Join an online LLM in Oil and Gas Law you can study flexibly.
LLM Oil and Gas Law 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.
With guidance from a team of internationally experienced lawyers who advise governments and industry, you’ll:
- study the grounding concepts of current oil and gas law
- develop the broad knowledge required for legal management of oil and gas exploration and production
- explore many different energy industry perspectives, from the state discovering oil or gas, to the experts drilling for it, and the ecosystem and communities that need our support and protection.
Tailored to your career goals
Uniquely, you can choose to study for this LLM:
- 100% online, with a dissertation, or
- blended, with a Professional Skills Summer School on campus in Aberdeen.
You can also study LLM Oil and Gas Law on campus.
Do law differently with Professional Skills
Our online LLMs offer a practical alternative to completing a traditional dissertation.
Choose the Professional Skills route to join our on-campus summer school and learn sought-after industry skills.
Choose the University of Aberdeen for your online LLM in Oil and Gas Law
Study with a university that’s home to one of the largest and most internationally experienced teams of legal experts in any UK or European law school.
Fits around full-time work
This degree fits around full-time work, with flexible hours and 24/7 study access.
Top 5 in Scotland for Law
We’re ranked Top 5 in Scotland for Law in two league tables (Guardian University Guide 2025 and Complete University Guide 2025).
Over 525 years of excellence
Join a university founded in 1495, where law has been taught for more than five centuries.
What you’ll study
You can choose to study for an:
- LLM in Oil and Gas Law with Dissertation (100% online)
- LLM in Oil and Gas Law with Professional Skills (blended learning – online courses with on-campus summer school)
- or start with one of the online short courses that make up this degree.
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Choose your courses
See all the courses that are part of this degree and choose what you want to study.
Manage your study schedule
Control the pace and cost of your degree. Decide how much you want to study each term.
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How you’ll study
Study options
Our distance learning LLM Oil and Gas Law is delivered flexibly. You can choose to study:
- 100% online, or
- combine online study with an on-campus summer school in Professional Skills.
Online learning
Your teaching is delivered through MyAberdeen, our online Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It holds all the materials, tools and support you’ll need in your studies. Take a look around MyAberdeen.
You can access your learning materials on computer, smartphone and laptop, 24 hours a day. You’ll find a range of resources at your fingertips, including podcasts of lectures, videos, case studies and projects.
You’ll also have online access to our award-winning Sir Duncan Rice Library and the Taylor Law Library, a dedicated resource for law students. Both have first-class collections of reference works in law and related subjects. Find out more about our libraries.
Your tutors
You’ll learn from a team of internationally experienced lawyers who:
- regularly advise governments and the energy industry
- are active members of boards including Oil and Gas UK and the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
- are published authors of significant works used within the energy industry.
Assessment
This degree is assessed entirely online, with the exception of the Professional Skills Summer School.
You’ll have a range of different types of online assessment, including online tests, essay answers, case studies, briefs to clients and the writing of a legal brief.
If you attend the Professional Skills Summer School, you’ll be assessed here by a presentation and a range of reports that you’ll create.
Your support team
Our friendly team are here to answer any queries you have before, during and after your studies.
Dr Eddy Wifa
Eddy is the degree coordinator. He’ll be on hand to answer any questions about degree content before you start and to help you throughout your studies.
Amanda Rose
Amanda is part of the School’s support team. She’ll be there throughout your studies to answer any of your non-academic queries.
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Where this will take you
Your LLM in Oil and Gas Law
You’ll graduate with a respected LLM in Oil and Gas Law from the University of Aberdeen, one of the UK’s six ancient universities.
You’ll receive exactly the same LLM qualification online as you would on campus. Your degree title will not mention online or distance learning.
Your LLM qualification will be recognised by employers and educational institutions around the world, opening up international opportunities.
Careers in oil and gas law
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.
Lifelong career support
Our career support doesn’t stop when you graduate.
You have access to our free careers service while you study, and beyond.
- 1:1 appointments
- CV checks
- Interview prep
- Job opportunities
Fees and funding
Master of Laws
180 credits
£16,820
This indicative cost is based on 180 credits of study over two years, starting in September 2025.
The fees quoted above are based on you starting your studies with us in the 2025/26 academic year.
Our indicative costs include a 5% fee rise each year.
Pay as you go
This is a pay-as-you-go qualification.
You do not have to pay the full tuition fee upfront.
You can spread the cost and pay as you go, term by term.
How it works
- You decide how many credits to study for each term.
- At the start of term, you pay only for the credits you’re taking that term.
- This gives you control over your costs and workload for each term of your qualification.
Your personalised cost breakdown
Use the degree scheduler to plan your studies and see your cost breakdown, term by term.
Choose the University of Aberdeen for flexible online LLM degrees
Earn as you learn
We fit around full-time work, so you can earn qualifications while you keep earning a salary.
You’re in expert hands
We’ve been delivering online and distance learning for decades.
20% alumni discount
University of Aberdeen alumni receive 20% off fees for this online degree.
Entry requirements
LLM
- A 2:1 (upper-class) honours degree (or equivalent) in Law.
- Relevant practical experience in a related field will also be beneficial.
These are our minimum entry requirements. They are given as a guide and do not guarantee entry.
Short course route to online LLM Oil and Gas Law
If you do not meet these entry requirements, or are not ready to commit to a full LLM, you may be able to use our online short courses as a route into this degree.
Find out about our short course route to entryApply for this programme
- Start month
- September or January
- INDICATIVE COST
- £16,820
This indicative cost is based on 180 credits of study over two years, starting in September 2025.
Apply via our Applicant Portal
