Taiwan is a country with a well-known and high-quality education system. There are many programs that you can choose if you want to continue your studies in Taiwan. One of the is legal science department that is so popular in Taiwan. It is a program study which has a great demand by many people. There are many universities that have legal science programs which are certainly no less competitive also have good quality. But this time, we will discuss the top 5 universities in Taiwan based on lawstudies.com that have popular legal science programs in Taiwan which can be used as a reference if you want to study there.
 

1. NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY

National Taiwan University Department of Law consists of 3 divisions: the Division of Legal Sciences, Division of Judicial Administration and Division of Economic and Financial Law. Master program in law (LL.M.) began in 1955, and doctoral program (Ph.D.) was established in 1971. To promote interdisciplinary legal education, the Graduate Institute of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies began its operations in August 2004 and offers an LL.M. degree to students who originally specialized in other field of study, and aim to integrate their expertise with law.

2. NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY

National Taipei University College of Law is one of the oldest and most premier law schools in Taiwan. It was first established in 1952 as the Department of Judicial Administration at Taiwan Provincial College of Administration. A little earlier before the Provincial College was merged into Chung Hsing University in 1961, the Department was transformed into Department of Law under College of Law and Business. In 2000, the College of Law and Business was separated from the Chung Hsing University and transformed into a new university—National Taipei University. At the same time, the Department of Law was transformed into College of Law.

3. NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY

The Department of Law offers a core curriculum designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of fundamental legal principles including fundamental jurisprudence, civil law, criminal law, public law, economic and financial law, labor and social law, and introduction to Anglo-American law. Additional courses offered to second-year students are designed to cultivate future legal scholars and judicial professionals, including in Economic and Financial Law and Legal Systems. Students are also free to choose from a wide range of electives in fundamental jurisprudence, civil procedural law, property law, criminal law, public law studies, corporate governance law, and labor and social law.

4. NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY

National Kaohsiung University was established on February 1, 1989. In the first year, it was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish six departments. The Department of Law is one of them. It has recruited students since the 1989 school year.
This department focuses on the teaching and research of traditional subjects of legal education. Traditional law subjects are the essence of law that has gone through the years. It is the mainstream of current law education and the foundation for the development of law in a new field. Therefore, the research and teaching of traditional law subjects must be firmly planted in order to lay the foundation for the long-term development of law education. A solid rock.
Traditional legal education subjects mainly refer to civil law, commercial law, criminal law, civil procedure law, criminal procedure law, constitution, administrative law, administrative procedure law, private international law, public international law, enforcement law, jurisprudence, legal history… etc. In addition to strengthening the teaching and research of traditional law, this department also lists legal issues such as labor, environmental protection, technology transfer, intellectual property rights, and international economics and trade as the focus of teaching to meet the needs of social development. In addition, the department also attaches importance to technology integration education to improve the quality of teaching.

5. SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY

The College of Law at Shih Hsin University was established in 1997. It is committed to helping students become independent thinkers with a broad-based understanding of legal practices. The school includes faculty members with degrees from Germany, France, Japan, the U.K, the U.S, and Australia, and their expertise covers a range of core areas.
The College provides legal counsel, working with law firms, courthouses, and patent and trademark consultancies to which students can be assigned for placements. As part of their internships, students can also visit local primary schools to offer basic legal education and advocacy work.
Graduates acquire knowledge in communications technologies, intellectual property rights, business and commercial law, and consumer-driven financial policy reforms. In addition, the College of Law includes the following features: Undergraduate courses are taught via Socratic teaching methods, which improves students’ critical thinking and analytical skills.
The school houses the Law Materials and Intellectual Property Information Center as well as the Intellectual Property Research Center, containing 182,400 books, dictionaries, law digests, and periodicals in Chinese and foreign languages, where seminars are regularly held.
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