Master of Society, Law and Religion
Leuven, Belgium
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English, Dutch
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,093 **
STUDY FORMAT
* there is no strict application deadline | for the most recent – and only official – information on application deadlines, please check the KU Leuven webpage
** for non-EEA; EUR 1181.40 for EEA | for the most recent – and only official – information on tuition fees, please check the KU Leuven webpage
Key Summary
About: The Master of Society, Law and Religion at KU Leuven develops advanced understanding of crime, responses to crime and criminal justice. It covers religion in the public sphere, secularism, state–religion relations, human rights, European and international law, and politics of religious freedom. Taught at the Faculty of Canon Law, it includes Roman Catholic canon law, other Christian legal traditions and Islamic law. You can study full-time, part-time or via distance learning, with flexible exam scheduling and elective courses across faculties to tailor your programme.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as policy advisors, legal advisors, and NGO or human-rights officers.
The Master of Society, Law and Religion is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of crime, public response to crime and, specifically, criminal justice in Europe and beyond. The programme focuses recent developments in criminological theory and their implications for national and international policy-making.
About the Programme
The programme aims at enabling students to gain a solid and critical knowledge on key issues such as the place of religion in the public sphere, the debate on secularism, the role of the State vis-à-vis religion, church and relationships, human rights and religion, European and international law and religion, and domestic and international politics of religious freedom. Taught at the Faculty of Canon Law, the programme is particularly sensitive to the autonomy of religions, religious self-government, and religious laws.
While all students receive a basic training in the law of the Roman Catholic Church, the programme embraces the law of other christian communities, and includes classes in Islamic law.
The programme can be taken as a self-standing programme or as a gateway to the Master of Canon Law. This initial master's program can be followed on a full-time or part-time basis. In order to facilitate students wishing combine education with employment or social engagement, the programme allows for distance learning and spreading of examinations. The large choice of subjects from different faculties enables students to tailor their educational experience, to their interests, needs and projects.
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