C04150v4 Master of Industrial Property

Overview

UTS has established expertise and a reputation for providing courses relevant to the needs of the patent and trade marks professions. The UTS Master of Industrial Property is the only course at an Australian university that fulfils the entire educational requirements for registration as a Registered Trade Marks Attorney and Patent Attorney in Australia under the relevant regulations.

The unique feature of this course is that it may be undertaken entirely online, removing the need for students to attend face-to-face classes.

Course aims

This course provides graduates with an understanding of the principles of the registered trade mark system, the protection of unregistered marks and related forms of protection against misleading or unfair trading conduct in Australia. In addition, graduates understand the content and implication of a patent specification, enabling them to advise upon possible questions of infringement, validity and compliance.

Career options

Depending on the subjects taken, graduates may seek registration as a Trade Marks Attorney and/or Patent Attorney in Australia. Or, those in such professions as arts administrators or media professionals may enhance career options though building expertise in the commercialisation or management of intellectual property assets.

Admission requirements

Applicants require a bachelor's degree.

Note that completion of a bachelor's degree alone does not guarantee entry into this course. Admission is at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning).

Recognition of prior learning

UTS may grant successful applicants advanced standing or exemption from one or more subjects but the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (PSB) has no authority to recognise, for the purpose of registration as a Patent Attorney or Trade Marks Attorney, such exemptions. Students intending to seek registration need to seek exemption from the PSB. Further information is available from:

Course duration and attendance

This course can be completed in one-and-a-half years of full-time study or two-and-a-half years of part-time study. Students commencing in Spring semester require an additional semester to complete the course.

Most subjects within this course can be studied by distance online and require no on-campus attendance. All lectures, tutorials, course materials and assessments are distributed by a combination of web-based technology and electronic media. Students conduct all communication with the lecturer by electronic means. A number of subjects are concurrently offered in traditional face-to-face, on-campus format.

Course structure

The course requires completion of 54 credit points of subjects.

Subjects are timetabled annually, but not all subjects are offered every semester. The current timetable can be found at:

Course completion requirements

Articulation with UTS courses

Professional recognition

Professional Standards Board for Trade Marks and Patent Attorneys

The educational requirements for registration as a Patent Attorney and Trade Marks Attorney in Australia can be fulfilled by subjects available within this course.

Other information

Future students

Further information is available from: