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Expand your horizons and take your career global with our practical, real-world postgraduate intellectual property programs.
Commonwealth Supported Places
There are a limited number of Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available in this course, which are competitive and awarded based on merit. To be considered for a CSP, applicants must:
Eligible applicants must accept their offer by the lapse date to retain their place. For application deadlines and information, please refer to Postgraduate courses with Commonwealth Supported Places.
This course is not offered to international students.
UTS has established expertise in and a reputation for providing courses relevant to the needs of the patent and trade mark professions. The UTS Juris Doctor Master of Intellectual Property is the first 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 Juris Doctor (JD) is a graduate law degree that builds on the established reputation of UTS: Law to provide high-calibre, graduate-level education in the theory and practice of the law. It is specifically designed for graduates of disciplines other than law. The Juris Doctor qualifies as an Australian Qualifications Framework level 9 master's degree. The flexible nature of the JD allows students to work while they study and to tailor their workload to suit professional and personal commitments.
This course brings together knowledge and skills across the two areas of intellectual property and law. Students seeking exposure to both areas are able to undertake study in this one integrated course. Upon successful completion of this course students can seek registration as a trade marks attorney and patent attorney in Australia. This course provides students with the academic qualification required for admission to legal practice. Students who undertake additional study in Practical Legal Training (PLT) satisfy the practical requirements to seek admission, together with the academic requirements, to legal practice. UTS offers PLT with the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
This course provides graduates with an understanding of the principles of the law and the Australian legal system, the registered trade marks system, the protection of unregistered marks and related forms of protection against misleading or unfair trading conduct in Australia.
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Students in the standard full-time program enrol in 24 to 26 credit points in Autumn and Spring sessions. Optional subjects are regularly timetabled but not all options are offered in any one session. Students may choose to study one of the 30 credit-point option subjects instead of the 6 credit-point legal theory subject in the recommended sequence, provided that they complete the legal theory subject in a later session.
The standard full-time program is shown below.
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Foundations of Law | 70102 | 8 |
Ethics Law and Justice | 70103 | 6 |
Criminal Law and Procedure | 70114 | 8 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Contracts | 70211 | 8 |
Torts | 70311 | 8 |
Australian Constitutional Law | 70616 | 8 |
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Introduction to Property and Commercial Law | 70327 | 6 |
Civil Practice | 70104 | 6 |
Administrative Law | 70617 | 8 |
Evidence | 70109 | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Real Property | 70317 | 8 |
Equity and Trusts | 70517 | 8 |
Principles of Public International Law | 70106 | 6 |
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Remedies | 71116 | 6 |
Principles of Company Law | 70107 | 8 |
Preparing for Intellectual Property Practice | 77905 | 6 |
Patent Law | 77898 | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Trade Marks Law | 77889 | 6 |
Trade Marks Practice | 77890 | 6 |
Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications | 77895 | 6 |
Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6 | |
Law and Literature | 78210 | 6 |
Justice | 78235 | 6 |
Environmental Ethics | 78236 | 6 |
History and Theory of Intellectual Property | 78238 | 6 |
Feminist Perspectives on Law and Justice | 78239 | 6 |
Reading the Law: Language, Power and Ideology | 78241 | 6 |
Animal Law and Policy in Australia | 78218 | 6 |
Corporate Governance | 78126 | 6 |
Crime, Victims and Criminal Justice | 78270 | 6 |
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Patent Systems | 77891 | 6 |
Designs Law and Practice | 77893 | 6 |
Drafting of Patent Specifications | 77894 | 6 |
Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6 | |
Options | cbk91267 | 6 |
For relevant fee information, please choose from the following:
In most cases, UTS offers domestic students entry to postgraduate courses on a fee paying basis.
Tuition fees are charged:
Fees for future year(s) published in the online calculator, whilst unlikely to change, are estimates only. UTS makes every effort to provide up to date future year(s) fee estimates and to limit any changes, however, UTS reserves the right to vary fees for future year(s) at any time.
Tuition fees can be found in the online calculator.
A small number of postgraduate courses offer government subsidised Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). Find out whether there are CSPs available in this course by visiting our postgraduate fees page.
In addition to tuition fees, students are required to pay a Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). The purchase of textbooks and other course materials may also result in additional costs.
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Tuition fees for international postgraduate coursework students can be found using fees search.
Tuition fees must be paid in advance each session and are subject to annual increase. Fees for future year(s) published in fees search, whilst unlikely to change, are estimates only. UTS makes every effort to provide up to date future year(s) fee estimates and to limit any changes, however, UTS reserves the right to vary fees for future year(s) at any time.
