
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 - Private Law - Constitutional and Administrative Law - Criminal Law and Criminology (legal / criminological variants) 6.2 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: Company Law specialization 1. Employment Contracts Law (6 ECTS) 2. Insolvency Law (6 ECTS) 3. Competition law (6 ECTS) 4. Company Law 1* (6 ECTS) 5. Company Law 2 (6 ECTS) 6. Optional course(s)* (6 ECTS) 7. Seminar Dutch Law (6 ECTS) 8. Thesis Dutch Law (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * If Company Law 1 is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 12 ECTS worth of optional courses. Private Law specialization 1. Civil Procedural Law 2 (6 ECTS) 2. Selected Topics in Property Law (6 ECTS) 3. Private International Law (6 ECTS) 4. Company Law 1* (6 ECTS) 5. Family Law* (6 ECTS) 6. Selected Topics in Law of Obligations (6 ECTS) 7. Optional course(s)* (* ECTS) 8. Seminar Dutch Law (6 ECTS) 9. Thesis Dutch Law (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * If Company Law 1 is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Family Law is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, or if Family Law for Notarial Law students and Relationship Property Law are taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme Notarial Law, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Company Law 1 and Family Law (of instead of Family Law the course units Family Law for Notarial Law students and Relationship Property Law as part of the Bachelor s degree programme Notarial Law) are taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 12 ECTS worth of optional courses. Constitutional and Administrative Law specialization 1. Governance, Liability and Private Law (6 ECTS) 2. Fundamental Rights (6 ECTS) 3. Law of the Environment 1* (6 ECTS) 4. Local Government Law* (6 ECTS) 5. Constitutional and Administrative Law from a Community (6 ECTS) Perspective 6. Immigration Law or Social Security Law (6 ECTS) 7. Optional course(s)* (* ECTS) 8. Seminar Dutch Law (6 ECTS) 8. Thesis Dutch Law (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * If Law of the Environment 1 is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Local Government Law is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Law of the Environment 1 and Local Government Law are taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 12 ECTS worth of optional courses. Criminal Law and Criminology specialization 7
2011-2012 Legal variant: 1. Introduction to Criminology* (6 ECTS) 2. International and European Criminal Law (6 ECTS) 3. Substantive Criminal Law (6 ECTS) 4. Sanction Law* (6 ECTS) 5. Criminal Procedure Law Coercive Remedies (6 ECTS) 6. Criminal Procedure Law Legal Remedies (6 ECTS) 7. Optional course(s)* (* ECTS) 8. Seminar Dutch Law (6 ECTS) 6. Thesis Dutch Law (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * If Introduction to Criminology is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Sanction Law is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. If Introduction to Criminology and Sanction Law are taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 12 ECTS worth of optional courses. Criminological variant 1. General Criminology (6 ECTS) 2. Introduction to Criminology* (6 ECTS) 2. Youth Criminology (6 ECTS) 3. Law and Reality in the Criminal Justice System (6 ECTS) 4. Substantive Criminal Law (6 ECTS) 5. Criminal Procedure Law Coercive Remedies (6 ECTS) 6. Optional course(s)* (* ECTS) 7. Seminar Crime and Criminal Justice (6 ECTS) 8. Criminal Law or Criminology Thesis (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * If Introduction to Criminology is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 6 ECTS worth of optional courses. 6.3 Only courses that are qualified as legal courses can be taken as optional courses. 6.4 All optional course units in the Optional course(s), whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners in advance. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in the degree programme. 6.5 Repealed 6.6 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 6.7 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 6.6, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 7 Repealed Article 7A Dutch Law with civiel effect for HBO transfer students 7A.1 a. Students with a HBO degree in Law can follow the Master s degree programme in Dutch Law upon completion of the Pre-Master s bridging programme in Law. b. Once a student has been admitted by the Faculty, he or she will be enrolled in the Pre-Master s bridging programme in Rechtsgeleerdheid. Students can apply for provisional admission to the Master s degree programme on the basis of Article 30.2. 8
