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Law in Society

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Netherlands

Law in Society

A broad legal education (LLB) combined with social science research methods, applied to terrorism, corporate environmental damage, platform workers and asylum.

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Where
AmsterdamNetherlands
Degree
LLB
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
1 May 2027
Admission
SelectiveMotivation letter
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
LLB
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 6 November 2026

    VU Bachelor's Day on campus (6 and 7 November)
    DetailsSource

  2. 1 May 2027

    Application deadline for EU/EEA students
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource

  3. 31 August 2027

    Enrolment: tuition fee paid (15 July for numerus fixus programmes)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (2 more)

  1. 1 December 2026*

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    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

    Source

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

Instead of the usual legal divisions, the programme is built around four themes: security, migration, sustainability and market globalisation, showing how several areas of law meet in one social problem. Year one covers security, with criminology, terrorism and philosophy of law, and then markets, including the platform economy, with statistics and psychology. Year two covers migration law and global migration governance and then sustainability, climate change, AI and law and ethics. Sociology, psychology and criminology run through the degree. Year three has a minor, a bachelor's thesis and recap courses in criminal, public and private law.

What you need

  • Any IB MathsAny IB maths; otherwise pass a maths entry test (VWO Maths C or OMPT-E).
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at VU Amsterdam

Full IB Diploma meets the entry rule. English: an English-taught or bilingual IB, or English A Lang & Lit SL 7/HL 6.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on vu.nl

How places are decided

    • Motivation letter
    • Interview
    Selective on motivation: an application form assessed monthly by the Admission Board, sometimes a Zoom interview. Apply early; final EU deadline 1 May.
Sources (3)
  1. Law in Society at VU Amsterdam — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at VU Amsterdam

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