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The right to complete the degree of Doctor of Laws may be granted to an applicant holding the degree of Licentiate in Laws, directly to an applicant holding a master of laws degree or, where sufficient grounds can be presented, to an applicant who has completed another university degree in Finland or abroad. Eligibility for applicants holding a degree in a field other than Law Postgraduate degrees in Law are based on profound legal expertise. The content of the degrees has been planned with a view to applicants who hold a basic degree in the field. Notwithstanding, the right to complete a postgraduate degree can be granted to an applicant who holds a higher university degree or relevant higher degree from a university of applied sciences in a field other than Law if the applicant is deemed to have sufficient preparedness for postgraduate studies in Law. Also eligible are persons whom the Faculty considers to have the requisite knowledge and preparedness to pursue postgraduate studies. An application for the right to complete a postgraduate degree must include an account of this knowledge and preparedness. Eligibility for admission based on a foreign degree Applicants seeking the right to complete postgraduate studies based on a foreign degree must attach to their application certified copies of their diploma/final transcript and all other certificates on which their application is based. If a certificate has been issued in a language other than Finnish, Swedish or English, the application must include an official translation of the document into one of these languages. Under special circumstances, the Dean may accept certificates in other languages. The postgraduate-level teaching provided by the Faculty of Law is primarily given in Finnish and English. Applicants seeking the right to pursue postgraduate studies based on a foreign degree are required to demonstrate that they are capable of completing the degree in question and that they have a good knowledge of Finnish or English. Language skills are assessed in accordance with the language proficiency requirements of the University or in another manner approved by the Dean. Finnish language requirements and the English language requirements. Under special circumstances, the Dean may decide that good skills or a master’s degree completed in a language other Finnish, Swedish or English is sufficient to fulfil the language requirement.