Intellectual Property Law:
A new Master's program for the National Consulting E-Centre for Intellectual Property Management (IPMASTER)
Project number:
144628-TEMPUS-2008-SE-JPCR.
Project duration:
from January 2009 to January 2012.
Tempus program grant amount:
€ 550,292.
Target group:
Students, postgraduate students, and lecturers of legal disciplines at Ukrainian higher education institutions.
Grant holder:
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden.
Project consortium:
- Swedish Council for Higher Education, Kingdom of Sweden;
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Kingdom of Sweden;
- University of Alicante, Kingdom of Spain;
- University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
- University of Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia;
- National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute", Ukraine;
- Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine;
- National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Ukraine;
- Ministry of Education and Science, Ukraine.
Project goals and objectives:
- training a new generation of professional lawyers capable of providing practical services in the field of intellectual property law.
Project activity areas:
- development and implementation of an international Master's program (6 courses) in international and comparative intellectual property law for Ukrainian universities;
- creation of a national consulting e-centre for intellectual property management;
- introduction of a permanent two-way student mobility scheme at partner universities;
- organization of custom professional development courses and training seminars on intellectual property issues.
Achieved results:
1. Implementation of an international Master's program in international and comparative intellectual property law for Ukrainian universities;
2. Enrollment of 400 students in the Master's program through distance learning tools;
3. Creation of the National Consulting E-Centre for Intellectual Property Management;
4. Introduction of a two-way student mobility scheme.