Intellectual Property Law LLM at Brunel University of London

The Brunel Intellectual Property Law LLM is designed for graduates wishing to gain specialist knowledge in the fast-growing discipline of intellectual property law. Our programme, one of the most comprehensive of its kind in the UK, will give you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of intellectual property and the opportunity to develop specialised skills through our wide range of elective modules covering both policy and practical technology-related issues. You can choose to study 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time (both start in September) or study 15 months full-time or 27 months part-time (both start in January).

Faculty: College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Social and Political Sciences  |  Duration: 12-15 months full-time; 24-27 months full-time with placement; 24-27 months part-time; 36-39 months part-time with placement  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time; placement year option  |  Intake: January; September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Your Intellectual Property LLM consists of compulsory and optional modules and a 15,000 word dissertation on a legal topic of your choice. Compulsory modules include Copyright and Allied Rights, International Intellectual Property Law, Patents and Trade Marks, Philosophical Foundations of Intellectual Property, Dissertation.

Career pathways

You will leave Brunel with a firm grounding in Intellectual Property law and with solid legal knowledge allowing you to be flexible in your future choices. While you’ll have the foundation to pursue an academic career, you will also be well equipped to get into the specialist area of intellectually property as a practitioner or adviser at national or international levels.

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