Law (Słubice/Frankfurt n/Odrą)

Faculty of Law and Administration

Level of studies: long-cycle studies

Type of studies: full-time

Duration: 5 years

Language of instruction: Polish and German

Professional title: master (magister)

Educational profile: general academic

Joint programme conducted by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań and the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) at Collegium Polonicum in Słubice
Please be advised that in order to become a student of this faculty at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań you should first be a student of Magister des Rechts at the European University Viadrina. Candidates who will not be students at EU Viadrina in the 2025/2026 academic year at the Magister des Rechts will not be admitted to the field of Law. Recruitment conditions for studies at EU Viadrina are available at: hthttps://www.europa-uni.de/de/studium/studienangebot/gs-deutsch-polnisches-jurastudium/index.html

About the programme

Programme description

Polsko-Niemieckie Studia Prawnicze to wyjątkowa w skali europejskiej oferta dla maturzystów oraz maturzystek gotowych studiować równocześnie dwa systemy prawne w dwóch językach. Kompetencje fachowe oraz językowe, których posiadanie potwierdzają trzy dyplomy ukończenia studiów wyższych mgr, LL.B. oraz LL.M., dają absolwentkom oraz absolwentom nieocenioną przewagę na prawniczym rynku pracy już na starcie.

Podjęcie dwujęzycznych studiów ma sens tylko wtedy, gdy od początku dysponujesz znajomością języka niemieckiego na odpowiednim poziomie. Oferowane przez Uniwersytet Europejski Viadrina programy językowe mogą Cię w tym zakresie doskonale wesprzeć. To, który program będzie dla Ciebie odpowiedni, zależy od tego, na jakim poziomie języka niemieckiego znajdujesz się obecnie:

B1 – roczny kurs Viadrina Intensive Track, tzw. „rok zerowy”,
B2/C1 – miesięczny kurs Viadrina Law Track, bezpośrednio przed podjęciem studiów.

Example of courses

Juristische Fachsprache
Polskie prawo konstytucyjne
Deutsches Zivilrecht
Deutsches Strafrecht
Polskie prawo cywilne
Polskie prawo karne
Deutsches Öffentliches Recht
Polskie postępowanie administracyjne
Polskie prawo gospodarcze
Strukturalne porównanie prawa pol. i niem. - prawo prywatne
Strukturalne porównanie prawa pol. i niem. - prawo publiczne
Strukturalne porównanie prawa pol. i niem. - prawo karne

Graduate competencies

Zdobycie wiedzy niezbędnej do kontynuowania praktycznego przygotowania do zawodów prawniczych w Polsce lub Niemczech.
Wyjątkowe umiejętności do wykonywania czynności w zakresie międzynarodowego obrotu prawnego.

Career prospects

Polsko-Niemieckie Studia Prawnicze otwierają przed Tobą różnorodne ścieżki kariery. Po ich zakończeniu możesz pracować w:

klasycznych zawodach prawniczych jako adwokat, radca prawny, notariusz, sędzia, prokurator w Polsce oraz w Niemczech,
europejskich oraz międzynarodowych organizacjach i urzędach,
polskich, niemieckich lub międzynarodowych korporacjach.

Additional information

Faculty website of the programme

Admission to the programme

Information about enrollment deadlines for this programme will be provided at a later date.

Detailed admission rules

Formal requirements

All candidates must hold a certificate on enrollment into the programme Magister des Rechts na EU Viadrina (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung für das Wintersemester 2025/26).

Selection procedure

Based on submitting all required documents until such time as all places have been filled

Selection procedure steps

1. Creating an account

The candidate creates an individual account in the Online Admissions System by providing the necessary personal data. Subsequent admission-related operations can only be made after logging in to the created account. All steps taken by the candidate after logging into the system are saved and archived. The candidate is obliged to keep the password to access the account secret.

2. Enrolling in the programme

The candidate chooses a programme/major and type of studies. It is recommended that the candidate thoroughly read the admission requirements for a given programme as well as the admission schedule.

3. Paying the enrollment fee

The candidate pays an admission procedure fee in the selected programmes/majors. Failure to pay the fee for a given programme means the candidate is not included in the selection procedure in this programme. The enrollment fee is PLN 85.

4. Attachment of documents obtained abroad

The candidate with the documents obtained abroad attaches scans of these documents for the purpose of their verification.

5. Entering information about Matura

Candidate enters information about Matura certificate and the secondary school he/she graduated from

6. Uploading a photo

The candidate uploads a high-resolution photo which will be used when generating the personal questionnaire. The photo of the admitted candidate will also be used in the student identification card.

Notice: if you do not upload a photo, system will not be able to generating the questionnaire!

7. Lodgment of all required documents by electronic means

Upon enrolling into the programme and paying the enrollment fee, the candidate is obliged to lodge all required documents by electronic means within the specified time limit (or until such time as the limit of admitted candidates has been reached).

Submitting, on the specified date and before filling the limit of places, a complete set of required documents will be tantamount to admission to studies.

List of documents

Set of documents

photo file which will be used when generating the personal questionnaire
a scan of the Matura certificate
a scan of the supplement to the Matura certificate - applies to candidates who have increased the the Matura exam score or have taken the Matura exam in additional subjects
a scan of the IB diploma - applies to graduates of schools belonging to the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)
a scan of statement by a statutory representative - applies to candidates under 18 i.e. people who as of October 1, 2024 are under 18 years old

Preparation of the documents

During the recruitment process, candidates do not submit any paper documents.

Each of the required documents should be scanned to a separate file in PDF format. A document (e.g. certificate or diploma) that has more than one page should be scanned into one multi-page PDF file.

Scanning documents can be carried out on its own with the use of a scanner or with the use of dedicated applications for devices with Android or iOS. The document scanning service is also available at most copy shops.

Attestation of documents

Document attestation is a process in which an employee of the University confirms the compliance of the attached scans of documents with their original (paper) version. Attestation of the document by AMU consists in submitting (for inspection) the original document at the Student Office at the Faculty at the beginning of the academic year.

Documents obtained abroad

Candidates with documents obtained abroad also provide:

a scan of a foreign document, which is legalized or accompanied by an apostille, entitling the candidate to take up higher education studies in the country where the document was issued
a scan of translation of the document into the language of the studies undertaken by the candidate, performed by a sworn translator entered into the list of sworn translators maintained by the Polish Minister of Justice, or certified by a Polish consul in the country where the document was issued
a certificate of recognition of a foreign certificate as equivalent to Polish Matura certificate issued by a competent Board of Education – if the foreign certificate is not recognized, by virtue of law or under international agreements, as a document entitling to commence higher education studies in Poland
a scan of a document confirming the entitlement to study tuition-free – in the case of the foreigners concerned