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Description of the study program - outline¹

Faculty seat: Šafárikovo nám. 6, Bratislava

The authority of the university for approving the study program:

Date of the last change² to the study program description:

Link to the results of the last periodic evaluation of the study program by the university:

Law of European Union, 184005

2. Level of higher education and ISCED-F code of education level.

4. Name and number of the study field in which the higher education is obtained by completing the study program, or a combination of two study fields in which a higher education is obtained by completing the study program, ISCED-F codes of the field/fields³.

6. Awarded academic title.

PhD.

it is not mentioned

11. Capacity of the study program (planned number of students), actual number of applicants and number of students.

2021/2022:

1. The university will describe the educational goals of the study program as the student's abilities at the time of completion of the study program and the main educational outcomes.⁴

The graduate acquires the ability to work scientifically and pedagogically at the required methodological level in the field of law, in the legal branch of commercial and financial law, as well as in related legal branches, based on which he is prepared to work qualifiedly within the pedagogical process at universities in the given fields.

The subject of study and research in the field of European Union law can be defined by the scope of the set of rules created by the Treaty on the European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, including their legal predecessors and any subsequent changes, and acts issued on their basis. In this corpus of rules, it is necessary to include the results of the external activity of the European Union, including deepened economic integration with third countries (including the creation of the European Economic Area). Despite the fact that national law and the law of the European Union, as well as the application of international obligations form a uniform order in individual countries, the boundaries between legal branches are clearly delineated.

- the judicial system of the European Union,

- citizenship of the European Union, the issue of fundamental rights and freedoms in the area of the European Union,

In cases where the regulation of the European Union in a certain legal area overlaps with national regulation (a typical example is the harmonization of rules related to the internal market), it is necessary to perceive the subject of study and research of European Union law in the transnational approach to regulation, the legal basis of such regulation, adequacy of such adjustment, the effects of regulation on national legal systems. In cases where the regulation of the European Union in a certain legal area is intertwined with international law (typical examples are the rules of international trade, the common foreign and security policy, the area of freedom, security and justice), it is necessary to perceive the subject of study and research of the law of the European Union in that how the European Union acts in the international space as a subject of international law and implements its international obligations.

The graduate acquires the ability to demonstrate considerable authority, innovation, independence, scientific and professional integrity, and assumes a permanent commitment to developing new ideas or practices. The components in question are primarily reflected in the graduate's ability to determine the focus of research and coordinate a team in the scientific field of commercial and financial law, as well as in related legal branches, and in regular publication activity, the quality of which corresponds to the standards of the Internal System for Ensuring the Quality of Higher Education of the Comenius University in Bratislava (Internal Regulation No. 23/2021), as well as the standard of Internal Regulation No. 5/2021, which regulates the internal system of quality assurance of higher education at the Comenius University in Bratislava, the Faculty of Law and the Standards for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (hereinafter all three documents will be referred to as "Quality Standards") and which the graduate presented during their doctoral studies.

Within the above-mentioned subjects, it is ensured that the individual study programs of doctoral studies are strengthened in the study part in a common basis from the point of view of the methodology of science.

Within the Methodology of Science subject, student outputs are presented by the ability to formulate research hypotheses, by deepening skills in the application of methods of analysis and synthesis when writing scientific works, by complying with the requirements of the Quality Standards.

By completing the subject, the doctoral student will acquire core knowledge and relevant information about the international legal basis of the EU institutions, about decision-making processes inside and outside the institutions, as well as about inter-institutional cooperation. Within the framework of the issue, the doctoral student is led to independent work, the result of which should be the processing of a short scientific output focused on the functioning of institutions, a critical view of it and the proposal of solutions to the existing.

Legal order of the European Union - scientific aspects

Within the framework of the issue, the doctoral student is led to independent work, the result of which will be the processing of a short scientific output focused on the issue of the judicial system of the EU, a critical view of the topic, and the proposal of solutions to the existing issues.

Freedoms of the internal market of the European Union - scientific aspects

The quality of the publication activity of doctoral students, especially in the context of the Quality Standards, is evaluated annually by the Council for the Quality of Science and Doctoral Studies of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law.

