Official Master's Degree in Intellectual Property

Enhancing the legal, economic and technical training of students, so that they may adapt to the real needs of companies, firms and organizations working in the field of intellectual property, specifically in the new market environment.
Delving, in an integrated manner, into the legal, economic and technological areas of knowledge required for the specialized management that these rights demand in their various fields.
Learning and receiving training from top professionals in the field of intellectual property on the theoretical content and practical application of sections of the program with regard to the complex and conflicting reality of the sector.
Gaining professional experience through academic internships in a company or institution directly related to the scope of protection of intellectual property rights, while implementing and consolidating their acquired knowledge, always under the guidance of an experienced professional from the firm, company or institution where they conduct their internship.

The students admitted to the postgraduate program in previous academic years (Official Master's Degree and Advanced Program in Intellectual Property) have displayed a high academic and curricular level, generating a qualitative and progressive improvement of the course of study.

The scope of protection and specialization concerning intellectual property (based on the legal and economic content, the presence of new technologies on the subject of intellectual property) means that the students are now expected meet the following academic profile:
Law Graduates;
Holders of a Licentiate Degree in Business Administration and Management;
Or advanced university degree holders in Industrial Engineering and IT.
Meet other academic and professional requirements and qualifications as well as knowledge of another language.

The study proposal is backed, on the one hand, by the excellent academic and professional results from the previous thirteen generations of graduates (the University's Master's program and Advanced Program in Intellectual Property), and, on the other, by the confidence placed in an Official Master's Degree in Intellectual Property that caters to the current legal requirements, as well as the adaptation of their academic content to the European Higher Education Area regulations.

The Official Master's Degree in Intellectual Property is an academic postgraduate program comprising the teaching ofthe specific course content as well as thepractical applications of the knowledge acquired, which help the students to integrate what they have learned and specialize in the professional field of intellectual property. It is complemented with anacademic internshipwithin the most relevant management bodies, firms and companies in the sector.

The assessment method is related to the learning system configured for the Master's program. The final grade is obtained by evaluating different factors stated as percentages for each subject module: practical work carried out during the lectures, class participation, group work, assessment of written tests and of the academic internship completed, as well as of a Master's Dissertation or Project.

The rate of employability of the graduates of the Master's program and the Advanced Program in Intellectual Property in the last few years has been very high. The career prospects are numerous and growing at a fast rate.
It is worth highlighting the following among the institutions and companies requiring specialized intellectual property professionals, lawyers, economists and engineers:
Law firms with a well-established intellectual property department; also, due to the increasing number of intellectual property rights' claims, there is a real and growing demand for lawyers specializing in this area.
Organizations managing rights: Legal or financial departments relating to intellectual property; new technologies department in implementation, control and claim regarding intellectual property rights.
Music companies, audiovisual creation, media companies, audiovisual producers, record companies, publishers, and other organizations and companies in the sector require specialized lawyers and economists for advice and processing of legal and financial claims.
Companies creating computer programs and databases, and firms specializing in this sector require specialized lawyers, economists and engineers.
Companies and laboratories dedicated to biotechnology are in search of lawyers specializing in intellectual property.