{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}o enroll in the specialised master's programme on "Jurisprudence" on a competitive basis a person having higher education must submit academic transcripts for the previous degrees obtained (bachelors, specialist or masters), including those obtained their degrees not in "Jurisprudence". Alumni of any higher educational establishment are eligible for participation in competition.

Admission to the master's degree is carried out either on the places subject to federal budgetary financing, or tuition fee paying.

{xtypo_info}Applicants who have obtained a bachelor's degree and are willing to acquire the specialised master's programme for the first time, are eligible for participation in competition on the places financed by the federal budget. Those applicants who fail to pass though the competition for such places are eligible to participate in competition with tuition fee payment.{/xtypo_info}

In 2009 under the RF Ministry of Education decision specialists are eligible for participation in competition  on the budgetary basis as well.

The SFU Law institute offers 6 programmes of specialised master's degree training in jurisprudence:

1. The Master's programme "Criminal law and criminology; prison law". The programme is aimed at training highly qualified specialists in criminal law and criminology, prison law.
   
2. The Master's programme "Civil law, family law, international private law". The programme is aimed at studying the most complicated institutions of private law and law application peculiarities, acquiring applicable skills of work in the private law sphere.
   
3. The Master's programme "Foreign and comparative law". The programme is aimed at training highly qualified lawyers being aware of Russian and other states legal systems. Students of the given programme do an academic year course at a foreign university-partner.
   
4. The Master's programme "Labour law. Social security law" is aimed at highly qualified specialists in the sphere of staff management, social insurance and social protection of population capable to competent and effective application of labour and social security legislations norms.
   
5. The master's programme "Civil Procedure, arbitrage procedure". The programme is aimed at providing professional acquiring of law application algorithm, including theoretical training and development of applicable skills in the sphere of protection and security of subjective rights and legal interests by means of various forms and methods.
   
6. The Master's programme "Criminal procedure, criminalistics and judicial expertise; Theory of operatively-search activity ". The programme is aimed at training highly qualified lawyers  in the  area of prison law and criminal procedural law and criminalistics.

Alumni of master's programmes:

• Are employed by public authorities of Krasnoyarsk region, local authorities, law enforcement bodies and courts as well;
  
• Are eligible to work as judges in courts of the general jurisdictions in civil cases, arbitrage judges, notaries, attorneys, legal advisers in commercial organisations, advisers on legal matters;
  
• Are willingly employed by bodies of social protection of population;
  
• Are willingly employed by foreign legal entities, legal entities sharing a foreign capital share, and also by law departments of higher schools and their branches.

The programme of SFU Law institute development provides working out and the assertion of new master's programmes: "Juvenile justice"; "State government", “Political management”, “Bank law”.

Moreover, joint programs with SFU Institute of economy, management and national resources management together with other higher schools are developed.