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LLM International Studies in Intellectual Property Law and Data Law at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

One-year continuing-education LL.M. specialising in intellectual property (copyright, trade mark and patent law and competition law) and data law, addressing the practical demand for expertise in industrial property and copyright amid globalising markets.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Philosophische Fakultät)  |  Duration: 2 semesters (1 years) full-time; 4 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); English-taught  |  Intake: winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

The one-year programme allows specialisation in intellectual property law, including copyright, trade mark, patent and competition law; a four-week compulsory internship applies to all students.

Career pathways

Courts, law firms, companies and authorities, including at European level.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree recognised in Germany in law, or, for non-law degrees, sufficient legal knowledge shown as part of the aptitude assessment; normally one year of relevant professional experience; English at advanced level B2 (B2+); proof of special aptitude under the aptitude assessment regulations. Students spending a semester at the Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriete Intellectuelle in Strasbourg need French at level B2. Numerus clausus: no, but an aptitude assessment procedure is required. Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Aptitude assessment request period (winter semester): 1 December – 15 May; Aptitude assessment request period (summer semester): 1 September – 15 January; Application period for study (winter semester): 1 June – 15 September; Application period for study (summer semester): 1 December – 15 March. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants (winter semester): 1 December – 15 March; Application period non-EU applicants (summer semester): 1 September – 15 November; Application period EU applicants (winter semester): 1 December – 15 May; Application period EU applicants (summer semester): 1 September – 15 January. Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 2 semesters (1 years) full-time; 4 semesters part-time

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