Entrance exam Forensics, Criminology and Law
This is a very demanding master’s programme. If you are a non-law graduate, you will only be admitted if the examination board is convinced that you will be able to cope satisfactorily. Admittance is not automatic upon passing the entrance exam. It is based on a combination of the exam with your previously obtained grades and motivation.
The exam consists of several open questions and/or a case. No marks are given. You either pass or fail.
Questions about the Entrance exam?
Admissions office Faculty of Law
admissions-law@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Dates and location
The entrance exams take place twice a year, once in January 2023 and once in March 2023. The next entrance exams will take place on Thursday 16 March 2023. Please note that the entrance exams for Globalisation and Law & European Law School may also be held on Friday 17 March in case the number applicants exceeds the number of places available. This will be definite after the registration deadline.
Attention: The entrance exam will be discontinued and offered for the last time in March 2023
If you do not pass the entrance exam in January 2023, you can take it for the last time in March 2023, there will be no possibility to take a resit.
Does your previous education not qualify for direct admission to a master’s programme in Law? Then you can apply for the Pre-master Law that will start from September 2023.
Recommended literature and jurisprudence
New literature
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N. Jörg, S. Field, C. Brants, ‘Are Inquisitorial and Adversarial Systems Converging?’, in C. Harding, P. Fennel, N. Jörg, B. Swart (eds), ‘Criminal Justice in Europe; a Comparative Study’, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1995, pp. 41-56.
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Jeroen Blomsma and David Roef, ‘Forms and Aspects of Mens Rea’, in Keiler and Roef, ‘Comparative Concepts of Criminal Law’, Intersentia, 2019, 3nd edition, pp. 177-206.
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Johannes Keiler, ‘Causation’, in Keiler and Roef, ‘Comparative Concepts of Criminal Law’, Intersentia, 2019, 3nd edition, pp. 153-176.
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T. Weigend, ‘Germany’, in K. Ligeti (ed), ‘Toward a Prosecutor for the European Union, Volume 1, A Comparative Analysis’, Hart Publishing, 2013, pp.264-306.
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Fine, R. (1987). ‘Plea bargaining: An unnecessary evil.’ Marquette Law Review, Vol. 70(4), pp. 615-632 (available here)
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M. S. Groenhuijsen, H. Selçuk, ‘The Principle of Immediacy in Dutch Criminal Procedure in the Perspective of European Human Rights Law’, Zeitschrift für die gesamte Strafrechtswissenschaf, Vol. 126, Issue 1, 2014., pp. 248-276. (available here)
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Cape, J. Hodgson, T. Prakken, T. Spronken, ‘Procedural Rights at the investigative stage: Towards a real commitment to minimum standards’, in E. Cape et al, Suspects in Europe, Procedural Rights at the Investigative Stage of the Criminal Process in the European Union, Intersentia Antwerp 2007, p. 1-27
Case law
- ECtHR, Buzadji v. Moldova, 5 July 2016 (Application no. 23755/07)
- ECtHR, Jalloh v. Germany, 11 July 2006, (Application no. 54810/00)
- ECtHR, Prade v. Germany, 3 March 2016 (Application no. 7215/10).
- ECtHR, Salduz v. Turkey, 27 November 2008 (Application no.3639/02)
The list of ECtHR jurisprudence can be found in the HUDOC database.
In order to prepare for the entrance exam you can use these tips and tricks:
Registration
To register for the entrance exam, please fill in this registration form. The registration deadline is 23 February 2023.
Examination fee
You have to pay a fee of € 50,00. This fee can be paid after completing the registration form.