Universidade de Vigo
Degree in Law (Ourense)
Ourense, Spain
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 591 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Degree in Law provides the student body with a general, theoretical-practical, basic and comprehensive legal training in all branches of Law, which allows them to know and manage basic concepts of Law and achieve competencies and skills for the exercise of legal professions. It will allow you to identify legal facts and problems, draw legal consequences, and present information and solutions orally and in writing. The autonomous learning of the student body with correct ethical behavior and social responsibility constitute essential objectives of the training.
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Ideal Students
Income profile
It is not an essential requirement, but it will be beneficial for the student's comprehensive education to have knowledge of Language, History, Philosophy, Ethics and Economics and to be able to handle foreign languages. In particular, it is recommended that the student have a certain capacity for comprehension, analysis, systematization and synthesis, oral and written expression, communication, argumentation and critical reasoning.
Admissions
Curriculum
Program Outcome
| Signal A | Code | Training and learning outcomes |
| A1 | Students demonstrate knowledge and understanding in an area of study that builds on the foundations of general secondary education and is generally at a level that, despite being supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study. | |
| A2 | Students are able to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and have the skills that are usually demonstrated through the preparation and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study. | |
| A3 | Students should be able to collect and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues. | |
| A4 | That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialized and non-specialized audiences. | |
| A5 | That students develop the learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy. |
| Signal B | Code | Knowledge |
| B1 | Know the function of Law as a regulatory system for social relations. | |
| B2 | Learn about the different manifestations of Law in its historical evolution and in its current reality | |
| B3 | Be able to use constitutional principles and values as a working tool for the interpretation of law and develop legal dialectics. | |
| B4 | Be able to identify legal problems and address their solution in an interdisciplinary way. |
| Signal C | Code | Skills |
| C1 | CE1 - Know the legal norms of private, national, community and conventional international law, as well as the problems of the application of these norms given the unitary nature of the legal system. | |
| C2 | CE2 - Be able to identify legal problems of private international law and address their solution in an interdisciplinary way | |
| C3 | CE3 - Know the concept and sources of Commercial Law, as well as the legal regime of the individual entrepreneur and commercial companies | |
| C4 | CE4 - Know how to interpret and apply commercial regulations relating to individual and social entrepreneurs | |
| C5 | CE5 - Know the regulation of securities and commercial contracts | |
| C6 | CE6 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules relating to securities and commercial contracts | |
| C7 | CE7 - Reconstruct and evaluate complex legal arguments | |
| C8 | CE8 - To understand, from the theory of law, the main legal institutions, the functions of law, the characteristics of a legal system: unity, coherence, integrity; the constitutional principles and values in order to be able to apply this knowledge in the peaceful resolution of the problems of today's society, using legal interpretation and argumentation as a result of critical, logical and creative thinking. | |
| C9 | CE9 - Know the regulatory framework of individual and collective labor relations and Social Security | |
| C10 | CE10 - Be able to identify legal problems in Labor Law and Social Security and address their solution through the management and interpretation of sources and judicial doctrine | |
| C11 | CE13 - Know the operating principles that govern a market economy, understand the behavior of different economic agents and know the main economic problems | |
| C12 | CE14 - Be able to use economic principles and concepts as a tool to argue economically, identify economic problems and address their solution through policies appropriate to each situation | |
| C13 | CE17 - Know the Roman legal system, which is the basis of all European legal systems | |
| C14 | CE18 - Be able to solve any legal, theoretical or practical problem of private law | |
| C15 | CE19 - Systematically know the contents of the general part of Administrative Law, using positive, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources | |
| C16 | CE20 - Be able to correctly understand the documents that generally make up an administrative file and act in accordance with the law in a procedure, both from the position of the Administration and from that of the interested persons and companies. | |