Pedagogical part

senior staff of analytical departments at the highest courts, senior staff in central state administration bodies and in European structures

advocacy (head of the work team)

As the study programme has a single graduate, which graduated shortly before preparing the description and evaluation, this evaluation cannot be made.

2. Provide list of succesful graduates of the study programme

1. The university will describe the rules for creating study plans in the study program.

Art. 30 of the Study Regulations of the faculty of law: https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_01.pdf

- in the study program, the profile subjects of the respective course of study (specializations) are indicated,

- for each educational part/subject, it defines the educational outcomes and the related criteria and rules for their evaluation so that all the educational objectives of the study program are fulfilled (they can only be listed in the Information Sheets of the subjects in the Education Results section and in the Subject Completion Conditions section),

- subject outline/syllabus⁵,

- teachers of the subject (or participating partner organizations and persons) (can also be listed in the information list of the subjects),

- place where the subject takes place (if the study program is carried out at several workplaces).

Art. 5(7))(d), Art. 10, Art. 12(11), Art. 23 in conjunction with Art. 38, Art. 24(3) Art. 32 and Art. 37 of the Study Regulations of the faculty of law:

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_01.pdf

- the number of credits required to complete the study/part of the study for the common basis and for the relevant approval, if it is a teaching combined study program or a translation combined study program,

- the number of credits for the final thesis and the defence of the final thesis required for proper graduation,

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_01.pdf

https://ais2.uniba.sk/repo2/repository/default/ais/studijneplany/2022-2023/PraF/SK/dPEU19.html

Art. 11, Art. 12, Art. 13, Art. 14, Art. 15, Art. 16, Art. 17, Art. 18, Art. 19 of the Study Regulations of the faculty of law

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_01.pdf

9. The university shall describe or refer to:

- rules for submitting, processing, opposing, defending, and evaluating final theses in the study program,

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_02.pdf

Directive of the rector of the Comenius University on the scope of the Comenius University and its faculties within the Erasmus+ program of the European Community

Strategic goals contained in the Long-term plan of UKZ (1.1.5)

https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/legislativa/2021/dlhodoby_zamer_rozvoja_UK_2021-2027.pdf

Ethics Board of Faculty of Law, CU (Article 9 – Internal Regulation No. 5/2021 approved by the Scientific Council of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, which regulates the internal system of ensuring the quality of higher education in the conditions of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law)

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/VP_2021/VP_2021_05.pdf

- practices applicable to students with special needs

https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/legislativa/2021/Vp_2021_23.pdf

- procedures for submission of incentives and appeals by the student.

Seventh part – Rules for reviewing student incentives and other similar submissions (Internal Regulation No. 23/2021 approved by the Scientific Council of the Comenius University in Bratislava Internal system for ensuring the quality of higher education of the Comenius University in Bratislava)

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/UZ_2022/UZ_VP_2022_01.pdf

5. Information sheets of the subjects of the study program

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/studium/doktorandske-studium/rozvrh-hodin/

7. Staffing of the study program

Institute of European Law

Workplace phone

3. List of persons providing profile subjects of the study program with an assignment to the subject with a link to the central register of university employees, with contact information (they may also be listed in the study plan).

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/studium/studijne-programy/doktorandske-studium/pravo-europskej-unie/

8. Student representatives who represent the interests of the students of the study program (name and contact).

RNDr. Daniela Brillová, PhD., Head of Department of Science and Ph.D. Study, 02 9012 9418, room 319 SB, daniela.brillova@flaw.uniba.sk

Ing. Renáta Karpátiová, clerk at Department of Science and Ph.D. Study, 02 9012 9419, room 319 SB, renata.karpatiova@flaw.uniba.sk

Of the above-mentioned classrooms used for teaching, 12 classrooms have been completely renovated so far, i.e. more than half. At the same time, in those classrooms that do not yet have permanently installed multimedia technology (there are only three classrooms) a portable technology, i.e. projector and laptop, is currently used during teaching process.

