To be eligible, candidates for admission to the Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Environmental Law shall hold a Swedish Master of Laws of 270 credits, a Swedish Bachelors degree in law of at least 180 credits of full-time law studies or a foreign degree in law of at least three years of full-time law studies, and demonstrate a proficiency in English equivalent to level English 6 or English level 2 in the Swedish secondary school system.
Our Master Programme in Environmental Law (EL) provides students with the legal – scientific, methodological and practical – skills necessary to understand and work with environmental law in a transboundary context. Much welcome to the Stockholm University LL.M. in Environmental Law! In the LL.M. in Environmental Law, students will acquire in-depth knowledge of substantive environmental law, and be provided the necessary theoretical and methodological foundations to be able to work independently with research, development or other qualified work in the area of environmental law. Our LL.M. centres on transboundary dimensions and cross-cutting issues, and refer to cases and contexts where the legal approaches, principles and concepts to protect the environment integrate, collide or clash with other areas of law. And Stockholm is the right place for your LL.M in Environmental Law. In addition to the academic and social reasons for studying the Master Programme at Stockholm University, Stockholm stands out in international environmental law and governance. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment – the first major UN conference on environmental matters – was held in Stockholm in 1972. Since then, new environmental issues have emerged, and have expanded in scale and scop