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 c. After completing the Pre-Master s bridging programme a statement final admission to the master s degree programme through the department study advise should be produced as to complete the registration for the master Dutch Law. The regular entrance moments are applicable. 7A.2 The Pre-Master s bridging programme referred to in Article 7A.1b comprises the following course units: 1. Administrative Law 2 7 ECTS 2. Administrative Law 3 4 ECTS 3. Civil Procedural Law 1 6 ECTS 4. Civil Law 2 9 ECTS 5. Civil Law 3 7 ECTS 6. European Law 7 ECTS 7. Trade Law A and B 9 ECTS 8. Legal Skills C (incl. Legal Skills C - ITJ) 3 ECTS 9. Constitutional Law 1A 5 ECTS 10. Criminal Law 2 7 ECTS 11. Criminal Law 3 6 ECTS 12. 1 of the following course units: 6 or7 ECTS Introduction to the Philosophy of Law Introduction to Legal Information Science Introduction to Sociology of Law History of Law 2 Economics of Law or Constitutional Law 2 78/79 ECTS 7A.3 The Master s degree programme is a regular Master s degree programme in Dutch Law, with a student workload of 60 ECTS credit points and comprising the course units listed in Article 6 of these Teaching and Examination Regulations. Article 8 Structure of the degree programme in Notarial Law 8.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1. Agricultural Law (5 ECTS) or (5/6 ECTS) Estate Planning (5 ECTS) or Seminar: Selected Topics in Private International Law (6 ECTS) or Selected Topics in Law of Obligations (6 ECTS) 2. Tax Law 2 (6 ECTS) 3. Selected Topics in Property Law (6 ECTS) 4. Private International Law (6 ECTS) 5. Inheritance Law for Notarial Law Students (7 ECTS) 6. Optional course(s) (5/6 ECTS) 7. Thesis Notarial Law (18 ECTS) 8. Seminar: Selected Topics in Notarial Law 2 (6 ECTS) (60 ECTS) 8.2 All optional course units in the Optional course(s), whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners in advance. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in the degree programme. 8.3 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 8.4 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 8.3, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. 9
2011-2012 Article 9 Structure of the degree programme in Tax Law 9.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1. Procedural Tax Law 2 (3 ECTS) 2. Selected Topics in Property Law or (6 ECTS) Legal Entities, Partnerships 3. International & European Tax Law (6 ECTS) 4. Selected Topics in Company and Taxation (7 ECTS) 5. Corporate Finance (6 ECTS) 6. Selected Topics in Private Individuals and Taxation (6 ECTS) 7. Optional course(s) (5 ECTS) 8. Seminar Tax Law (3 ECTS) 9. Thesis Tax Law (18 ECTS) 9.2 Repealed (60 ECTS) 9.3 All optional course units in the Optional course(s), whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners in advance. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in the degree programme. 9.4 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 9.5 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 9.4, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 9A Tax Law for HBO transfer students 9A.1 a. Students with a HBO Bachelor s degree in Fiscale Economie [Economics of Taxation] or Fiscaal Recht en Economie [Tax Law and Economics] from Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, HAN University of Applied Sciences or Saxion University of Applied Sciences gained no more than two years ago may be admitted to the Master s degree programme in Tax Law upon completion of the associated Pre-Master s bridging programme in Tax Law. b. Once a student has been admitted by the Faculty, he or she will be enrolled in the Pre-Master s bridging programme in Tax Law as referred to in Article 9A.2 a or b, and will thus automatically also be provisionally admitted to the Master s degree programme in Tax Law. The student must complete the bridging programme within two consecutive semesters or else the provisional admission will be cancelled. c. After completing the Pre-Master s bridging programme a statement final admission to the master s degree programme through the department study advise should be produced as to complete the registration for the master Dutch Law. The regular entrance moments are applicable. 9A.2 a. The Pre-Master s bridging programme in Tax Law for graduates of the HEAO degree programme in Fiscale Economie [Economics of Taxation] at Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and Arnhem University of Applied Sciences comprises the following course units: 1. Civil Law 2 (9 ECTS) 2. European Law (7 ECTS) 3. Short thesis (5 ECTS) 4. Corporate Tax (10 ECTS) 10
