Overview

The Engineering Intellectual Property Law graduate certificate program at University of Tennessee Knoxville is designed to empower engineering professionals with the legal expertise required to protect their inventions, designs, and innovations and as well as providing them with the needed foundation for IP protection related jobs.

The Engineering Intellectual Property Law graduate certificate program is designed to bridge the gap between the intricate domains of engineering and law, empowering engineering professionals with the legal expertise required to protect their inventions, designs, and innovations and providing them with the foundation for IP protection-related jobs. Key areas covered in the program include patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and contracting, providing an understanding of the legal framework surrounding these rights and strategies to apply them to engineering fields.

Career Opportunities

Potential careers include engineers and technical professionals, innovators, practicing attorneys interested in IP laws in engineering and technological contexts, inventors and entrepreneurs, patent agents, technology transfer professionals, government and policymakers, consultants in technology and innovation fields, and R&D professionals.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Intellectual Property (MLS)

Contracts: Legal Analysis and Drafting (MLS)

Technology Product Development and Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Engineering, Design, and Analysis

Strategic Management in Technical Organizations

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-03 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , International

More details

Domestic applicants can apply up to two weeks before the term starts, unless the program has an earlier deadline.

Language

English

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Credits

12 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Knoxville, United States

Disciplines

Patent & Intellectual Property Law General Engineering & Technology View 208 other Masters in General Engineering & Technology in United States

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Applicants must have obtained a bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by the appropriate regional accrediting agency, recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). A non-U.S. degree must be equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from the United States and must be granted by a recognized or accredited foreign institution.

United States degree holders must have earned a minimum of 2.7 out of a possible 4.0 or a minimum of 3.0 during the senior year of undergraduate study. If you have completed previous graduate coursework, you must have earned a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0

Applicants with non-U.S. degrees must have earned a minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or other equivalent to a ‘B’ average. If you have completed previous graduate coursework, you must have earned a minimum of 3.3 out of a possible 4.0 or other equivalent to a ‘B+’ average.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

8928 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8928 USD / year

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In-State

8928 USD / year

≈ 8928 USD / year

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