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Find out more about the scholarships available for LLM students here.

The UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law offers a scholarship to fund one PhD student accepted by the Faculty of Law on its programme to undertake research in the field of Intellectual Property. The scholarship provides a stipend (currently £20,622 per year) for 3 years. Fees at the Home rate are covered (the scholarship is open to international students as well; if successful, an international student would receive a discount on the international fees equivalent to the value of the Home fees, and would need to cover the difference with their own funds).

The Institute of Brand and Innovation Law would like to thank its sponsors for their generosity, which has made this scholarship possible.

UCL is one of only a few UK universities to belong to the prestigious Pan-European Seal (PES) Professional Traineeship Programme – a partnership with Europe’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) organisations: the European Patent Office (EPO) and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

Students who have completed the IP Law LLM at UCL are eligible to apply for a 12-month paid traineeship at either the EUIPO or the EPO after they graduate. Those selected to take part in the scheme will follow a tailored development programme, while also gaining on-the-job training by office staff, and having access to other training and language courses. This provides invaluable professional work experience in a multi-cultural environment, and bridges the gap between university and the competitive professional world of work in the IP sector. Find out more about the PES Programme here

Every year, UCL Laws enters a team in the Oxford International IP Moot. This event always attracts a large number of high calibre entries from around the world. The final rounds - held at the University of Oxford in March - are judged by an impressive panel of specialist IP judges and practitioners.

The Moot always concentrates on a fictional IP issue, covering one or more IP rights, in the courts of Erewhon, a fictional land with its own laws, based on the laws of other jurisdictions. The moot problem is released in October, and the first stage requires a team to submit written submissions in early December. Participation in the final oral rounds in March of the following year is by invitation only, based upon the written submissions. More information about the Moot and its eligibility rules can be found here.

The UCL Moot team is coached by The Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob and chosen via a competitive selection process. Details of how to apply are circulated via Moodle to undergraduate and postgraduate students taking IP-based subjects, or enquires can be sent to ibil@ucl.ac.uk. For more details of other mooting activities taking place at UCL Laws, see here.

IBIL is proud to support the student-run UCL Intellectual Property Society which is open to all UCL IP students to join, as well as students interested in IP from other Faculties. The society organises a range of IP-related events and activities throughout the year. For more information, contact: su.intellectualproperty-society@ucl.ac.uk.

Find out more about our IP Research Conference, especially for PhD students here.

Find out more about the IBIL PhD Conference held in June 2022 here