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 (31 ECTS) b. The Pre-Master s bridging programme in Tax Law for graduates of HBO Fiscale Economie [Economics of Taxation] or Fiscaal Recht en Economie [Tax Law and Economics] at Saxion University of Applied Sciences comprises the following course units: 1. Civil Law 2 (9 ECTS) 2. European Law (7 ECTS) 3. Income Tax (4 ECTS) 4. Short thesis (5 ECTS) 5. Corporate Tax (10 ECTS) 6. Business Income (7 ECTS) (42 ECTS) c. The Pre-Master s bridging programme for graduates of other HEAO degree programmes in Economics of Taxation will be determined on an individual basis. 9A.3 Repealed 9A.4 The Master s degree programme has a student workload of 60 ECTS credit points and comprises the course units listed in Article 9.1 of these Teaching and Examination Regulations. 9A.5 Students may not start the Master s thesis until they have successfully completed the short thesis in the bridging programme. 9A.6 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 9A.5, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 10 Structure of the degree programme in Law and Public Administration 10.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1. Policy Studies 2 (6 ECTS) 2. Modern Public Management (6 ECTS) 3. Politicology (6 ECTS) 4.-5. Two of the following 6 ECTS Public Law course units: (12 ECTS) a. International Institutional Law b. Law of the Environment 1 or Law of the Environment 2 c. Governance, Liability and Private Law d. Local Government Law e. Constitutional and Administrative Law from a Community Perspective f. Immigration Law 6. Philosophy of Law 2 (Ethics of Law & Government) (6 ECTS) 10.2 In addition, the programme includes the following compulsory course units with their student workloads: 1. Seminar Policy Analysis or Seminar Legislation (6 ECTS) 2. Thesis Law and Public Administration (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) 10.3 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 10.3a Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 10.3, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. 10.4 The Faculty Board may set further rules in the form of thesis regulations for the Thesis course unit. 11
2011-2012 Article 10A Law and Public Administration for HBO transfer students 10A.1 a. Graduates of the HEAO degree programme in MER Bestuurskunde [Public Administration], NHL-Thorbecke Academie, HEAO MER with legal specialization or HBO Law can be can be admitted to the Master s degree programme in Law and Public Administration upon completion of the associated Pre-Master s bridging programme in Law and Public Administration. b. Once a student has been admitted by the Faculty, he or she will be enrolled in the Pre-Master s bridging programme in Law and Public Administration. Students can apply for provisional admission to the Master s degree programme on the basis of Article 30.2. c. After completing the Pre-Master s bridging programme a statement final admission to the master s degree programme through the department study advise should be produced as to complete the registration for the master Dutch Law. The regular entrance moments are applicable. d. The Pre-Master s bridging programmes mentioned in Article 10A.2 indicate general outline of the Pre-Master s bridging programme; the Admissions Board can set additional requirements to ensure that the pre-master s bridging programme student fulfils the required admissions standard as mentioned in Article 7.30a.3b of the Act. 10A.2 The Pre-Master s bridging programme in Law and Public Administration comprises the following course units: a. For graduates of HEAO MER Bestuurskunde, HBO Law, HEAO MER with legal specialization: 1. Policy Studies 1 5 ECTS 2. Elementary Public Administration 4 ECTS 3. Introduction to Political Science 5 ECTS 4. Public Finance* 6 ECTS 5. Public Administration and Law 5 ECTS 6. Administrative Law 2 7 ECTS 7. Administrative Law 3 4 ECTS 8. Civil Law 2 10 ECTS 9. Introduction to European Public Law 6 ECTS 10. Social Science Theory 5 ECTS 56 ECTS * Graduates of HEAO MER Bestuurskunde are exempted from the Public Finance course unit b. For graduates of NHL-Thorbecke Academie: 1. Administrative Law 1 5 ECTS 2. Civil Law 1 8 ECTS 3. Public Administration and Law 5 ECTS 4. Administrative Law 2 7 ECTS 5. Administrative Law 3 4 ECTS 6. Civil Law 2 9 ECTS 7. Introduction to European Public Law 6 ECTS 8. Social Science Theory 5 ECTS 51 ECTS Article 11 Structure of the degree programme in International and European Law 11.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1 and 2. Two of the following European Law course units: (12 ECTS) - Competition Law 6 ECTS - European Environmental Law 6 ECTS - European Human Rights Law 6 ECTS - European Internal Market Law 6 ECTS 12
