Want to explore a specialist area of international law, taught by world-class experts?
What can lawyers and policy makers do for the protection for a sustainable world? What do we mean by “environment”, including human rights and sustainability, and how can its protection affect our everyday lives? What steps would you take in advising a senior UN official on environmental policy reform, your local government, or a multinational oil and gas company?
Offering a comprehensive, comparative analysis of international, regional, and national sustainability frameworks, this course aims to give you the skills to be a substantive part of the sustainability-safeguarding narrative of our world.
About this course
Environmental governance professions require skills that were not necessary a few years ago. Global law firms and international organisations require lawyers and policy professionals to build capacity, understand corporate social responsibility, and the ability to negotiate and form partnerships.
This programme centres on the complexity of environmental decision-making when integrating scientific considerations with legal and policy outcomes. Alongside traditional legal skills, you will become familiar with environmental governance literacy and application, collaboration with stakeholders, and the application of the legal solution to environmental problems and sustainability.
It will address current and emerging demands, and cover topics such as climate change, renewable energy, the protection of living and non-living natural resources, human rights, and environmental migrants. Taught by academic experts in sustainability law, you will develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of the global legal regimes, as well the skills required for environmental governance.
You will also benefit from wider opportunities, such as our yearly careers convention, giving you access to leading law firms across the country and a chance to gain vital industry contacts.
We’re also partnered with the University of Law who deliver a series of Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) postgraduate courses on campus at Hull, for those who want to go on to professional practice.
Module options
For a full Masters degree, you'll study 180 credits over the duration of your course. Some programmes offer a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip) qualification or a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) qualification. For a PGDip, you'll study 120 credits, and for a PGCert, you'll study 60 credits.
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Human Rights and International Law
Develop your understanding of the nature of UN human rights law. You'll gain the ability to evaluate aspects of human rights and understand the application of human rights law to actual cases.
compulsory
30 credits
Environmental Law in Context
Unlock your potential in environmental law and governance and gain a comprehensive understanding of the key principles, concepts, and institutional arrangements that shape environmental law in today's global context. Develop a practical grasp of capacity-building and environmental synergies. Empower yourself to navigate the complex landscape of environmental law and make a meaningful impact in the field.
compulsory
30 credits
Environment and Human Rights
In the booming context of climate change litigation, political and legal affirmations of global environmental targets, passionate environmental activists, and an earth that needs us as much as we need her, you will learn to analyse and apply in practice environmental and human rights law , while deciphering the issues that come within environmental related science, and how , they can be applied in a legal and policy framework.
compulsory
30 credits
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
What do polar bears, tigers, the Amazon, the Congo Rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef and the deep seabed have in common? Natural resources management poses challenges and opportunities at the global, national and regional levels, while reconciling environmental with economic and social considerations, becomes a balancing act.
The course offers a systemic approach to knowledge and understanding of natural resources regulation, and its relevance to related issues such as sustainability, human rights, and international commerce.
compulsory
30 credits
Dissertation
What fascinates you? You will make an original contribution to research by designing, carrying out and writing up a project on a topic of your choice, supported by your dissertation supervisor.
compulsory
60 credits
Our academics
Our legal academic expertise addresses intellectual and real-world challenges.
With considerable experience in restorative justice, civil law, international and public law, our research has always had a strong interest in social and criminal justice.
Angeliki Papantoniou
Lecturer
Angeliki is an environmental and human rights lawyer, with research expertise in environmental law and children’s rights, climate change law, indigenous people’s rights, and sustainability beyond areas of natural jurisdiction.
Dr Menes Muzan
Lecturer
Menes has broad research interests across domestic, international and comparative environmental law. He has published on access and benefit sharing, and biosafety regulation in Nigeria, as well as public participation in environmental matters.
Entry Requirements
What do I need?
When it comes to applying for this Postgraduate Taught degree, you'll need an Undergraduate degree (or equivalent). For this course, you'll need a 2:2 from a relevant bachelor's degree.
The programme is designed for graduates who have a studied a subject that is relevant to this course.
If you’re an undergraduate student at Hull, you’re guaranteed a fast-track route to this postgraduate degree, as long as you meet the entry requirements.
In order to ensure our students have a rich learning and student experience, most of our programmes have a mix of domestic and international students. We reserve the right to close applications early to either group if application volumes suggest that this blend cannot be achieved.
Typical offer
2:2 in a relevant subject area
Law or a related subject.
Fees & Funding
How much is it?
Scholarships
We offer a number of awards, bursaries and scholarships for eligible students. They’re awarded for a variety of reasons including academic achievement and/or to help those on lower incomes.
Scholarships and bursaries are separate to student loans. And the best bit is, you don’t pay a penny back.
Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship
University of Hull undergraduates progressing to a taught masters course may receive a 20% discount on the cost of their tuition fees.
Find out if you’re eligible by visiting the University of Hull Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship page.
See more Scholarships
We offer a range of scholarships and awards to students at the university to help with their financial load.
To view all of our scholarships and determine whether you're eligible, please visit our Scholarships and Awards page.
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Future Prospects
Our LLM in International Law (Global Sustainability and the Law) will prepare you for a career as a professional lawyer, public official, environmental affairs officer, legal analyst or consultant.
Students who complete the course have many avenues and opportunities open to them and often go on to either practice law, move into the field of research, use the course as a springboard into academia or join government and non-governmental institutions and organisations.
We’re partnered with the University of Law who deliver a series of Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) postgraduate courses on campus at Hull, for those who want to go on to professional practice. Find out more about the partnership and its benefits here.
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All modules presented on this course page are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.