Welcome to CEPMLP from the Director, Peter Cameron

Education in energy and natural resources studies has never been more relevant than it is today. Nor have the dilemmas of intensive resource use across the planet been so much the focus of controversy. At CEPMLP we encourage students to join staff in engaging with the challenge of designing sustainable and responsible resource management techniques. Our courses in law, economics and management are constantly being fine-tuned to respond to each new generation of students, and are informed by our ongoing research investigations. I am delighted that you have chosen to join our community and look forward to meeting each one of you during the course of the year.

You may care to look through the diverse range of research projects underway at the Centre and the outputs that emerged in the past year or so. It is an exciting list to review and shows our ambition to engage with the burning issues of the day!

About CEPMLP

The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee is the internationally renowned graduate school in the field of international business transactions and natural resources and energy law and policy.

Our interdisciplinary approach to teaching, research and consultancy provides a unique perspective on how governments, business and communities operate, providing the professionals of today with the ability to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade in 2004 was recognition that for nearly three decades we have been delivering high quality professional training and education worldwide.

Stimulated by oil and gas developments in the North Sea, the Centre was established in May 1977. Learn more about the history of CEPMLP.

academic excellence

CEPMLP achieved a high research rating in the 2008 RAE as part of the submission from the University's Law Unit of Assessment. The Unit finished among the top four Law submissions in Scotland (out of 11), and among the top 19 out of 67 in the UK. All of its research was classified as being of an international standard.
Awarded the highest rank available by the UK Quality Assurance Agency for the taught postgraduate programme
One of the largest doctorate programmes in this area of research with over 40 PhD students
Global faculty of internationally respected experts
Strategic alliances with partner institutions:
American University Washington College of Law
Institut Francais du Petrole, Paris

professional relevance

Close links with industry through a comprehensive programme of seminars and professional training
Consultancy service to government, companies and international institutions world wide
Practical and theoretical philosophies of learning combined
Interdisciplinary: Law | Policy | Economics | Finance | Management

Enhancing the Quality of the Degree Programme

The Centre is committed to a programme for academic visitors, serving to build up the international network and global outreach and providing additional diversity in the graduate teaching and research activities.