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 3 and 4. - EU External Relations Law 6 ECTS Two of the following International Law course units: (12 ECTS) - International Institutional Law* 6 ECTS - International Human Rights Law - International Humanitarian Law 6 ECTS - International Trade Law 6 ECTS - The Law of International Peace and Security 6 ECTS 5 One of the following non-legal course units: 6 ECTS - Economics of Regulation 6 ECTS - War and Peace 6 ECTS 6 Optional course(s) 6 ECTS 11.1a Repealed. 11.2 In addition, the programme includes the following compulsory English-taught course units with their student workloads: 1. One of the following Seminars: (6 ECTS) - Seminar Comparative Constitutional Law - Seminar: EU Constitutional Law and EU Institutional Law - Seminar: International Relations - Seminar: International Environmental Law 2. Thesis International and European Law (legal, paying attention to interdisciplinary context) (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) 11.3 Some of the course units listed in Articles 11.1 and 11.2.1 are English-taught. 11.4 All optional course units in the Optional course(s), whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners in advance. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in the degree programme. 11.5 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 11.6 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 11.5, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 12 Structure of the degree programme in Law and ICT 12.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1. Company Law and IT (6 ECTS) 2. IT Fundamental Rights* (6 ECTS) 3. Selected Topics in Information Technology Law (6 ECTS) 4. Intellectual Property (6 ECTS) 5. Private International Law (6 ECTS) 6. Optional course(s)* (6 ECTS) 7. Multidisciplinary Seminar (6 ECTS) 8. Thesis Law and ICT (18 ECTS) * If IT Fundamental Rights is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, students need to take 12 ECTS worth of optional courses. (60 ECTS) 12.2 Repealed 12.3 All optional course units in the Optional course(s), whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners in advance. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in 13
2011-2012 the degree programme. 12.4 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the various degree programmes in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 12.5 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 12.4, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 13 Structure of the degree programme in European Law School 13.1 The degree programme comprises the following course units with their student workloads: 1. Employment Contracts Law or European Labour Law (6 ECTS) 2. Mededingingsrecht or Competition Law (6 ECTS) 3. Selected Topics in Law of Obligations or Selected Topics in (6 ECTS) Property Law or a similar course unit in Germany 4 International Contracts Law (6 ECTS) 5 Ondernemingsrecht 1 or Company Law* (6 ECTS) 6. Corporate Law & Economics or a similar course unit in (6 ECTS) Germany 7. Seminar European Law School** (6 ECTS) 8. Thesis European Law School (18 ECTS) (60 ECTS) * Students from Germany that have not participated in the course unit Inleiding Ondernemingsrecht Law in Europe are allowed to take the course unit Company Law instead of the course unit Ondernemingsrecht 1. ** One of the following Seminars: - Seminar: European Private Law or other seminar in the field of private law, European law or comparative law 13.2 Repealed 13.3 Repealed 13.4 Some of the course units listed above are taught in English or German. 13.5 Some of the course units in this degree programme can be followed and the examination sat at the Law faculty of one of the partner universities within the framework of the European Law School degree programme. 13.6 All optional course units, whether taken within the Faculty or outside the Faculty at any university, must be approved by the Board of Examiners. The Board of Examiners will also determine the number of ECTS credit points that will be awarded and has the right to deduct ECTS credit points if a course unit overlaps with another course unit in the degree programme. 13.7 Ocasys sets out the content and teaching methods of the compulsory course units of the degree programme in more detail, including the prior knowledge that students must or should preferably have in order to successfully undertake the course unit in question. 13.8 Any activities that contravene the provisions in Article 13.7, including participation in course units and examinations, will be considered not to have taken place. Article 14 Optional course units 14.1 With the approval of the Board of Examiners, students may choose one or more course units with a total student workload that is at least equal to the difference between the student workload of the degree programme and the total student workload of the compulsory course units of the programme. 14.2 The Optional course(s) space may include: a. one or more optional course units b. a short thesis (8 to 14 pages excl. footnotes), 4-7 ECTS c. a Law in Practice course unit. These include: o a internship, as defined in the Faculty internship regulations: 7 ECTS o International and European Law internship abroad: 7 ECTS o International and European Law internship Washington/Brussels: 14 14
