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Faculty of Law and Political Science

Law, institutions and political science

Overview

Established by Presidential Decree No. 2013/333 of 13 September 2013, FSJP is dedicated to teaching and research in law and political science, from the Certificate of Legal Capacity to the Doctorate. It trains lawyers and specialists able to analyse norms, institutions, public policy and relations between public and private actors.

« Excellence, discipline, integrity »

Admission

Core programme in Law and Political Science:

  • Certificate of Legal Capacity: hold the BEPC, CAP or an equivalent qualification, and be at least 20 years old
  • Bachelor's: Baccalauréat (any series) or equivalent qualification
  • Master's: Bachelor's in Law or Political Science
  • Doctorate: Master's, Maîtrise or DEA in Law or Political Science

In pictures

  • Entrance of the Dean's office of the Faculty of Law and Political Science
  • Large classroom full of students
  • Lecturer writing on the board in front of a full room
  • Students consulting documents in the library
  • Close-up of a student writing in a notebook

Education

According to the current programme offer: public law, private law, political science, administration and related disciplines.

Departments and programmes

  • Private law
  • Public law
  • Political science
  • Legal theory, epistemology and comparative law

Scientific and professional contribution

Work on governance, decentralisation, public policy, access to justice, institutions and political change.

Degrees

Core pathway

  • Bachelor's

    • Years 1-2 Core law
    • Year 3 Private law
    • Year 3 Public law
    • Year 3 Political science
    • Years 1-3 English Law
  • Research Master's (years 1 and 2)

    • Criminal law and criminal sciences
    • Fundamental private law
    • Business law
    • Domestic public law
    • International and community law
    • Political science
    • English Law (Corporate Law and Governance)
  • Doctorate/PhD

    • Law
    • Political science
    • English Law

Professional pathway

  • Certificate in political studies and administration of decentralised local authorities

  • Certificate of Capacity in Law and Economics

  • Professional Bachelor's degrees

    • Administration of decentralised local authorities
    • Legal and tax advice
  • Professional Master's degrees

    • Law and practice of the legal and judicial professions
    • Health law and administration
    • Extractive industries law and environmental issues
    • International security, defence and African cooperation
    • International law and humanitarian action
    • Public action management
    • Local governance, decentralisation and development of local authorities
    • Human rights and criminal sciences

Programmes

Career prospects

Access to the grandes écoles

  • ENAM (civil administration, customs, court registry, judiciary, treasury, taxation, labour administration)
  • IRIC (diplomacy, international litigation, banking, finance, customs and international organisations, embassy attachés)
  • Police Academy (commissioners)
  • Prison administration (prison officers and administrators)
  • EMIA (army lieutenants, second lieutenants)
  • ENS (guidance counsellors, PENI, computing, ICT)
  • ENSET (technical secondary school teachers)
  • ENSPM
  • INJS (journalism and political science)

Access to the liberal professions

  • Lawyer
  • Bailiff / auctioneer
  • Notary
  • Legal / political consultant
  • Corporate lawyer
  • Broker
  • Insurance executive
  • Political journalist
  • Political scientist

Pre-registration file

Bachelor's (year 1) pre-registration
  1. A completed registration form (available from the FSJP registry)
  2. A certified copy of the entry qualification (Baccalauréat any series, GCE A Level…) or equivalent, plus a plain copy
  3. A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  4. For holders of a foreign diploma: the MINESUP equivalence decision or the receipt for the equivalence application
  5. A plain copy of the national identity card
  6. A certified copy of the BEPC
  7. Four 4 x 4 colour photos with the applicant's full name, date and place of birth and phone number on the back
  8. A receipt for the 10 000 CFA franc pre-registration fee, paid into the account indicated on the payment receipt
  9. A sworn statement certifying the authenticity of the diplomas and documents submitted (signed by the police authority)
  10. A medical certificate issued by the University of Maroua medical centre
  11. An A4 envelope
  12. A cardboard folder bearing the applicant's address

The complete file and one copy are submitted to the FSJP registry.

Master's (year 1) pre-registration
  1. A completed registration form (available from the FSJP registry)
  2. A certified copy of the entry qualification (Bachelor's in Law, or in History or Sociology for Political Science) or equivalent, plus a plain copy
  3. Certified copies of the year 1, 2 and 3 transcripts (by the university that awarded the Bachelor's)
  4. A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  5. For holders of a foreign diploma: the MINESUP equivalence decision or the receipt for the equivalence application
  6. A plain copy of the national identity card
  7. Four 4 x 4 colour photos with the applicant's full name, date and place of birth and phone number on the back
  8. A receipt for the 10 000 CFA franc pre-registration fee, paid into the account indicated on the payment receipt
  9. A sworn statement certifying the authenticity of the diplomas and documents submitted
  10. A medical certificate issued by the University of Maroua medical centre
  11. An A4 envelope
  12. A cardboard folder bearing the applicant's address

The complete file and one copy are submitted to the FSJP registry.

Pre-registration at a given level (transfer)
  1. A transfer letter from the home university
  2. A certificate of non-exclusion
  3. A completed registration form (available from the FSJP registry)
  4. A certified copy of the year 1, 2 or 3 transcripts as applicable
  5. A certified copy of the birth certificate issued less than three months ago
  6. A plain copy of the national identity card
  7. Four 4 x 4 colour photos with the applicant's full name, date and place of birth and phone number on the back
  8. A receipt for the 10 000 CFA franc pre-registration fee, paid into the account indicated on the payment receipt
  9. A medical certificate issued by the University of Maroua medical centre
  10. An A4 envelope
  11. A cardboard folder bearing the applicant's address

The complete file and one copy are submitted to the FSJP registry.