Program Overview

Master of Laws in Environmental Law

The Master of Laws in Environmental Law at Stockholm University provides students with the legal, scientific, methodological, and practical skills necessary to understand and work with environmental law in a transboundary context.

Programme Overview

The programme consists of four courses of 15 credits each, all of which are mandatory. The general structure of the programme is as follows:

• Autumn semester:
  • Transboundary Environmental Law, 15 credits
  • Cross-cutting Issues in Environmental Law, 15 credits
• Spring semester:
  • Methods, Theory and Practice in Environmental Law, 15 credits, half-time, in parallel with
  • Master Thesis in Environmental Law, 15 credits, half-time

Programme Details

The programme is based on academic progression in both scientific and methodological specialisation throughout the courses, while also providing practical skills in environmental law. The programme includes several instances of group work.

The programme starts with a broad advanced introduction to transboundary environmental law, then gives in-depth studies in four cross-cutting areas with transboundary features, relating environmental law to:

• trade and corporate responsibility
• climate and energy
• human rights
• social-ecological resilience

Course Descriptions

• Transboundary Environmental Law (15 credits): This course lays the foundation for the programme and ensures that all students have achieved a certain level of knowledge and skills prior to the more advanced courses. The course addresses environmental issues in a transboundary context, through international environmental law in particular, but also through EU environmental law, as well as other legal structures and situations.
• Cross-cutting Issues in Environmental Law (15 credits): This course focuses on the four themes listed above, where environmental law in a transboundary context is integrated with or challenged by other legal perspectives and issues.
• Methods, Theory and Practice in Environmental Law (15 credits): This course consists of seminars on methodology and theory, which are largely beneficial to the students' master thesis. In addition, the course includes a mock negotiation, in which students are divided into groups and are to negotiate a multilateral, intergovernmental environmental agreement.
• Master Thesis in Environmental Law (15 credits): The master thesis will address environmental law issues in a transboundary context or from a perspective within the framework of one of the four specialised themes included in the course "Cross-cutting Issues in Environmental Law". The thesis shall be written in English.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for the Master of Laws in Environmental Law, candidates must:

• Have been awarded an undergraduate degree in law from an internationally recognised university or hold an equivalent degree with a minimum of 180 ECTS in law
• Support their proficiency in English, equivalent to level English 6 in the Swedish secondary school system

Selection Process

Eligible applicants are selected on the basis of a weighted assessment of:

• Grades from earlier legal studies
• Relevant extra-curricular/professional experiences
• One personal statement
• Two letters of recommendation

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee for the programme is 90,000 SEK, with the first instalment being 45,000 SEK. This applies to citizens from outside the EU, EEA, or Switzerland.

Programme Code and Application Code

The programme code is JEL1M, and the application code is SU-29002.

Level and Language

The programme is at the Master's level, and the language of instruction is English.

Department Responsible for Education

The Department of Law is responsible for the education provided in the Master of Laws in Environmental Law programme.