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 ECTS o Participation TEIMUN (only International and European Law students): 5 ECTS o Legal Advice Centre Groningen: 9 ECTS o Children's Legal Advice Centre: 9 ECTS o The Legal Office Hour: 9 ECTS o Groninger Masterclass in Procederen in Arbeidszaken [labour law moot o court]: 6 ECTS Tenants Advice Bureau: 9 ECTS o SOG Legal Office: 7 ECTS o Tax Advice Centre: 7 ECTS o National Moot Court of the Dutch Association for European Law: 4 ECTS o Administrative Law Moot Court Competitions: 4 ECTS o Civil Law Moot Court Competitions: 4 ECTS o Tax Law Moot Court Competitions: 4 ECTS o VAR Moot Court Competitions: 4 ECTS o European Law Moot Court: 5 ECTS o International Moot Court Competition (W.C.Vis): 9 ECTS o International Moot Court Competitions (Cassin, Telders etc): 9 ECTS o Internat. Study Project SGOR: 4 ECTS o Internat. Study Project JFV: 4 ECTS o Editorship Ars Aequi: 7 ECTS o Student Parliament: 6 ECTS o Visiting Group Norgerhaven: 3 ECTS 14.3 The Master s Optional course(s) must comprise course units at M4 or M5 level. See Ocasys for the course unit levels. If a course unit at M4 level is taken as part of the Bachelor s degree programme, this course unit cannot be part of a Master s degree programme. In exceptional cases the Board of Examiners can allow one or more course units of other Master s degree programmes at university level can be chosen. 14.4 A request for approval of optional course units must be submitted through Progresswww to the relevant section of the Board of Examiners by the student at least three months before he or she wishes to register for the course unit in question. 14.5 A decision to deny approval by the Board of Examiners will be supported by reasons. 14.6 The Board of Examiners will make its decision within six weeks of receipt of the request, except during University holidays. The Board of Examiners may postpone its decision for a maximum of fourteen days. The student must be notified of such a postponement before the end of the term referred to in the first sentence of this article. 14.7 The student will be informed of the decision without delay. 14.8 The predicate Master aangevuld met Rechtstheoretisch verdiepingstraject [Master s degree supplemented with Legal-Theoretical deepening programme] will be added to the Diploma Supplement accompanying the Master s degree certificate for students who: - have completed the Introduction to the Philosophy of Law or Introduction to Legal Information Science or Thinking of Democracycourse unit (at B level, these do not count towards the Master s Optional course(s)) - have gained at least 20 ECTS in the following course units: Anthropology of Law, One Law Fits all, Philosophy of Law 1 (Legal reasoning) 3 (The Study of Science), seminar What goes around, comes around (M4 or M5 level) - have added a legal-theoretical component to their thesis. Article 15 Seminars 15.1 In addition to teaching in the form of lectures, the following course units as listed under Article 2 include a seminar in the stated form and the stated 15
2011-2012 duration: 1. Seminar Dutch Law 2. Seminar Crime and Criminal Justice 3. Selected Topics in Notarial Law Seminar 2 4. Seminar Tax Law 5. Seminar Policy Analysis 6. Seminar European Law School (as stated in Article 13.1 under 7) 7. Seminar International and European Law (as stated in Article 11.2 under 1) 8. Multidisciplinary Seminar 15.2 With regard to the course units listed in Article 15.1, successful participation in the relevant practical is considered to mean passing the examination. 15.3 The assessment of the course units listed in Article 15.1 will be expressed either by a mark or by a pass or fail grade. 15.4 Students must satisfy all the requirements set by the lecturer for the practical/seminar in order to be awarded a pass grade or sufficient final mark. In the event that a student, in the opinion of the lecturer, has not satisfied one of the requirements of the practical/seminar, he or she will be awarded a fail grade or insufficient mark. All requirements that the student has satisfied will lapse at the end of the academic year. 15.5 The lecturer will assess as quickly as possible, and no later than twenty working days after the last practical/seminar meeting, whether the student has satisfied all the requirements that apply to the practical/seminar. 3 Examinations and final assessments of the degree programme Article 16 Repealed Article 17 Assessment of internship or research project Assessment of a internship or research project will be performed by the lecturer appointed as examiner by the Board of Examiners. Article 18 Examination frequency and periods 18.1 Each academic year has five examination periods. At least two examination opportunities per year will be offered for the course units listed in Sections 2 and 3. The examination periods are organized as follows: 1. an examination period following the teaching period of Semester 1a 2. an examination period following the teaching period of Semester 1b 3. an examination period following the teaching period of Semester 2a 4. an examination period following the teaching period of Semester 2b 18.2 The two examination opportunities for a course unit referred to as the examination and the resit must be sat during the semester within which the teaching for that course unit was provided. 