Two of the above-mentioned renovated classrooms can be fully used as computer rooms, not only for teaching but also for organizing various pieces of training or seminars requiring the use of modern multimedia equipment.

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/pracoviska/ustavy/ustav-telesnej-kultury/

Photos and videos of the above-mentioned premises can also be found on the institute's Facebook page:

The complex agenda and needs of the study department are covered by the AIS 2 information system, the implementation of which in 2010 resulted in the elimination of part of the administrative agenda, the simplification of access to information, not only for the teachers, but especially for the students, as it brought them the possibility of simpler and, above all, more transparent administration of student’s duties and matters in out-of-faculty areas as well. In 2019, a new visual build AIS 2 version 2.5.402.59 was implemented.

The overall operation of both computer equipment and multimedia technology necessary for the purposes of the pedagogical process, as well as the complex operation of the faculty network, servers, and electronic mail system is secured by the Department of Information Technologies, which, in cooperation with the department of service activities, also secures its purchase and, if necessary, takes care of its warranty and post-warranty service.

• collects, professionally processes, preserves, protects, and grants access to domestic and foreign scientific and professional library documents,

• provides library and information services to registered users, especially teachers, researchers, students, and the public in accordance with library and lending regulations,

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/sluzby/kniznica/dokumenty/

At the end of 2021, the fund consisted of:

Users of library services, who are primarily students of bachelor's and master's degree studies at Faculty of Law (in 2021, there were 395 registered readers from the ranks of students), can familiarize themselves with the library's holdings through the Online Catalog of the UK, available at the website https://alis.uniba.sk:8443/search/query?theme=Katalog, or directly in the study room of the library in the Faculty of Law building.

In addition to links to book publications and bound periodicals, the library catalog also contains bibliographic records of articles from selected legal periodicals (Judicial review, Právny obzor, Police theory and practice, Acta Facultatis Iuridicae, Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi, Jurisprudence, Právník, Právní rozhledy, Správní právo, American Journal of Comparative Law, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, International Journal of Legal Information and Bratislava Law Review and collections of papers). Currently, the library catalog contains 17,994 bibliographic records of analytical parts of periodicals and collections of papers.

- Full-text databases witch access to documents from the field of law: Oxford Academic Journals, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Ebook Central, EBSCO eBooks Academic Collection, Springer Link, Wiley Online Library

- Other databases: ATLA religion database, American Psychological Association (APA), Academic Video Online, Statista.com, JSTOR, ScienceDirect, Springer Nature, UV/Vis± Photochemistry Database, Knovel, ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore

Another useful source of information on the activities of the Library of Faculty of Law is the continuously updated website of the library, which, among other things, also contains basic information related to the operation of the library itself. There are also links with direct access to the collective online catalog of the Academic Library of the Comenius University in Bratislava and the database of teachers' publication activities, as well as other useful links. The library website is available here: https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/sluzby/kniznica/

With respect to the requirement to provide the education process with necessary study literature, the publishing activity of Faculty of Law is also important, which, according to the requirements of individual departments in accordance with the Publishing Plan of Faculty of Law, provides publications of various types within individual edition series. The Department of Editorial and Publishing Activities of Faculty of law of Comenius University in Bratislava helps to secure the needs of Faculty of Law in the publication of books and teaching materials for the improvement of the pedagogical process. Since 2015, the publications have also been published in cooperation with publishing house Wolters Kluwer, s.r.o. in the editorial series of textbooks and exercise books, commentaries, monographs, collections. The magazine Acta Facultatis Iuridicae Universitatis Comenianae has been published in cooperation with the Comenius University Publishing House since 1966. The sale of older titles, published by PraF UK until 2015, was also carried out in 2020 through a network of bookstores in Bratislava, Trnava and Banská Bystrica. The distribution and sale of publications published in cooperation with Wolters Kluwer is provided by Wolters Kluwer.

- and in cooperation with the rectorate of the Comenius University in Bratislava, the BECK Online system.

