• Deepening academic and applied knowledge in the field of criminal law, particularly emerging crimes in cyberspace and cross-border crimes, as well as anti-corruption mechanisms in comparative experiences and other emerging topics in criminal law. This will contribute to empowering knowledge in emerging areas in this field, enabling graduates to meet challenges and keep pace with comparative legal developments.

• Enhancing students' abilities to conduct specialized legal research and studies in the field of criminal law, which constitute an innovative scientific and applied contribution, particularly in emerging issues that keep pace with comparative legislative developments and criminology, to address the challenges of technological development and its impact on criminalization and penalty policies.

• Enabling students to draw parallels and contrasts between the general rules shared by public law and its other specialized branches, such as criminal law. This is to enhance students’ ability to think in a modern and creative way, utilizing academic and research expertise gained in the fields of public law in an integrated and balanced manner that achieves the greatest degree of research creativity, keeping pace with global developments.

Upon completion of graduation requirements, students are eligible to work in the following sectors:

• To work as faculty members at various universities.

• To work in legal research centers.

• To work in the field of legislative drafting of criminal laws.

• To work in the judiciary and public prosecution.

• To work as an expert in criminal laws in governmental and private institutions.

• To work as a specialized criminal lawyer after practicing law.