The Faculty
The Faculty of Law in Fribourg has an excellent reputation and based on the number of students is the third largest Faculty in Switzerland. The Faculty is very active in research and has many widely recognised publications and legal journals to its name. It contributes to legal practise through the many conferences held at the University, such as those on Construction Law, Traffic Law, Civil Liability Law, Criminal Law, Family Law and European Law.
The Faculty counts the following departments and institutes:
- Department of Private Law
- Department of Public Law
- Department of International and Commercial Law
- Department of Criminal Law
- Institute of Federalism
- Institute of European Law
- Institute of Religions Law
- Institute of Swiss and International Construction Law
- Institute of Law and Economics
For more information about the Departments and Institutes visit the German or French homepage.
The Fribourg Faculty of Law is the only bilingual law faculty in Switzerland. All courses are offered in French and German, and it is possible to study law in one language or in both languages. The Faculty provides a complete teaching program. Apart from studies of Swiss law, the Faculty lays great emphasis on international public law and on European law.
Fribourg emphasises all the latest study and teaching methods in addition to the classical courses. Already at the Bachelor level group projects, tutorials, block courses, interactive activities on the internet and written work play an important role. The Master program is almost exclusively dedicated to intensive courses, which combine the above methods with additional teaching methods.