More details on how the information systems are provided to the employees and students of the Faculty of Law can be found here:

At the same time, the faculty, in cooperation with the Information Technology Center of the UK, provides distance learning support to students and employees. Basic information on how the given support works can be found here:

https://uniba.sk/elearning/

• records from trainings on several aspects of distance learning (currently, trainings on: Moodle, Teams, Forms, AIS, Online education methods, Online state exams are published on the site);

• support at the faculties and a published list of departmental coordinators;

2. Methodological guidelines for the use of software tools:

https://uniba.sk/swnastroje/

Faculty of Law, in cooperation with the Comenius University in Bratislava, also supports the use of modern educational methods and the electronization of education for a long time. For more detailed information, it is essential to look at this information guide:

https://moja.uniba.sk/

An important role is played by the fact that the Slovak Republic has been a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004, and since 2000 also a member of the OECD. In connection with the participation of the Comenius University in Bratislava in the Lifelong Learning Program/Erasmus (LLP/Erasmus from 01.01.2007, Erasmus+ from 01.06.2014), the number of bilateral contracts concluded by the faculties of the Comenius University in Bratislava with their foreign partners has increased significantly. Consequently, this enables a significant increase in the number of mobilities of students as well as workers (academic and administrative) at the Comenius University in Bratislava. Cooperation with universities in the USA and Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and South America is also expanding. In addition, the interest in participating in Central European programs such as CEEPUS, Visegrad fund, Action Austria - Slovakia, etc., is not decreasing at the Comenius University in Bratislava.

Faculty of Law, as a part of the Comenius University in Bratislava, tries to respond to developments in the European educational space, especially in those areas where it benefits its students, teaching, and research staff. It develops international contacts based on bilateral and multilateral agreements.

In 2020, of Faculty of Law concluded a framework agreement with the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovenská akadémia vied, hereinafter referred to as "ÚŠaP”), the Institute of State and Law (Ústav štátu a práva, hereinafter referred to as “SAS") on cooperation with an external educational institution in the implementation of doctoral study programs in the field of study 30. Law according to § 54 of Act no. 131/2002 Coll. on universities and on the amendment of certain laws. The subject of the Framework Agreement is the cooperation between of Faculty of Law and ÚŠaP SAS in the implementation of doctoral studies in study programme in the field 30. Law, carried out at of Faculty of Law in internal and external form in Slovak, or in another languages according to the valid accreditation of the study programme.

At the faculty level, cooperation has recently been established with many other partners from the public as well as the private sector. Within the public sector, Cooperation Agreements were signed with many institutions such as the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, the Bratislava I District Court, the Slovak Bar Association, the Prosecutor General of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Land Fund, the Office for the Management of Seized Assets, the Office of Nuclear Supervision of the Slovak Republic, Office for Industrial Property of the Slovak Republic and many others. For a list of signed agreements on cooperation with the faculty's partners in the public sector, as well as for a more detailed specification of the content of the agreements, see here:

Further information on cooperation of Faculty of Law with practice can be found here:

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/o-fakulte/spolupraca-s-praxou/

5. Characteristics of the possibilities of social, sports, cultural, spiritual and social activities.

The characteristics of the possibilities of social, sports, cultural, spiritual and social activities of the student need to be divided into two levels, namely the university level and the faculty level.

https://druzba.uniba.sk/sluzby/sportoviska/

With respect to cultural and spiritual activities, it is appropriate to mention at least two centers:

https://uniba.sk/sluzby/psychologicka-poradna/

On the social side, it’s worth to mention the reopening of the oldest university club in Slovakia, the multifunctional cultural and entertainment centre UniK (formerly known as Unique). The centre plans to link subculture with pop culture and entertainment with education. In addition to refreshments, UniK Mlyny brings culture, art, entertainment, education, live music, movie nights, travel lectures and stand-up comedy. For more information, see the following website:

At the faculty level, first of all it’s worth to mention the sports activities that can make law students' studies more varied. These activities are mainly provided by the Institute of Physical Culture, which is a specialised department of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University dealing with sport in its entire range. The main aim is to provide educational, training, professional-consulting and motivational process. In addition to the pedagogical process, the institute prepares various sports and recreational activities and professionally leads the faculty's representative teams in the university league. Employees of the institute in question are active in the sport-organizational structures of university and top-level sport.