For this course, the cost per credit point for 2025 is $1042. The total credit points are 168.
All international students should familiarise themselves with the following documents:
In addition to tuition fees, students may be required to pay a Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). Textbooks and other course materials will also result in additional costs.
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For further information on costs related to your study at UTS, visit the international students' fees information page.
Career options also include, but are not limited to, lawyer within a private firm, government department or community law centre, patent and trade marks attorney, IP lawyer, IP portfolio manager, policy maker and government regulator in the public or private sector or legal IP specialisation related to students' previous degree or enhanced career options within an existing professional sphere.
The course comprises a total of 168 credit points. The study components for course completion are as follows:
As part of the intellectual property component of the course, students must complete 77905 Preparing for Intellectual Property Practice.
Subjects are timetabled annually, but not all subjects are offered every session. The UTS Timetable Planner enables current and future UTS students to view subject timetables.
To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal qualification and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
Requirement | Credit Points |
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STM90831 Core subjects (JD) | 108 |
CBK90921 Options (Legal Theory PG) | 6 |
STM91944 Master of Intellectual Property stream | 48 |
CBK91267 Options | 6 |
Total | 168 |
The standard course can be completed in three-and-a-half years of full-time study. There are two intakes a year (in Autumn and Spring sessions).
All subjects within the intellectual property component of the course can be studied by distance, requiring 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.
Full time, on campus and distance
Part time, on campus and distance
To be eligible for admission to this course, applicants must meet the following criteria.
Applicants must have one of the following:
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The qualification must be in a field of study other than law or, if the qualification is in a legal field of study, it shall not be an academic qualification for legal practice.
Applicants who have completed the UTS Master of Intellectual Property are not eligible for admission in this course.
Applicants who do not meet the criteria above should consider applying for C04264 Master of Legal Studies or C11264 Graduate Certificate in Legal Studies.
Supporting documentation to be submitted with the application
For applicants who need to demonstrate capacity to pursue this course:
For Applicants seeking credit recognition for core law subjects in overseas legal qualification
The English proficiency requirement for local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
If you don't meet the admission requirements for this course, there may be alternative pathways to help you gain admission.
Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course. For more information about inherent requirements and where prospective and current students can get assistance and advice regarding these, see the UTS Inherent requirements page.
Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course.
UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.
For course specific information see the Faculty of Law Inherent (Essential) Requirements Statement.
Recognition of prior learning in the UTS Intellectual Property courses is generally not granted for subjects not primarily directed to Australian or New Zealand law.
Exemption may be granted from 77905 Preparing for Intellectual Property Practice for:
The Trans-Tasman Intellectual Property Attorneys Board (TTIPAB) – the body that registers Australian and New Zealand Trade Marks and Patent Attorneys – may not recognise subject exemptions recognised by UTS students in the UTS Intellectual Property courses. Students intending to seek registration from the TTIPAB should seek RPL from the TTIPAB directly, and are advised to do this prior to seeking recognition of prior learning towards the UTS Intellectual Property courses.
Subjects undertaken within the Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice (C11130), Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property (C11229) and Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property (C06099) are recognised within the Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate in Trade Mark Law and Practice.
More detailed information (including application, credit point limits, time limits, appeal of decision, record of precedent) about recognition of prior learning in the Juris Doctor Master of Intellectual Property is available at postgraduate course information.
The Juris Doctor component of the course satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer to the Supreme Court of NSW, provided students undertake a PLT program, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).
The intellectual property component of the course meets the educational requirements for registration as a patent attorney and trade marks attorney in Australia and New Zealand with the Australian Government's Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys can be fulfilled by completing all eight accredited subjects in this course.
Prospective students should check with the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board for specific subjects required to be completed for registration.
Subjects undertaken within the Juris Doctor component of the course are recognised within the Master of Legal Studies (C04264), the Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies (C07122) and the Graduate Certificate in Legal Studies (C11264). Students who have completed the Juris Doctor component may apply to internally transfer to the master's, graduate diploma or graduate certificate. Candidates are not awarded the Juris Doctor but subjects undertaken are applied towards the master's, graduate diploma or graduate certificate.
Students who successfully complete the Juris Doctor component at UTS and have completed Master of Laws (C04143) equivalent subjects within the Juris Doctor, may apply for these subjects to be credited towards the Master of Laws (C04143).
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