JEAN MONNET CHAIR OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Faculty of Law at the University of Granada

The Postgraduate and Official Master in European Constitutional Law is simultaneously a Doctoral Programme and an Official Master of the Faculty of Law at the University of Granada. As a Doctoral Programme, it allows students to carry out their Doctoral studies in one academic course and to obtain the sufficient research experience in order to elaborate the Doctoral Thesis and to obtain the Title of Doctor of Law (Ph.D. in Law).

The Postgraduate and Official Master have obtained the Mention of Quality from the Ministry of Education and Sciences. A Mention of Quality is a nationally recognized honour granted to programmes that meet specific conditions of quality.

The Postgraduate and Official Master are taught within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law and the “ad personam” Jean Monnet Chair of European Constitutional Law and Globalization, both directed by Professor Francisco Balaguer Callejón. The programme of study integrates not only topics related to the European Constitutional Law, but also those topics concerning the process of supranational integration in other geographic areas, such as the supranational projection of Constitutional Law in the context of globalization.

The professors of the Official Master and Postgraduate include Jean Monnet Chairs on various issues and a great number of visiting professors from other universities in different countries (Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France, Brazil, United States). In the academic course 2010-2011, and within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair “ad personam” of European Constitutional Law and Globalization, the programme has successfully incorporated the participation of visiting professors from non-EU Member-States (Brazil, USA, Mexico) and new courses on the interrelationships between supranational integration and globalization, from a constitutional perspective or on general subjects of similar topics within the courses previously offered.

The Official Master in European Constitutional Law is directed by Francisco Balaguer Callejón, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada and Jean Monnet Chair and is coordinated by the Secretary of the Master, José María Porras Ramirez, Professor of Constitutional Law. In the previous editions, the Master and Doctoral Programmes were realized by students with very different geographic origins: Spain, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Iceland, Montenegro, Romania, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru and Morocco, among other countries.

The Official Master and Postgraduate (Programme of Doctorate) can be completed in one year, after earning 60 ECTS credits, of which 40 correspond to classroom instruction and 20 to research, which requires the elaboration and preparation of a dissertation. Students of Law, Political Science and Sociology, Translation and Interpretation, Journalism and other similar disciplines can study the Master.

All classes will take place between November and May during the school year (teaching stops at the Christmas holidays and Easter, as well as holidays established by the University of Granada). The training sessions are always held in the afternoon, from Monday to Thursday. Normally on Friday afternoon there are organized seminars given by visiting professors.

The research part of the course is based on a supervised research topic chosen in accordance with the tutor. The dissertation should be presented at the September session or in December in order to obtain the research capacity that allows carrying out the Doctoral Thesis and obtaining the Official Master's Degree from the University of Granada. Students from other countries can make the presentation of their dissertation by videoconference.

For several years now the Master has been taught in Spanish and in English, depending on the demand for courses in that language.

For any additional academic information, please contact:

balaguer@ugr.es

jmporras@ugr.es

For information and help with the process of registration, please contact:

augustoaguilar@ugr.es

Basic administrative information:

Price of tuition (may be paid in two payments)

Instruction module: 40 credits =1070 Euros;

Research module: 20 credits =530 Euros.

The application form for the Master should completed through the on-line appilication process of the Junta de Andalucia in the District Division One.

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/innovacioncienciayempresa/sguit/

For further information on documents to be submitted:

http://www.escuelaposgrado.es/masteres-oficiales/estudiantes/preinscripcion-matricula

Pre-registration can be done in three phases. There are 40 seats, of which 30 are reserved for Phase 2 and Phase 3.

Deadlines for the pre-registration and the matriculation

 

ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

 

FIRST PHASE .

Application Deadline

From 1 to 31 de May.

Process of evaluation of applications

Until 15 June.

Publication of the admission list.

23 June.

Petition for Reconsideration

From 24 to 27 June.

First Registration Period

From 29 June to 8 July.

Publication of the Second Registration and final admission list .

14 September.

Petition for reconsideration

From 15 to 16 September.

Second Registration period

From 19 to 22 September.

 

SECOND PHASE.

Application Deadline

From 1 to 28 July.

Process of evaluation of applications

Until 8 September

First Publication of Accepted Students

14 September

Petition for Reconsideration

From 15 to 16 September

First Registration Period

From 19 to 22 September

Publication of the second and final admission list

27 September

Petition for reconsideration

From 28 to 29 September

Second Publication of Accepted Students

From 29 September to 4 October

 

THIRD PHASE

Application Deadline

From 26 September to 2 October.

Process of evaluation of applications

Until 10 October

First Publication of Accepted Students .

18 October

Petition for reconsideration

From 19 to 20 October

Deadline for registration

From 19 to 21 October

Publication of the second and final admission list

25 October

Petition for reconsideration

From 26 to 27 October

Registration period

From 26 to 28 October