18.3 Contrary to the provisions of Article 18.2, the examinations and resits for all course units that have a mid-term test or an exam halfway through the semester (i.e. examination period 1 or 3) will be held in the second examination period of the same semester (i.e. examination period 2 or 4). 18.4 Repealed. 18.5 The Board of Examiners may in urgent exceptional circumstances grant permission for examinations to be sat at other than the regular times. 18.6 The Board of Examiners may grant students who are unable to sit an exam due to committee activities permission to sit the exam at another time, to be determined in consultation with the lecturer involved. The following student executives qualify for this regulation: - members of the Faculty Board - members of the Faculty Council - members of the University Council 16
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 - members of the JFV board (a maximum of 6 people) - members of representative bodies of public corporations. In addition and at the discretion of the Board of Examiners, student members of ad hoc committees and board members of Faculty student associations may also qualify for this provision if their contributions are equivalent in workload to the above-mentioned board memberships. Extra examinations are offered for no more than one course unit per semester and a maximum of two course units per year. Requests for qualification for these alternative examination regulations must be submitted to the Board of Examiners via the study advisor in good time, and in any case before the start of the examination period of the semester in which study delay is imminent. Article 19 Form of examinations 19.1 With reference to the examinations for the course units referred to in Section 2, the course unit descriptions for each course unit will indicate whether the course unit in question will be examined in written, oral or another form. 19.2 At the student s request, the Board of Examiners may in urgent exceptional circumstances allow an examination to be taken in a form different from that stated above. 19.3 Students with a performance disability will be given the opportunity to take examinations in a form that will compensate as far as possible for their individual disability. If necessary, the Board of Examiners will seek expert advice in this matter. 19.4 The assessment of theses and participation in research projects, internships, seminars and other practical exercises is done by the examiners in a form stipulated by them. The assessment of a Master s thesis of 18 ECTS or more of which the topic has been registered by the thesis coordinator on or after 1 September 2011 need to be done by a minimum of two examiners based on the thesis regulations. 19.5 If according to the course unit description a course unit is assessed in the form of assignments and papers, students must participate in all components of the assessment, unless the examiner decides otherwise and this is stipulated in the course unit description. The results obtained by the student will be converted into a final mark for the course unit. The examiner determines the weighting factors of the various components. Students who fail to participate in one or more components of the assessment will be awarded a fail grade and all components that that student has participated in will lapse at the end of the academic year. Article 20 Oral examinations 20.1 Unless the Board of Examiners decides otherwise, an oral examination may only be taken by one student at a time. 20.2 Oral examinations are taken in the presence of two lecturers. Article 21 Conditions for participation in examinations Students may only take the final Master s assessment and examinations once they have successfully completed a Bachelor s degree as referred to in Article 28, or have been granted exemption from this, or have been provisionally admitted to the final Master's assessment. Examinations sat in contravention of the terms of this article are invalid. Article 22 Marking of examinations and publication of marks 22.1 The examiner will determine the result of the examination. 22.2 The Faculty Examination Administration is responsible for posting the results of written examinations on the announcements board and via ProgRESS WWW. 17
