LL.M. / DESU Program in One Health in European and International Law
Aix-Marseille University — 100% online, taught in English
Human health, animal health, and environmental health have always been connected. Law hasn't kept up: health law, environmental law, animal protection law, human rights law, and trade law have all evolved in isolation, each with its own logic and rules. This program gives you the legal tools to work across those silos – with a One Health approach – from wherever you are.
Why this program
- A recognized degree, DESU or LL.M., from Aix-Marseille University, one of Europe's leading institutions in law and political science
- A genuinely European faculty: professors and researchers from Aix-Marseille, Toulouse, Nîmes, Lyon, Glasgow, and Lausanne
- Learn on your own schedule, from wherever you are : entirely online and asynchronous, designed to fit around a job or a degree, with no need to relocate
- Focused and manageable: 7 months (December 2026 – July 2027), ~130 hours of coursework plus a research assignment
What you’ll study
Four blocks take you from foundations to specialization:
- Introduction to One Health: legal, institutional, ethical, and scientific foundations
- Human Health: introductions to international and European health law, plus transversal issues like pesticides, food safety, animal experimentation for human medicine, sustainable digital health, and pandemic/antimicrobial resistance law
- Non-Human Health: introductions to animal protection and environmental law in international and European law, plus wildlife trafficking, trade law, climate litigation, biodiversity, eco-anxiety, and environmental migration
- Research work: a 10-15 pages paper in English on a transversal topic of your choice
You'll leave with transversal legal thinking across health, environment, and animal protection; comparative analysis skills across legal systems; and legal research and writing skills in English.
Applications are open – deadline Wednesday, 21 October 2026 (midnight CET)
- Who can apply:
- a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in law, political science, public administration, or a related field,
- C1-C2 English (certificate, international experience or publications…)
- Tuition:
- €1984 in initial education (people who have not yet entered working life, excluding student jobs) or
- €3369 in continuing education (people returning to education after entering the workforce or after a break in their studies)
- How to apply: Complete the application form (download below) and send it with required documents to karine.delmas@univ-amu.fr before the deadline above
✉️ Questions? Contact Éloïse Gennet — eloise.gennet@univ-amu.fr