This minor equips students, as both citizens and future EU law experts, with the knowledge and skills to shape EU law as a force for positive change in an increasingly turbulent world. 

What students learn

The minor in EU Law and Politics provides students the knowledge, language, and critical vision to understand how EU law works, develops, and is shaped by values, interest groups, states, and geopolitical forces. It also explores the hidden biases and injustices within the law. 

Through an interdisciplinary approach, students engage with key areas of EU law, and debates within them, including the internal market, criminal and competition law, external relations law, consumer protection, anti-discrimination law, and environmental regulation. The minor also strengthens students’ legal analysis, persuasiveness, storytelling, and ability to communicate about law in broader societal debates. It culminates in a Global Democracy Festival, where students develop collaborative multi-format projects aimed at raising awareness, stimulating debate, or proposing concrete legal strategies for how EU law can be used to support and defend democracy in Europe and beyond.

Study Programme

Entry requirements

This minor is open for all Bachelor's students. This minor is not open to University of Applied Science students.

Application

The registration period for a minor in the academic year 2026-2027 is 1 April - 6 May 2026.

There are 120 places available for this minor. If there are more applications than available places, a draw will determine your placement.

Non-UvA-students: This minor is part of the Rechtsgeleerdheid (Law) degree programme. For your registration as an elective student, select the Rechtsgeleerdheid - elective degree programme in Studielink.

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