| C17 | CE21 - Systematically learn at an introductory or detailed level some specific contents of the special part of Administrative Law, using positive, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources. | |
| C18 | CE24 - Know the model of distribution of financial power in Spain, as well as public revenues (in particular, taxes: their essential elements and application procedures) and the rules that regulate public spending. | |
| C19 | CE25 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules of the financial legal system | |
| C20 | CE26 - Know the main taxes of the state, regional and local tax system | |
| C21 | CE27 - Be able to identify the essential elements of said taxes (taxable event, taxpayers, etc.), as well as know how to apply their rules for the quantification and determination of the tax debt. | |
| C22 | CE28 - Mastering new technologies applied to law | |
| C23 | CE29 - Be able to handle computerized legal sources | |
| C24 | CE30 - Know the history of Spanish Law as a whole, through the different historical stages, especially the sources and the political-administrative institutions of each era and understand the evolution of our Law until today. | |
| C25 | CE31 - Be able to handle, master and interpret the main sources of Spanish historical law. | |
| C26 | CE32 - Know the Spanish and European jurisdictional organizational chart, the organization and functions of the jurisdictional staff and the staff serving the Administration of Justice, as well as the basic institutions of the civil process and its procedural modalities. | |
| C27 | CE33 - Be able to identify legal-procedural problems of a civil nature and address their solution through critical interpretation and application of civil procedural rules | |
| C28 | CE34 - Know the basic institutions of the criminal process and its practical operation in its various procedural modalities. | |
| C29 | CE35 - Be able to identify legal-procedural problems of a criminal nature and address their solution through critical interpretation and application of criminal procedural rules | |
| C30 | CE38 - Know the constitutional theory and the constitutional norms that support the organization of the Spanish State, especially the creation of norms and the different organs of the State as well as their composition, operation and functions. | |
| C31 | CE39 - Know how to interpret and apply constitutional norms | |
| C32 | CE40 - Know the fundamental rights recognized in the Spanish Constitution as well as the systems for guaranteeing said rights and the applicable regulations | |
| C33 | CE41 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules that regulate fundamental rights as well as their guarantees | |
| C34 | CE42 - Know how to interpret and apply the new standards generated by these transformations | |
| C35 | CE43 - Know the international legal system, identify its application problems and know how to address their solution | |
| C36 | CE44 - Be able to critically interpret and analyse the international legal system | |
| C37 | CE45 - Know the organizational and institutional structure of the EU, as well as the community legal system and its sources and impact on the national system as well as its relations with the international legal system | |
| C38 | CE46 - Be able to handle and interpret the community legal system | |
| C39 | CE47 - Know the civil rules relating to the law of Obligations, the General Theory of Contracting and Contracts in particular, with regard to contractual and non-contractual civil liability | |
| C40 | CE48 - Be able to identify legal problems of civil law, addressing their solution by searching, interpreting and applying the civil regulations applicable to the specific case | |
| C41 | CE49 - Know the civil regulations relating to Real Rights in terms of their acquisition, extinction and loss, with a specific study of the real right of ownership and limited real rights, together with the forms of publicity of said Real Rights. | |
| C42 | CE50 - Know the civil regulations relating to Family Law with special reference to marriage, its crises and the institutions of guardianship and care of minors and incapacitated persons, as well as the law of succession from the perspective of common law and Galician territorial law. | |
| C43 | CE51 - Know the concept of criminal law, the criteria for the temporal and spatial application of criminal norms, the General Theory of Crime and the legal consequences of crime | |
| C44 | CE52 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules of criminal law, paying special attention to their development by Spanish and comparative criminal doctrine | |
| C45 | CE53 - Know the different criminal figures (crimes and misdemeanors) contained in the Penal Code and special criminal laws, their scope of application and the criteria for legal, jurisprudential and doctrinal interpretation. | |
| C46 | CE54 - Be able to identify criminal law problems and provide legally admissible solutions to practical cases, appropriately handling sources, constitutional principles and values and legal argumentation. | |
| C47 | CE55 - Understanding the mandatory financial statements of companies | |
