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Intellectual Property Law LLM

UK

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What will I learn?

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:

  • explore the international norms and institutions relating to intellectual property such as the World Trade Organisation’s TRIPS Agreement
  • consider the wider social and economic implications of intellectual property for health, culture, education, technology, innovation, and economic development

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.

Which department am I in?

School of Law

Study options

Full Time (12 months)

Tuition fees
£26,500.00 (US$ 34,349) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Application deadline

Expected June 2025

Start date

September 2025

Venue

University of Leeds

Woodhouse Lane,

Leeds,

LS2 9JT, England

Entry requirements

For international students

A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in law. Applicants with good degrees in other subjects will be considered. IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component. TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 88 overall with no less than 19 in listening, 20 in reading, 22 in speaking and 21 in writing.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About University of Leeds

The university has a high student satisfaction rate - the third-best in the UK (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018).

  • In the top 100 in the (QS World University Rankings 2025)
  • Top 25 Universities in the UK (Complete University Guide 2025)
  • One of the largest single-site campuses in the UK
  • Diverse campus with over 13,800 international students

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