Master's in Law - Specialization in Business Law and Technology ("Law & Tech")

Length 4 Semesters

120 ECTS

Entries: 120 places

These places are available within the areas of specialization of International and European Law, Business Law and Technology (“Law & Tech”), and Social and Innovation Law.

Applications from students who prove they will be able to complete their bachelor’s degree(licenciatura) by September will be accepted.

1^st Phase of Applications:

• Submission of applications: From 1 to 28 February 2022
• Announcement of placements: 9 March 2022
• Complaint about placements: From 9 to 16 March 2022
• Enrolment: From 16 to 22 March 2022

Requirements

Holders of a bachelor’s degree (licenciatura) or legal equivalent.

Selection Criteria

• Final grade of the degree which the applicant is applying with (50%);
• Relevance and suitability of previous background to the master’s degree course with regard to the pluridisciplinary nature of the course (50%); the jury assigns each applicant a grade of 0 to 20, based on analysis of the letter of motivation and curriculum vitae. If necessary, the members of the jury may decide to conduct an interview with all or some of the applicants;
•  Applicants with a rating lower than 9.5 will automatically be excluded.

Submission of Applications (Online):

• Completion of the application form (online);
• Payment of the application fee using the ATM or Paypal reference provided (51.00€);
• Online submission of the following documents: motivation letter, curriculum vitae (European model), copy of the course(s) certificate(s); copy of the tax number identification card; copy of the Identification Card;
• Applicants conditioned upon the conclusion of the bachelor’s degree must submit an interim academic transcript showing the subjects already completed and their final grades discriminated and a declaration under oath stating the course, school, expected average and the the conclusion date. In addition, a statement from the institution of higher education where they are attending the degree should be submitted, proving their academic situation;
• Applicants with foreign qualifications must send an academic transcript showing the coefficient of performance or a statement with the final average of the degree. Applicants are conditioned to the respective formal recognition or equivalence of the foreign qualification by a competent Portuguese authority, under the regime of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 (certificate or proof of submission of the request to be presented until September).
• Applicants who do not report the final grade average, expected or completed will be graded with a minimum score of 10 on the 0-20 scale.
• During the application, candidates must submit a request for accreditation of academic qualifications and professional experience obtained before entering the study cycle. For this purpose, the applicant must complete the appropriate form and attach all relevant documentation. When the request for accreditation occurs at the time of the application, the accreditation is not a sufficient condition to be accepted into the study cycle and only can be granted after the admission into the study cycle, in the same study cycle only.
• All documents must be presented in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish, and endorsed by the competent authority of the State where the document originates.

Applications omitting the documents requested or where the application fee has not been paid will be rejected. 

Applications available through the NOVA School of Law applications portal.