The Criminal Law study program offers students significantly expanded and broadened focus on the field of criminal law. Constant and everyday rise of crime in the world is the sufficient reason for the existence of this program and its increasing importance and relevance.

Curriculum of the Criminal Law study program

Doctoral studies in Criminal Law

	Course name	Semester	ECTS points
First year
1.	Criminal Law	I	14
2.	Research Study – as preparation for producing the first research/academic paper	I	6
3.	Writing and publication of the first research/academic paper	I	6
4.	Methodology of Scientific Research	I	10
Elective list 1:
5.	Elective course 1	II	12
6.	Elective course 2	II	12
*	Criminology with Penal Sanctions Execution Law
*	Criminalistics
*	Organized Crime
*	Juvenile Criminal Law
	Total number of ECTS points		60
Second year
1.	International Criminal Law	III	12
2.	Criminal Procedure Law	III	12
3.	Research Study – as preparation for producing the second research/academic paper	III	6
4.	Writing and publication of the second research/academic paper	III	6
Elective list 2:
5.	Elective course 3	IV	12
6.	Elective course 4	IV	12
*	Commercial Crime
*	International Criminal Court Proceedings
*	Organized Crime
*	Criminalistics
	Total number of ECTS points		60
Third year
1.	Research Study – Theoretical foundations for the doctoral thesis	V	10
2.	Submitting a thesis proposal and writing the doctoral thesis	V	20
3.	Research Study – Theoretical foundations - Reporting on the progress of the doctoral thesis	VI	10
4.	Completion of thesis, adoption of the thesis evaluation report, preparation and presentation of the doctoral thesis	VI	20
	Total number of ECTS points		60