38 Law Degree Programs in Portugal

The Master’s Degree in Law & Security provides in-depth knowledge of issues related to Security, drawing from different fields. It is based on an interdisciplinary and transversal approach, due to the need to address the problems of (in)security, which require a global response.

Egas Moniz Higher Institute of Health Science's (IUEM) Undergraduate Degree in Forensic and Criminal Science, offers an innovative and pioneering program in Portugal. The degree arose in response to the need to train forensic scientists with encompassing and interdisciplinary skills in the different natural sciences areas, with a strong lab component, capable of effectively analyzing a crime scene.

Consistently ranked by Eduniversal among the top master’s courses in Western Europe and lectured in English, the Master’s in Law and Financial Markets offers students the challenge of an innovative set of courses in law and finance, opportunities to meet and network with leading financial institutions, to gain hands-on experience through an internship in a financial institution and to benefit from an international experience at a top university in Europe or beyond, through NOVA School of Law’s membership of the Themis Network.

NOVA School of Law’s 3rd Cycle Programme in Law is a four-year program leading to a Ph.D. degree in Law. The Programme comprises a taught component (over three semesters) where advanced legal studies are carried out with an interdisciplinary focus. This period also provides training in research methodologies and other complementary skills. Towards the end of the taught component of the Programme, candidates must prepare and publicly defend their thesis project.

The PhD program in Catholic Porto aims to train quality researchers, contributing to the development of research in the Faculty, as well as to the critical and responsible construction of legal science in Portugal.

With the Master’s in Law – Specialization in Public Law | Public Regulatory Law, NOVA School of Law offers a ground-breaking academic experience in a field that has become one of the most relevant within Public Law: regulation.

The Law Degree offered by the Porto School of Law of the UCP Faculty of Law is a 4-year university-level degree. In this course, students acquire solid legal knowledge and develop transversal skills that will allow them to actively participate in society, as a citizen who makes a difference and as a competent, responsible and honest professional.

The fundamental goal of the course is to provide an integrated vision of a wide range of fields of study, such as Labour Law, Social Security Law, Migration Law, and Resolution Conflict with its emergent legislation. The course is valued for its blend of traditional law with developments in the associated areas of Social and Innovation Law.

he Master’s in Law Applied to Technology (Law & Tech) puts NOVA School of Law at the forefront of innovative legal education. The focus is on the digital and other types of emerging technological transformations. The study of law within this focus is approached in international, transnational, and comparative way. The program has a common core of courses: Law and Technology Intensive Course, Technological Deep Dive, and Methodology of Legal Research. These ensure that students acquire a set of basic, horizontal conceptual and analytical tools needed to become law and technology experts. Building on this common core, the program offers 3 specialisation tracks that seek to address different technological realities and their impact on different facets of the legal world, namely: >> Digitalisation and public policies >> The law of the data-driven markets >> Intellectual property and the regulation of innovation

The LL.M. in International Business Law is designed for graduates and young lawyers aiming to build a global career. The program offers an innovative approach to International, Anglo-American, and European business law, covering key areas such as corporate law, arbitration, cross-border transactions, finance, and tax.

This programme has a minimum duration of three and a maximum duration of thirty-six consecutive or interpolated months. The regulation defines the conditions of access to the common resources of NOVA School of Law by external researchers who wish to carry out post-doctoral studies here, as well as their duties and rights.

Choosing NOVA School of Law is to venture into a NEW way of learning to think about Law. We are a team who believes that the proximity between student and teacher is essential for effective learning. We create, right from the start of the degree, the development of a critical and creative spirit, promoting dialogued classes and specialised monitoring of study, promoting an approach to law that anticipates problems, and where that is not possible, of solving them in innovative ways.

The Double Degree in Law and Management program is the result of a partnership between the Faculty of Law and Católica Porto Business School and allows the completion of two distinct degrees (one in Law and one in Management) in a total of 10 semesters.

The Master’s in International and European Law offers students the opportunity to expand their legal knowledge in an area that is becoming increasingly essential considering world globalization, in which national boundaries are losing importance. This explains the focus of the master’s on several areas of European Union law such as the freedom of movement of people and the European jurisdictional system.

The Masters in Law has a highly qualified faculty, which combines specialists from different areas, from the Catholic University and the most prestigious universities, chosen for their high technical competence and also great pedagogical capacity.

This one-of-a-kind program offers a truly global legal education, going beyond traditional European and International Law. Taught by an international faculty, it explores law across multiple jurisdictions using innovative, cross-border approaches.

The Master in Law and Management aims to train professionals qualified to respond to the needs of an organization in global terms, preparing them not only to identify and propose solutions to the organization's issues, but also to decide and execute.