WIPO’s first Master’s Degree in IP and Business to be offered with Singapore University of Social Sciences
March 1, 2023
WIPO will be teaming up with Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) to offer the first Joint Master’s Degree Program on Intellectual Property and Innovation Management (IP Business). The new program will be housed in the SUSS School of Business and will start in July 2023.
WIPO and SUSS are currently accepting applications for the first edition of the new program until April 15, 2023. Entrepreneurs from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and young professionals using intellectual property (IP) rights to enhance the transformation of ideas into reality and drive positive economic change are encouraged to apply. There are 10 scholarships available for the most eligible candidates.
Register for the Joint Master’s Degree Program on IP Business
What will new Joint Master’s Degree Program cover?
The yearlong program will contain a distance learning phase and a residential phase at SUSS in Singapore. Participants will benefit from interactive and practical lessons taught in English by SUSS professors, industry professionals and WIPO experts.
Following SUSS’ legacy of work-adapting education, the Joint Master’s Degree Program on IP and Business will cover core topics relevant to IP management including:
- IP and business strategy;
- IP asset management;
- IP intelligence;
- Patent search and analytics;
- IP in the global and ASEAN contexts;
- The role of IP in technology and business;
- IP licensing; and
- Commercializing innovation.
Participants will also complete a final applied research project on areas of business development relevant to IP such as monetizing innovation and IP governance.
"SUSS is proud to partner with WIPO to jointly offer this Master’s Degree Programme on Intellectual Property and Innovation Management (IP Business). The School of Business at SUSS has worked with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and have offered graduate level programmes and courses in IP management, IP technology and patent agency since 2017. We firmly believe that, together with the WIPO Academy, we are strategically placed to extend IP education to the region and beyond, and help build human capacity in IP and business for individuals and organizations in these countries."
— Allan Chia, Dean, School of Business, SUSS
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"The WIPO-SUSS Master’s Degree Program in IP and Business endeavors to meet the growing needs of entrepreneurs, SMEs, budding professionals and graduates to address global challenges and the requirements of rapidly growing innovation-based economies. WIPO sees this as an opportunity to accomplish our goals as an international organization and to expand our horizons into educational programs, which are skills-based in the areas of IP and business. This program seeks to inculcate business, creativity, innovation, management and skills development into its graduates, to complement their strong academic and professional experience to bring positive impact on their lives and those of many others."
— Sherif Saadallah, Executive Director, WIPO Academy
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