Program overview
Educational Law is an interdisciplinary field combining education and law, focusing on legal issues in education such as school management, student rights, teacher rights, and education policy formulation. Core courses include Principles of Educational Law, Education Policy Analysis, Education Administrative Law, School Legal Practice, Comparative Education Law, and Education Dispute Resolution. This program suits those interested in educational equity and legal logic, who enjoy analyzing cases and solving practical problems. Chinese universities have unique advantages in this field: China's education legalization process has accelerated in recent years, with many universities establishing specialized research centers for educational law that collaborate with the Ministry of Education and judicial departments, providing exposure to real policy-making and judicial practice. Courses extensively discuss local Chinese cases, such as legal liability for school bullying and contract disputes in Sino-foreign cooperative education, making them highly practical.