| C48 | CEI 1 - Understand and know the international regulatory framework on sustainability, consisting of agreements and standards or forms promoted by non-governmental organizations. | |
| C49 | CEI 2- Be able to identify the legal problems inherent to international law on sustainable development, addressing their solution in an interdisciplinary manner, as well as being able to critically interpret and analyze the legal-technical aspects inherent to international litigation. | |
| C50 | CEI 3 - Know the protection of distinctive signs and inventions and the rules that regulate the competition of entrepreneurs in the market. | |
| C51 | CEI 4 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules relating to distinctive signs and inventions and the rules on the defence of competition and unfair competition. | |
| C52 | CEI 5 - Know the fundamental elements of the bankruptcy process from its beginning to its end. | |
| C53 | CEI 6 - Know how to interpret and apply the rules by which bankruptcy legislation regulates bankruptcy proceedings. | |
| C54 | CEI 7 - Know the most relevant national regulations and international agreements related to the subject. | |
| C55 | CEI 8 - Know how to solve problems in the field of Maritime Law by analyzing jurisprudence and practical documentation. | |
| C56 | CEI 9 - Know the main regulations applicable to international trade. | |
| C57 | CEI 10 - Know how to interpret and apply the aforementioned regulations as well as the main existing uses in the sector. | |
| C58 | CEI 11 - Know the main theories of contemporary legal interpretation and argumentation. | |
| C59 | CEI 12 - Know the policies and Social Law of the European Union and their impact on the internal order. | |
| C60 | CEI 13 - Be able to identify legal problems arising from the policies and Social Law of the European Union and address their solution through the management and interpretation of community and internal legal sources and the doctrine of the Court of Justice of the European Union. | |
| C61 | CEI 14 - Know the basic regulatory framework, the rights of beneficiaries and business obligations in matters of Social Security. | |
| C62 | CEI 15 - Be able to identify legal problems specific to Social Security Law in the business field and address their solution by managing and interpreting sources and judicial doctrine. | |
| C63 | CEI 16 - Systematically understand the contents of Competition Law related to Administrative Law using positive, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources and identify the contents of Competition Law related to Commercial Law using positive, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources. | |
| C64 | CEI 17 - Be able to correctly understand the documents that make up an administrative file for the defence of competition and act in accordance with the law in a procedure, both from the position of the Administration and from that of the interested party, in order to identify situations of restriction of competition in the market, resolve them in accordance with the applicable regulations and prevent situations that violate the right to free competition. | |
| C65 | CEI 18 - Know the direct and indirect taxes that apply to the exercise of a business or professional activity by entrepreneurs, self-employed workers or capital companies. | |
| C66 | CEI 19 - Be able to identify tax problems that arise in companies and know how to use the main instruments for their resolution, even from an interdisciplinary point of view. | |
| C67 | CEI 20 - Understand the legal and tax implications of Spain's membership in the European Union. | |
| C68 | CEI 21 - Understand the fundamentals and purposes of double taxation agreements, as well as the measures and solutions offered by the legal system to promote the exchange of tax information between countries and combat tax fraud on a global scale. | |
| C69 | CEI 22 - Know the existing procedural mechanisms, both at the Spanish and Community level, specifically designed to achieve agile protection of monetary credit. | |
| C70 | CEI 23 - Be able to identify procedural problems specifically related to the claim for monetary debts and address their solution through the most appropriate procedural and extra-procedural mechanisms. | |
| C71 | CEI 24 - Know the particularities of criminal and procedural law for minors | |
| C72 | CEI 25 - Be able to identify criminal and procedural legal problems and address their solution through the interpretation and critical application of the Law on Criminal Responsibility of Minors and its implementing regulations. | |
| C73 | CEI 26 - Know the transformations that economic norms introduce in constitutional regulations. | |
| C74 | CEI 27- Know the civil regulations relating to the right to compensation for damages and contractual and non-contractual civil liability with special reference to liability for acts of others and objective liability imposed by law. | |
| C75 | CEI 28 - Know the civil regulations regarding corporate and professional liability with special reference to liability for defective products, in construction, arising from traffic accidents and general professional liability together with specific health and legal liability. As well as those resulting from damage to the environment and injuries to personal rights, among others. | |
