WIPO-Tongji Master's Degree Program in Intellectual Property

Under the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the PR China (SIPO) and Shanghai Municipal Government, the Shanghai International College of Intellectual Property was established by Tongji University based on its IP Institute in November 2016, which is the 7th National Intellectual Property Rights of High-end Talent Training Base, as well as the Belt and Road Chinese Government IPR Scholarship Program Base entrusted by the Chinese Ministry of Education and SIPO.

The program is offered in cooperation with WIPO; the international level will be covered extensively and comparative law aspects will be included, with European Union law serving as the primary paradigm of regional protection systems. The learning experience will be further enhanced and inspired by contributions from the College of Design and Innovation at Tongji University, as well as by the involvement of specialized judges and practitioners experienced in the field. All the courses will be delivered in the English language, through modular teaching and in a way that is close to practice. With the international, interdisciplinary and cooperative platform of the SICIP, world-class researchers and experts in Intellectual Property will gather here to provide high-quality courses. Graduates of the Program can go on to work in government, judicial institutions or enterprises that have intellectual property business etc., especially the departments and international organizations engaged in registering foreign intellectual property.