About the Program
The Master’s Program in Arbitration in Construction Contracts, offered by the Faculty of Law at Al al‑Bayt University, is a specialized graduate program established in response to the growing need for highly qualified legal professionals with advanced expertise in resolving disputes arising from construction contracts, particularly through arbitration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
The program aims to provide students with advanced and specialized legal knowledge in arbitration in construction contracts through an integrated study plan that combines theoretical and practical components. It covers model construction contracts, contract and construction law, arbitration procedures, drafting arbitral awards, dispute avoidance and management, mediation, arbitration in administrative and investment contracts, as well as scientific research and the preparation of an original Master’s thesis.
The program focuses on developing students’ analytical, research, and professional skills, and on linking legal knowledge to contemporary issues and sustainable development requirements, thereby preparing graduates capable of competing and working effectively in legal and engineering-related sectors at both the national and regional levels.
Vision & Mission
Vision
Excellence and leadership in specialized education and research in arbitration in construction contracts, and the preparation of legal professionals capable of effectively contributing to the resolution of construction disputes, serving the community, and advancing legal practice at the national, regional, and international levels.
Mission
To offer a specialized academic and research-based program that prepares academically and professionally qualified legal cadres in the field of arbitration in construction contracts, equipped with in-depth legal knowledge, strong research, analytical, and practical skills, and the capacity for creativity and innovation. This enables graduates to efficiently address construction disputes, support sustainable development, and meet labor market needs, in accordance with national and international academic standards.
Program Objectives
- Program Learning Objectives (PLOs)
- To develop and enhance specialized and in-depth legal, methodological, and intellectual knowledge, skills, and competencies in legal, jurisprudential, and judicial studies related to arbitration, and to link them to sustainable development goals and contemporary arbitration issues.
- To build, develop, and stimulate research, investigative, and technical capacities that contribute to the analysis, evaluation, application, and development of legal studies, legislation, and national and comparative jurisprudential and judicial positions related to arbitration in construction contracts.
- To master positive critical, creative, and innovative thinking skills and strategies, teamwork skills, and problem-solving approaches, while deepening initiative, leadership, motivation, and national, social, and humanitarian responsibility.
- To supply various sectors at the national and regional levels with human resources possessing advanced legal, cognitive, intellectual, and practical skills in the field of arbitration in construction contracts.
- To prepare specialized legal research papers on arbitration in construction contracts, present, justify, and defend them across program courses, and to prepare an original and specialized Master’s thesis, including its discussion, justification, and defense.
Learning Outcomes
- Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
- A. Knowledge
- Acquire specialized, up-to-date, and in-depth substantive and procedural legal knowledge related to arbitration in construction contracts.
- Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking in matters related to arbitration in construction contracts and the settlement of engineering disputes, and link them to the latest developments.
- Internalize effective knowledge of creativity and innovation strategies, and foster initiative, leadership, and social and humanitarian responsibility.
- B. Skills
- Apply specialized and contemporary legal knowledge to solve issues in scientific research and practical application related to the settlement of legal and engineering disputes in construction contracts.
- Demonstrate proficiency in creativity and innovation strategies and employ modern technological skills in specialized legal scientific research related to the settlement of legal and engineering disputes in construction contracts.
- Integrate and develop legal knowledge and build connections with various fields and branches of contemporary sciences.
- C. Competencies
- Apply theoretical knowledge and analytical and cognitive skills to real and hypothetical cases of varying levels of specialization and complexity, and develop innovative solutions to all types of legal issues related to the settlement of legal and engineering disputes in construction contracts.
- Master creativity, innovation, and initiative strategies to interact and participate positively with public, private, and non-profit sectors in developing positions related to legislation, decisions, judicial rulings, strategies, and national and regional policies concerning construction contracts.
- Contribute originally to professional legal knowledge, practice self-evaluation, assume responsibility for self-directed learning, and build and manage research and applied work teams, including reviewing their performance and ensuring effective coordination.
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Advising Plan
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