| C76 | CEI 29 - Know the concept, object and functions of Criminology, as well as prison sentences and their compliance regime. | |
| C77 | CEI 30 - Know how to apply criminological research techniques, use the rules for determining sentences and analyze the penal system. | |
| C78 | CEI 31 - Ability to identify and understand legal problems specific to corporate criminal law based on a case that reflects a real situation in professional life and to address its solution in an interdisciplinary manner. | |
| C79 | CEI 32 - Know the differences between the two major contemporary legal systems: the European Roman-canonical system and the Common Law. | |
| C80 | CEI 33 - Know the particularities of the legal regime of alternative dispute resolution methods (ADR). | |
| C81 | CEI 34 - Be able to identify the most appropriate extra-procedural route for the effective resolution of the different types of conflicts that arise in the business field, and to correctly interpret and apply its specific legal regime. | |
| C82 | CEI 35 - Know the community legal principles that govern the creation of a single European market and the basic characteristics of some community policies. | |
| C83 | CEI 36 - Understand the impact of the European Union legal system on commercial law, as well as the European Union regulations relating to commercial law issues in various economic sectors. | |
| C84 | CEI 37 - Be able to handle community legal sources related to the commercial field, identify legal problems and resolve them according to European commercial regulations, as well as interpret and critically analyze community regulations related to different sectors of commercial law. | |
| C85 | CEI 38 - Know the usefulness and functioning of the Contentious-Administrative and Social Jurisdictions. | |
| C86 | CEI 39 - Acquire basic training that will facilitate future professional development of activities in or before judicial bodies in the Contentious-Administrative and Social order. | |
| C87 | CEI 40 - Understand the main macroeconomic problems, as well as the different policies and their effects on the economic system, with special attention to the study of fiscal policy. | |
| C88 | CEI 41 - Be able to manage and analyze economic information, from which to develop the capacity for diagnosis and design and implementation of economic policies. | |
| C89 | CEI 42 - Know the particularities of the special civil and criminal processes (or those with specialties) provided for in our legal system, as well as the legal regime of alternative methods of conflict resolution (MASC). | |
| C90 | CEI 43 - Be able to identify the most appropriate procedural or extra-procedural route for the effective resolution of different types of conflicts, and to correctly interpret and apply their specific legal regime. | |
| C91 | CEI 44 - Basic knowledge of the regulations and jurisprudence linked to Criminal Law related to commercial and business activity, as well as the legal consequences provided for different criminal conduct. |
| D sign | Code | Skills |
| D1 | Ability to analyze and synthesize for the development and defense of arguments, as well as organization, planning and use of time in pressure situations. | |
| D2 | Use of foreign languages in activities of different subjects. | |
| D3 | Ability to make decisions autonomously and independently of leadership and ability to work cooperatively in a team, as well as interpersonal relationship skills that promote interpersonal effectiveness. | |
| D4 | Ability to behave ethically and with social responsibility as a citizen and as a professional, respecting diversity and multiculturalism. | |
| D5 | Be able to solve problems and interpret data derived from reality in relation to its meaning and relate them to the different branches of the legal system. |
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Professional outings
Liberal professions
- Lawyers
- Attorneys
Private employment
- Employment in the legal, labour and human resources fields, in insurance, mutual insurance companies, cooperatives, banking and credit institutions, in consultancies, in NGOs and development cooperation entities…
- Qualified jobs in companies or self-employed jobs for which legal training is necessary
- Other jobs for which you do not necessarily need, but if you find legal training useful or convenient
Public employment
- In the European Union and other international organisations
- In the State: judges, prosecutors, lawyers of the Administration of Justice, notaries, property or commercial registrars, State lawyers, lawyers of the Council of State, lawyers of the Cortes Generales, Social Security lawyers, labour inspectors and sub-inspectors, inspectors and technicians of the Treasury, auditors and auditors, Administration technicians...
- In the autonomous communities: lawyers of regional parliaments, legal services of regional governments, Administration technicians...
- In local administrations: secretaries or auditors of the local Administration, lawyers or legal advisors, Administration technicians...
- Others: diplomats, legal services of other public bodies (e.g. universities, military legal bodies, etc.), university professors, etc.