Bachelor in Licence - Droit

A Licence en Droit is the standard French undergraduate law degree, providing a broad grounding in the legal system before students choose a specialization at master's level. Coursework typically covers civil law, constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, and legal methodology, along with introductory modules in economics and political science that situate legal study within its broader institutional context. The degree trains students in legal reasoning, case analysis, and the interpretation of statutes and court decisions, skills built through regular written exercises such as case commentaries and legal essays. Graduates of a law bachelor's degree commonly continue into master's-level study to qualify for careers as lawyers, magistrates, notaries, or legal advisers, while others move into related fields such as human resources, compliance, public administration, or business roles that require legal literacy without full professional qualification. This Licence is offered by Université de Mayotte in Dembeni, France, with instruction in French. It is a three-year program beginning in September, with yearly tuition of 178 EUR. Because French legal education relies heavily on the ability to construct structured arguments, students are trained from the first year in methodology specific to law, including how to build a case commentary and how to organize a legal dissertation, skills considered foundational before moving into more specialized legal subjects in later years of study or at master's level.