The Institute of Physical Culture provides pedagogical process in several types of sports: basketball, volleyball, floorball, futsal, frisbee, badminton, ping pong, aerobics, body forming, fitness, step aerobics, exercises for good health, fitness and cardio fitness, cross fit, and strength training, bootcamp, pilates and canoeing. Swimming and wall climbing are also on offer, but these activities are chargeable. The aim of the exercises is the development of fitness, training, and improvement of skills specific to the sport and last but not least, compensation (psych hygiene) of the student's mental health and motivation of the student to repeated sporting activity. Sports activities for students are also offered during the exam period in the form of skiing and hiking courses. The performance component of the institute consists of rep teams of the university league in volleyball, basketball, floorball, futsal, and swimming.

For other services offered by the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University to its students, we recommend checking the following page:

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/sluzby/

More information about the International Relations of Comenius University in Bratislava, as well as Faculty of Law of the Comenius University, can be found here:

https://uniba.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy/

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme for education, training, youth, and sport, aimed at strengthening skills, employability and supporting the modernisation of education, training, and youth work systems. Erasmus+ has three main key activities:

• mobility abroad, both within the EU and beyond;

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy/erasmus/mobilita-studenta-studium-sms/

Up-to-date general information on ongoing mobilities can be found here:

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/medzinarodne-vztahy/erasmus/mobilita-studenta-staz-smt/

Up-to-date general information on ongoing Erasmus+ internships can be found here:

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/Studium/uchadzac/2022_2023/PhD_pravo_2022_23_V1.pdf

3. Admission procedures.

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10. Feedback on the quality of education provided

The faculty strives to provide as much helpfulness and assistance to students as possible in arranging for the survey evaluation. For this reason, the following guides/video manuals have also been provided for the proper completion of the questionnaire:

Full instructions for completing the questionnaire for students are available here:

(i) answers to open-ended questions,

(ii) ranking of the top 50 lecturers for full-time students (with a minimum of 10 respondents),

Heads of departments/directors of institutes and the dean of the faculty, when serious deficiencies resulting from the results of the evaluation are identified, will take adequate measures to improve the quality of the teaching process.

The Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University invited the heads of departments and directors of institutes to ensure that the evaluation of the survey will always be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the respective department/institute.

• organising meetings of alumni of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University, usually at the faculty,

• organizing professional and social events with the active participation of alumni of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University to promote the activities of Faculty of Law of the Comenius University and its alumni,

• organizing communication activities towards members of the Alumni Club and alumni of Faculty of Law of the Comenius University.

It is also the long-term and continuous dialogue with many graduates of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University, who are successfully conducting their legal practice, which in many ways helps the faculty in obtaining the necessary feedback on the study of law and significantly supports the development of further activities of the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University.

11. Links to other relevant internal regulations and information relating to the study or the student of the study programme (e.g. study guide, accommodation regulations, fee guidelines, student loan guidelines, etc.).

Scholarship Regulations of Faculty of Law of the Comenius University No. 4/2018 (as amended by Supplement No. 1 - Internal Regulation No. 6/2020)

Measure of the dean of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law No. 12/2021, regulating certain details of pre-enrolment, enrolment, and enrolment in the next part of studies for the academic year 2021/2022

https://www.flaw.uniba.sk/fileadmin/praf/O_fakulte/Dokumenty/OP_2021/O_2021_12.pdf

Internal Regulation No. 17/2021 Directive of the rector of Comenius University determining the amount of tuition fees and fees associated with study at Comenius University (as amended by Supplement No. 1 No. 27/2021 and Supplement No. 2 No. 6/2022)

https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/legislativa/2021/Vp_2021_17.pdf

Internal Regulation No. 8/2017 Directive of the rector of Comenius University regulating the accommodation process at Comenius University (as amended by Appendix No. 1 and Appendix No. 2)

https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/legislativa/2018/Vp_2018_18.pdf

https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/legislativa/2020/Vp_2020_04.pdf

https://uniba.sk/o-univerzite/legislativa/vecny-register/b-studium/5-ubytovanie-stipendia-a-studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/