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Introduction
Africa University collaboration with World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) is launching a new Masters Degree Programme in Intellectual Property (MIP). This programme will commence in August 2008.

Programme Aims and Objectives

The MIP programme is designed mainly for people teaching intellectual property in universities or who intend to introduce the program and for others who are already in employment and who wish to receive training in intellectual property management, or advance their training in the case of those who already have some training in this field. The overall aim of the programme is to develop expertise in this field on the continent of Africa and to assist practitioners acquire appropriate knowledge and skills in the management of intellectual property systems. Its objectives are to:

Train trainers of intellectual property for an interdisciplinary IP teaching in universities and other higher schools of learning

Develop knowledge and skills in the area of intellectual property and intellectual property rights management and protection;

Promote an IP culture that values, respects and protects the results of creative thought, innovation and invention in Africa;

Equip students with analytical skills for identifying issues in the application of the principles underlying the concept of intellectual property rights, and for contributing to the development of the intellectual property industry in the national context

Develop professionals with competent research skills and capacity to design and deliver training programmes in one or more areas in the field of intellectual property.