Environmental Law and Justice Tilburg University

Overview

Advance your expertise with specialized courses on climate law, environmental technologies, biodiversity protection, environmental litigation, and (EU) markets. The curriculum blends rigorous legal training with interdisciplinary insight, integrating economics, public governance, technology and natural sciences, so you graduate equipped to assess real-world solutions to complex environmental problems.

• You will be taught by top international professors in their field, renowned for their interdisciplinary expertise and ability to transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
• The program focuses on three relationships, shaped by law:
  • Between (global and EU) markets and the environment
  • Between technologies and the environment
  • Between human rights and justice and the environment
• This program emphasizes climate justice, redistribution of knowledge and wealth, and access to justice for citizens - training you to translate legal expertise into tangible social impact.
• The track features a distinctive year round thesis trajectory: over the course of the year you will develop a research problem into a viable, original LLM thesis under supervision from an expert faculty member.

Accreditation

#32 in Law worldwide (Times Higher Education, 2025)

 #1 in Law in the Netherlands (Elsevier Beste Studies, 2023)