About us | Faculty of Law

History

The Faculty of Law in Mostar is a public higher education institution.

The Faculty was founded in 1971 as a Department of the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo, and in 1976 it became an independent educational and scientific research institution. Its association with three other faculties in 1977 formed the University "Džemal Bijedić" in Mostar.

From 1971 to 1993, the Faculty was located in Blagoja Parovića Street, and in 1993, with the beginning of hostilities, the University "Džemal Bijedić" and the Faculty of Law had to leave the premises used until then, and were left without of your equipment. From 1993 to 1996, the Faculty used insufficient and inadequate premises in the city, and from 1996, together with other faculties of the "Džemal Bijedić" University, it was housed in facilities on the site of the University Campus in North Camp.

Mission of the Faculty:

education within the I, II and III cycles of specialist studies in accordance with the needs and requirements of the environment with constant organizational, material and methodological improvements,
improving knowledge and developing scientific and research work,
the flexibility and recognition of the Faculty, and the economy of studying.

Vision of the Faculty:

the introduction of new educational content in order to monitor the needs of the labor market and train students for involvement in international economic relations and trade and for the execution of jobs and tasks from various fields that are set before them already in the process of joining BiH to the EU,
carrying out research projects in cooperation with domestic companies,
organizing and participating in international conferences and publishing papers in international reference journals in order to strengthen scientific and research activities and apply research results in practice.

The vision of the Faculty is to be an accredited, reference and competitive higher education institution in the region, for the education of professional staff with high output competencies applicable in practice, with continuous performance and improvement of scientific-research and practical-legal activities, corresponding to the requirements of the environment.

General informations

The Faculty of Law is an organizational unit of the University "Džemal Bijedić" in Mostar, which carries out higher education activities by organizing teaching, research and professional work through undergraduate (I cycle), graduate studies (II cycle) and doctoral studies (III cycle). In order to achieve the tasks within its activity, on the internal plan, the Faculty is organized through: departments, teaching subjects, the Institute for Legal and Social Research, as well as the activities of the Faculty Secretariat, Student Services, library and reading room, and joint university services of Accounting, Legal Services , Information Center and Library.

At the Faculty of Law, one can obtain a higher professional degree, i.e. Bachelor of Law (240 ECTS). Undergraduate study for obtaining a higher professional qualification and the professional title of bachelor of law lasts four years.

In the academic year 2018/19. 1st cycle of studies - undergraduate three-year study "Criminology and security studies" was launched in 2008 to obtain the title of bachelor of criminology and security studies.

The graduate study for the Master of Law degree lasts one year (60 ECTS).

In the academic year 2009/2010. In 2008, the regional postgraduate study "Business Law of the European Union" was organized at the Faculty.

From the academic year 2011/2012. In 2008, the second cycle of studies was organized at the Faculty - civil law, criminal law, and the second cycle called "International Relations and Diplomacy".

In the academic year 2017/2018. year, the Faculty organizes teaching in the III cycle - doctoral studies in European law, for obtaining the degree of doctor of legal sciences in the field of European law (180 ECTS).