Oil and Gas Law University of Aberdeen

Overview

Prepare to find work as an energy lawyer.

The Oil and Gas Law programme of the University of Aberdeen has been a passport to career success for our many graduates now working at senior level for government and industry around the world.

Your expertise, contacts and career prospects will grow as you gain the intellectual, critical and practical skills needed to practise as a professional in this field.

• 100% online, with a dissertation

• blended, with an intensive two-week Professional Skills summer school on campus in Aberdeen.

You’ll study the grounding concepts of current oil and gas law. You’ll gain the broad knowledge required for legal management of oil and gas exploration and production. And you’ll learn from internationally experienced lawyers who advise governments and industry.

Our teaching promotes the contextual thinking that enables a deeper, forward-thinking understanding of the industry and how the law works around it. You’ll explore many different viewpoints and needs of the energy industry, from the state discovering the oil or gas, to the experts drilling for it, and the ecosystem that needs our support and protection.

Where this will take you

Our online LLM in Oil and Gas Law will prepare you to find work as an energy lawyer.

You’ll graduate with the skills required to practise as a trained professional in this field. You will also have built a strong network of contacts to help advance your legal career.

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in:

• oil and gas companies

• international law firms servicing the industry

• government ministries.

You can also use this Masters degree as a step towards a PhD and work in the academic world.

Wider career opportunities

Because the law touches so many parts of public life, you can use your qualification to find work within politics, business, international finance or banking.

Industry and international businesses value the distinct skills that law graduates bring to their organisations. You’ll have developed these in-demand skills in research, critical thinking, problem-solving, effective communication, and diplomacy.