The University of Granada (founded in 1531) has a long tradition in the study of Environmental Sciences and Law and has established the Andalusian Institute of Environment. The Faculty of Law through its departments of public law teaches and researches in the domain of Environmental and Planning Law in collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences and its different institutes. The Department of Public International Law and International Relations specializes in research in the field of European Law and in particular in EU External Action and EU Environmental Law. The Criminal Law Department is concerned with criminal environmental law and in particular the problems of transposition of EU criminal law into the Spanish legal system and it is leading research in EU environmental criminal law.