The Faculty of Law

Dean: Ernst Nordtveit
Director of Faculty: Eivind Buanes

Address: Magnus Lagabøtes plass 1,
N-5020 Bergen, Norway
Tel: +47 55 58 95 00
Fax: +44 55 58 95 10
Homepage: http://www.jur.uib.no

The Faculty of Law was established in 1980 though law studies at the University of Bergen originally started in 1969. The Faculty has about 100 faculty staff and currently around 2200 students studying for a Master Degree in Law.

The master programme in law requires five years of full time studies. Each year consists of different courses, followed by a mandatory examination at the end of each course. Admission to the master programme is restricted. In addition, the Faculty of Law offers some law courses that are open to all university students, some of them are offered in English.
The Faculty also offers a doctoral programme. Once admitted, the candidate will join seminars and research courses enabling him or her to write his or her doctorate thesis under Faculty staff authorised supervision.
The Faculty has been active in developing pilot projects exploring, among other things, the use of ICT in course work and particularly in problem-based learning.

It is an aim for the Faculty to have research qualifications within every field of law that form the basis of our legal system.
The Faculty offers expertise within the fields of criminal law, law of procedure (both criminal and civil), human rights and welfare law. Within the area of private law there are reasons to emphasize law of obligations, property law, construction law, tort law, corporate law and law of insolvency and bankruptcy. The teachers working with these subjects are often involved in the making of new bills.
New areas of research priority at the Faculty include EU- and competition law, intellectual property law, coastal management and law relating to aquaculture and fisheries.