Overview
This course offers a detailed insight into law, management and policy relating to patents, copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights.
Providing both international and comparative perspectives, you’ll cover traditional intellectual property issues such as industrial property, artistic works and brands, and also emerging areas of policy including the digital economy and biotechnology.
The course reflects the growing importance of international developments in intellectual property and confronts growing controversies. These include the relationships between intellectual property and human rights norms, access to knowledge, new technologies and economic development.
Throughout the course we’ll encourage you to:
Career opportunities
From day one, we encourage you to think beyond your time at Leeds and reflect on a meaningful career.
This course, which is also accessible to non-lawyers, provides essential knowledge and skills should you wish to embark upon a career in the legal professions, and in knowledge-intensive commercial sectors. These include the technology and creative industries as well as their representative organisations.
Recent graduates have gone on to work in a range of sectors and professions ranging from academia, law firms, charities and intellectual property specialists.
The degree will also attract employers in other occupations where an in-depth understanding of intellectual property is considered economically or strategically important. These include government services as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.
Careers support
The School of Law offers career and personal development support through the School’s dedicated Employability Officers. You can book one-to-one appointments with our Employability Officers throughout the year to discuss your career aspirations and get advice on how to make the most of your time at Leeds.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
Expected June 2025
Start date
September 2025
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds,
LS2 9JT, England
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The university has a high student satisfaction rate - the third-best in the UK (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018).