2011-2012 The Examination Administration will post the results according to the following deadlines: a. No later than three weeks after the date of the examination for the course units: - Company Law 1 - Civil Procedural Law 2 - Insolvency Law - Private International Law b. for all other course units: between the fourth and the ninth working day after the date of the examination (the days between 26 December and 1 January are not regarded as working days in this context). 22.3 Contrary to the provisions of Article 22.2, an examiner will decide the mark of an oral examination immediately and provide students with the relevant written confirmation. 22.3a Contrary to the provisions of Article 22.2, an examiner will decide the mark of an examination in the form of a paper within a reasonable period of time after the paper was submitted, in any case no longer than 20 working days. The examiner will provide the student with written confirmation of the exam result as soon as possible. 22.4 Subject to the provisions of Article 22.3.a, in the event of an examination taken in a form other than oral or written the Board of Examiners will determine in advance how and within which period of time the student will receive written confirmation of the exam result. 22.5 The written confirmation of the results of an examination listed in Article 22.2, 22.3 or 22.3.a will inform the students of their right of inspection, as stipulated in Article 24.3, as well as of the possibility of an appeal to the Board of Appeal for Examinations. With regard to the results of written examinations within the meaning of Article 22.2, the results posted by the Examination Administration on the publications board are considered to be written confirmation as defined in Article 7.11.1 of the WHW. Article 22A Resit in the event of a pass mark 22A.1 No resit may be taken for an examination that has already been passed. 22A.2 Contrary to the provisions of Article 22A.1, a student may submit a written request for an examination which he/she has passed to be considered as not having been taken within three days after the publication of the examination results, unless it concerns a seminar examination. This regulation may be applied to a maximum of two examinations per academic year. 22A.3 If a student has requested cancellation of an exam mark and the mark is raised during a postmortem to a result which the student would like to be considered valid after all, he or she can request the examiner to forward this result to the Faculty Examination Administration. The request for considering the examination as not having been taken will then be cancelled. Article 23 Validity 23.1 Completed course units remain valid indefinitely. Article 24 Post-mortem 24.1 The answers to the questions for written examinations must be made available to students after the examination, no later than at the time stated in Article 24.3. 24.2 Every examination sheet must be provided with information about where, when and how the marked exam can be seen, collected and discussed, in such a way that students can take this information away with them after the examination. Further, the examination sheet (or the appendix thereto) must state that an appeal may be lodged against the decisions of examiners within 6 weeks with the Board of Appeals for Examinations, in accordance with Article 7.61 of the WHW. 24.3 The relevant lecturer will arrange a time and place for the post-mortem where 18
TEACHING AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS FOR MASTER S DEGREE PROGRAMMES, 2012-2013 a. the marked examination will be returned to the examinees for inspection and a general discussion will be held, or b. the marked examinations with standard answers will be shown or handed out to examinees. In addition: The time stated in the information sheet must not be later than one week after the posting of the exam results and (if possible) no later than four working days before the resit examination.contrary to these provisions the time period for examinations for the second semester may fall in the period around the start of the next first semester. 24.4 At the time referred to in Article 24.3, the examinations will be returned for review to the examinees by members of the relevant department in such a way that the name, student card number or registration number can be checked during inspection or removal of the examination. 24.5 The relevant lecturer will provide students with the opportunity to discuss the examination individually, either at a time immediately subsequent to that stated in Article 24.3, or the next day. 24.6 A student who does not attend at the time and place stated in Article 24.3 and does not submit a notice of absence based on reasonable grounds in advance is not entitled to a post-mortem as referred to in Articles 24.3 and 24.5. 24.7 Post-mortems must be confined to clarifying errors or omissions in an answer given by a student. 24.8 Students may take notes during the post-mortem as long as this is not done on the examination sheet. 24.9 If a student appeals against the result, a copy of the marked examination will be made available to the student. At that time, too, the examinations will be returned to the examinees by members of the relevant department in such a way that the name, student card number and/or registration number can be checked during inspection or removal. 