RUG Exchange Program Guide - University of Western Ontario ...

Introduction
This guide is especially meant for incoming exchange students of the
Faculty of Law. Besides practical information, it also contains
information about the application procedure, educational system and
student facilities.
The Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen is a modern,
internationally oriented institution that has existed for nearly four
centuries. Since it has the ambition to measure itself with the best law
faculties in Europe, advanced systems of quality control have been
implemented to continuously improve the Faculty’s research and
education. Also the Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen has an
outstanding reputation as one of the best law faculties in the
Netherlands. Furthermore, although the Faculty has grown to become
one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands, it has kept its friendly
and informal atmosphere and its concern for good relations amongst its
staff and students.
The Faculty offers a wide range of law subjects and a large variety of
specialized courses. Over 3,700 students study here under the
supervision of 40 full time professors, 18 professors holding a special
chair, 6 visiting professors and 140 teaching staff members. Each year
approximately 350 foreign students stay for a term or a full year of study.
More than 75 courses are taught and examined in English. The law
building is located in the very centre of the city and has its own library.
Part of the Faculty’s research programmes falls within the ambit of the
Groningen Graduate School of Law:
>Legislation and the evaluation of the quality of legislation
>Ensuring compliance with legal norms
>Functions and functioning of adjudicatory institutions
>Legal aspects of public and private organizations
>Individual rights, duties and powers
>Law and European unification
In addition, the Faculty has a long-standing reputation in several fields
of public international law and specialized subjects such as:
administrative relations between individuals and the state; peace and
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