Master in Intellectual Property

The study plan consists of 60 credits and is structured in three subjects, with a final dissertation and an external work placement.

• The first subject ("General legal system”) consists of the following five subjects with a total of 21 credits: a) Introduction. Rightholders. Protectable creations and services; b) Economic and moral monopoly; c) Cession of rights; d) Protection systems (I); e) Protection systems (II).
• The second subject ("Digital environment and markets") consists of the following three subjects with a total of 18 credits: a) European Digital Environment; b) Publishing and music market; c) Audiovisual market of performing and plastic arts.
• The third subject ("Mixed”) consists of the following two subjects with a total of 9 credits: a) Industrial property; y b) Reports, litigation and proceedings.

The fourth and fifth subject refers respectively to the subjects "Internships in business and institutions” and “Master's Thesis", each of which is assigned 6 credits.
 

📥 │ General subject syllabus

NOTE: Those students who choose to study the Master's Degree on a part-time basis (30 credits per academic year) must follow the following academic itinerary:

📥 │ Itinerary of part-time courses

C= Compulsory: 48 ECTS

Internshipss: 6 ECTS

Master's Thesis: 6 ECTS

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2014

• Information about Master´s Degree
• Verification Report
• External Evaluation and Monitoring Reports

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

The main prerequisite for admission to the course is for candidates to have either obtained a law degree or to be about to obtain one prior to undertaking the Master's degree.
 

Admission criteria

In their selection process, the Committee will take into account the following criteria and relative weighting:

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s program, students holding a university degree from a higher education institution outside the EHEA must provide the diploma, legalized through diplomatic procedures or by The Hague Apostille, for enrollment. They must also submit their transcript of records, including the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

TUITION FEES*

Reservation fee: €800

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled
   

✎│Tuition fees
 

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 24/25 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 25/26 academic year.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

[+] information

The practical training of our students is an essential part of their learning program for it implies reviewing, practicing and going deeply into the academic knowledge previously adquired.

This practical training is achieved through two mandatory subjects: "Internship at law firms, companies and institutions" (6 credits), which is carried out on an individual basis, and the Subject "Reports, disputes and litigation" (3 credits), which is carried out in groups. The aim of both subjects is for the student to acquire the skills and responsibilities of someone who works in the field of intellectual and industrial property.

The individual internships are conducted in companies, lawyer’s offices and institutions of the field during the academic year in a compatible schedule with the master’s lectures and have an average duration of three months. However, if the student and the collaborating entity reach an agreement, the internship might be extended for an additional time, through a complementary internship (extracurricular internship).

The quality of the internship program is guaranteed by both the careful selection of the collaborating entities and the personalized follow-up of the internship progress and its final assessment.
 

IN ORDER TO DO THE EXTERNAL INTERNSHIP WITH THE COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS THE STUDENT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE MORNINGS ON THE SECOND SEMESTER (FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE)

• Sponsors 

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Only the professional data of students who have expressly authorized their use are permitted.

• STUDENTS TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS IN 8 MASTER'S EDITIONS

• STUDENTS TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS IN PERCENTAGE

The syllabus for this Double Master's degree is structured around three teaching terms and a compulsory work placement for which students will obtain 48 ECTS of the University Master's degree in Intellectual Property and 75 ECTS corresponding to the University master's degree in Legal Practice and Representation.

The 123 total credits on the dual syllabus are broken down as follows:

• In the first term, compulsory subjects on the Intellectual Property course corresponding to the main part of this degree (30 ECTS in total, in afternoon classes).
• In the second term some compulsory subjects will be studied, completing the technical training in Legal Practices and Professional Activity of the Master's degree in Legal Practice and Representation (30 ECTS in total in morning classes) and a second phase of the Intellectual Property specialization (12 ECTS in total taught in the afternoons).
• In the third and final term, one compulsory subject on the Legal Practice and Representation course corresponding to the main part of this degree (9 ECTS in morning classes),  the guided external work placement designed for students to acquire the skills and abilities needed to exercise the profession of law, and the final dissertation for both master's degrees.

27 of your ECTS credits will be recognized and at the end of the course you will have obtained two official Master's qualifications.

Classes for the specialization Master's program begin in September and classes for the Master's program in Legal Practice and Representation begin in March.

C | Compulsory: 81 ECTS

Interships: 30 ECTS

Master's Thesis Law Practice: 6 ECTS

Master's Thesis Intellectual Property: 6 ECTS

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

Application

The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.

Check the requirements of the Master in Intellectual Property.

 

Admission criteria

Check the admission criteria of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.

Check the admission criteria of the Master in Intellectual Property.

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

STUDENTS with foreign university degrees

Check the requirements of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation for students with foreign university degrees.

Check the requirements of the Master in Intellectual Property for students with foreign university degrees.

Important

To be admitted to the Doble Master Degree you have to be admitted by the Academic Committee of the Master in Legal Practice and Representation. If your application for admission to the Double Master Degree is Not Accepted, you can still apply for admission to the Master in Intellectual Property if you want.

On the other hand, the admission to the Master in Intellectual Property doesn’t imply the admission to the Master in Legal Practice and Representation.

In any case, the resolution will be communicated to the applicant.

TUITION FEES*

¹ Reservation fee will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment​. The reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled.

² Admission and registration on the double master's degree course will provide exemption from ECTS credits which will be validated according to the curriculum (see Program). Having obtained credits from both syllabuses, together with validation of 27 ECTS you will be able to obtain two official master's qualifications in little more than a year and a half. This exemption from payment of fees for validating ECTS credits shall only be applicable to students registered on the Dual Master's degree from the start.
 

✎│Tuition fees
 

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.
 

Important

☛ Once you submit the application for admission, you will have to wait for the official acceptance in the Master program, before starting the enrollment process.

☛ Registration implies effective entry to the master's course as a student.

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* Current fees for the 24/25 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 25/26 academic year.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

[+] information

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar 2024-2025

Academic Calendar 2025-2026

MASTER’S COURSE SCHEDULE

Master in Legal Practice timetable (March Edition)

Master in Intellectual Property

VIRTUAL SECRETARIAT

Access to Virtual Secretariat

Material Resources of the programme

Madrid - Puerta de Toledo Campus

complaints and suggestions

General Registry Office

Contact mailbox 

Employability

Access to Employment and internships

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