24.10 Every examinee is allowed to arrange for his or her copy of the marked examination to be collected by someone else. The examinee needs to inform the responsible lecturer in written form or by email of this fact. That person must present the registration number, their own proof of identification and proof of identification of the examinee. Article 24A Assessment plan An assessment plan has been approved by the Faculty Board, comprising the following topics: 1 the learning outcomes of the degree programme 2 the course units of the degree programme and the learning outcomes of each course unit 3 the relationship between course units and learning outcomes 4 the assessment method to be used and the test moments for each course unit 5 the test design and assessment procedures, assessment criteria and pass mark definition used 6 who is/are responsible for the implementation of the various components of the assessment policy 7 the method of regular evaluation. Article 25 Exemption from an examination 25.1 At the student s request, the Board of Examiners, having discussed the matter with the examiner in question, may grant exemption from an examination on condition that the student: a. has completed part of a university Master s degree programme in the field of law that is equivalent in content and level 19
2011-2012 b. has already successfully completed a compulsory course unit of the Master s degree programme during a university Bachelor s degree programme in the field of law. Contrary to the provisions of (a), the student must make up the exempted ECTS credit points in the Optional course(s). 25.2 A request for exemption from an examination must be submitted in writing to the Board of Examiners. 25.3 The Board of Examiners will make its decision within six weeks of receipt of the request, except during University holidays. Article 26 Final assessment (degree certificate ceremony) 26.1 There will be at least three opportunities a year for a final assessment. In order to be able to facilitate this, students have to ask for permission of the Board of Examiners for their list of courses in Progresswww at least three months before the final course unit of the programme will be successfully completed. The Board of Examiners will determine the result of the final assessment at the student s request when it is determined that the student has passed all course units of the by the Board of Examiners approved programme have been successfully completed. Also the Student Administration Office can request the Board of Examiners to determine the conclusion of the programme if it has concluded that the student has successfully completed all the course units in the study programme approved by the Board of Examiners. The Student Administration Office must then inform the student in advance that he/she must submit a request to the Board of Examiners within two weeks if he/she wishes to take any additional course units. 26.2 Students who have passed all the examinations for the degree programme, must apply for the certificate no later than two weeks after doing so. The examination date entered on the certificate by the Board of Examiners is the date on which the student is deemed by the Board to have satisfied the final assessment requirements by completing the last course unit of the list of courses approved by the Board of Examiners. 26.3 If a student applies for the certificate after the period specified in Article 26.3 or the list of courses is offered for approval to the Board of Examiners by the student after the last course unit has been completed, the examination date entered on the certificate shall be the date on which the student is deemed by the Board of Examiners to have satisfied all the examination requirements, even if the date on which the Board takes this decision is in a subsequent academic year and the student is required to register for that year. 26.4 When determining the result of the final assessment, the Board of Examiners will use the data about the examinations taken that are registered with the Faculty Administration, unless the student can prove the contrary. 26.5 A maximum of 30 EC can be exempt in a Master of Laws programme. Therefore a student needs to be registered as a master student of our faculty for a minimum period of at least one semester in order to be able to successfully pass the Master s examination. If a student wishes to be examined in multiple Master s degree programmes within the Faculty, the student needs to be registered during a minimum period of one semester in each of the programmes though this can be simultaneously. Article 27 Degree 27.1 Students who have satisfied all the requirements of the final assessment shall be awarded the degree of Master of Laws (LL.M.). However, the Dutch title Meester in de Rechten (mr.) will also continue to be used within the Netherlands. 27.2 The degree awarded shall be registered on the degree certificate. The degree certificate will also hold the name of the master s degree programme completed. 27.3 Possible specialisations will be mentioned on the diploma supplement. 20