A number of Scholarships covering fees and maintenance are available for British University graduates in mathematics, engineering, and the natural, medical and computer sciences to take an MSc course in Management of Intellectual Property at Queen Mary, University of London. This interdisciplinary course covers patent law, trade mark law, copyright law, protection of confidential information, commercial exploitation of technology, competition law, and related matters. It is directed at those interested in the commercial protection and exploitation of innovation and wishing to pursue careers in, for example, professions concerned with patent and trade mark laws, management in industry, and the public sector.
For further details of the course and Scholarships, please write to the Administrator, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, tel. 020 7882 3447 or http://www.qmipri.org. Closing date for applications is 30 June 2008.
Other awards, e.g. British Technology Group and John Kemp Scholarships are also available to British University graduates applying for the M.Sc. in Management of Intellectual Property.