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Educational programme

The Erasmus Graduate School of Law (EGSL) offers young researchers in the field of law and criminology a broad postgraduate educational programme consisting of (1) courses into writing skills, (2) research methods and (3) courses elaborating the PhD theme as such. The educational programme is set up in an inspiring, multidisciplinary and dynamic research environment, in which reflection is stimulated and in which senior and junior researchers can exchange ideas and experiences in order to learn and grow.

Participation in the programme, after a strict selection procedure, will be formalised in one of the two paths EGSL has developed: following the combination track (suited for students who have fulfilled their initial master and want to develop their academic skills) or following the PhD track (suited for students who have fulfilled their research master and want to take their doctoral degree).

Participants in the EGSL educational programme will receive professional guidance by a variety of senior researchers, a process which will be monitored by a thorough internal system of quality control. Students also will be invoked to take part in scientific and social activities – such as attending and presenting their findings at a national or international conference – and will be stimulated to publish multiple articles in scientific journals.

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• Academic Writing in English
• Collaborating with your Supervision
• Introduction Legal Methods
• Reflections on Social Science Research
• Research Lab
• Writing Clinic, part I & II
• Individual courses

probationary year

Timetable Educational Programme EGSL
The Educational Programme is followed during the first year of the PhD trajectory. The programme consists of four parts, divided into four blocks.

At the end of the year, participants in the EGSL educational programme will need to have developed a research proposal. They will also need to have written an academic article or to have prepared a conference presentation.