Oil and Gas Law with Dissertation - Taught Programme

Programme Details

PROGRAMME LENGTH LLM
12 months full-time, 24 or 36 months part-time

START DATES
September or January

Aims

The programme provides students with the opportunity to examine and critically assess key legal issues in the oil and gas sector both in the UK and in other leading jurisdictions.

Courses offered cover licensing and other methods of state control of hydrocarbon resources, commercial contracting, regulation of the oil and gas industry, principles of environmental law and maritime planning. The intention is that by the end of the programme students will have developed the analytical skills and knowledge to provide them with a firm foundation for work in this sector.

Contact Information

Graduate Programmes Coordinator
School of Law

Syllabus

Students must complete four courses and a dissertation. At least three courses must be taken from the Oil & Gas Law course options. The fourth course can be taken from a different LLM programme.

The number in brackets indicates the semester in which the course is taught.

Oil and Gas Law: State Control (1)
Oil and Gas Law: Contracting (1)
Maritime Spatial Planning Law (1)
Oil and Gas Law: Regulation (2)
Taxation of Oil & Gas (2)
Principles of Environmental Regulation (2)
Renewable Energy Law (2)

Assessment

Assessment is based on a combination of written examination at the end of the relevant semester and one or more course essays. In addition, students must complete a course in research methods and a dissertation on a topic within the specialism. The dissertation is planned and written between March and August each year. Guidance on the writing of a dissertation is given.

Teaching

Teaching is organised on a modular basis. There are two 12-week semesters, the first beginning at the end of September, the second at the end of January. Students can join either in September or January. Examinations are held at the end of each semester, in January and May. The dissertation is submitted on the 1st September each year, regardless of start date. Courses are offered subject to the availability of staff, sufficient enrolment and sabbatical arrangements. Applicants are strongly advised to consult the Law School webpages for updates to the programme syllabus.

Requirements

Normally a 2(i) Honours degree in Law, or another related discipline, or equivalent.

The English Language Requirement for all College of Arts and Social Sciences Masters programmes is an IELTS of 6.5 with 6.0 in the writing and reading (or equivalent TOEFL iBT or PTE).  For more information see www.abdn.ac.uk/international/english-requirements .

Fees

Full details of tuition fees is available here

Funding

A limited amount of funding is available through the University and the College of Arts and Social Sciences. See http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/graduate/funding for further information.

Prospective students should visit the University's Postgraduate Funding Database. 

No Boundaries. Just Possibilities.

Thanks to additional funding from the Scottish government this programme has funded places for Scottish and EU Students. More Information.  

University of Aberdeen Alumni Discount Scheme

The University of Aberdeen is very pleased to offer a 20% discount on postgraduate tuition fees for all alumni who have graduated with a degree from the University of Aberdeen.  More Information can be found here.