Education

What can you find on this webpage?

Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Society, Law and Religion.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

1.  The Master’s student in Society, Law and Religion has an basic knowledge of Roman Catholic Canon Law and the law of other christian churches, and the interaction of these legal systems with supranational and national law.
2.  The Master’s student in Society, Law and Religion possesses basic skills to understand and analyse the Code of Canon Law within the context of secular law (option 2A) or master the theories and methods associated with other disciplines (Law, Theology, Social Sciences, etc.) necessary for his or her own research in the field of Society, Law and Religion (option 2B).
3.  The Master’s student in Society, Law and Religion calls into question evident points of view (whether or not his or her own) on law and religion, acquires a critical and investigative approach, is capable of distinguishing new challenges in his or her area of expertise and translates this into adequate and relevant research questions.
4.  The Master’s student of Society, Law and Religion collects, selects, analyses and evaluates relevant scientific information in order to answer a research question.
5.  The Master’s student of Society, Law and Religion can adopt a nuanced and scientifically founded point of view on new research questions. He or she is capable of explaining this point of view, both systematically and comprehensibly, and discussing it in an open and respectful manner.
6. The Master’s student of Society, Law and Religion is able to elaborate and implement a scientific research project under supervision and to present the results orally and in writing.

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_MA_Society, Law and Religion.pdf

COBRA 2019-2023
COBRA-report_MA_Society, Law and Religion.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents