Healthcare Law and Policy

→ Professors About the Programme

	• Lecturer, Assoc. Prof. Agne Sirinskiene :
	The reason for developing this study programme was due to the complexity of the modern healthcare sector. The need to address new emerging issues in euro-integration require legal specialized knowledge in healthcare policy, in the specifics of healthcare and in various fields of health technologies. Current research shows that lawyers who have specialized training in the healthcare law and understand health issues are considered to be far more valuable to their employers than traditional private or public law practitioners, working with healthcare issues without any specific training.
	• Andrius Narbekovas, Member of the Lithuanian National Health Council:
	This Joint Master’s Degree programme offers a unique opportunity to study healthcare law in an interdisciplinary environment. It integrates various spheres of law and policy together with bioethics, healthcare and biomedicine.

→ Strengths

• One of the first postgraduate study programme in the region that is devoted to the study of healthcare law and policy issues
• Eminent Professors : Study subjects are taught by Academics who have broad expertise in the field and are known as National or even European experts
• A diploma recognised by all EU Member States

→ Characteristics

• Locale : Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine (1st and 2nd Semester) and Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania (3rd and 4th semesters).
• Field : Law – Social Sciences
• Tuition fees at Mykolas Romeris University : For non-EU citizen - 3120 EUR per year ; for EU citizens – 2240 EUR per year
• Duration : 2 years
• Credits : 120 ECTS
• Language : English

→ Content of Lectures

	•First year	•Second year
Autumn Semester	Actual Issues of Private Law	Alternative Dispute Resolution
	Actual Issues of Public Law	Bioethics and Biopolitics
	International Protection of Human Rights	EU Health Law
	Internship	International Healthcare Regulation
	Topical Issues of Procedural Law	Legal Protection of Patient’s Rights
Spring Semester	Human Rights in Healthcare	Final Examination
	Legal Framework for Healthcare Governance	Master’s thesis
	Legal Protection of Personal Data in Healthcare
	Master’s thesis

Graduates will have excellent career opportunities both in their home country and abroad, e.g., national public or private sector as well as European institutions, agencies or international institutions. Graduates will have enough knowledge and experience to work as lawyers or attorneys specializing in a very specific field of healthcare and medical product development.

→ Entry requirements

• Degrees : Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent first university degree (3-year study duration minimum)
• English level : At least a B2-level of English proven by a certification (IELTS or TOEFL) : the certification can be organized by long distance.