Best Intellectual Property (IP/Patent Law) Schools in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Intellectual Property and Patent Law. A graph of 529K citations received by 55K academic papers made by 539 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of California - Berkeley

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

3. University of Chicago

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

4. Yale University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

5. New York University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

6. Stanford University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

7. Columbia University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

8. University of Oxford

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

9. Duke University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

10. University of California - Los Angeles

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

11. Catholic University of Leuven

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#2 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

12. Boston University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

13. George Washington University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

14. University of Toronto

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

15. American University in Washington

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,369

16. Australian National University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

17. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

18. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

19. Queen Mary University of London

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

20. Harvard University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

21. University of Pennsylvania

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

22. University of Cambridge

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

23. Queensland University of Technology

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

24. McMaster University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

25. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

26. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
73%

27. University of Melbourne

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

28. George Mason University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

29. New York Law School

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
1,050
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1891

30. National University of Singapore

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#1 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

31. York University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

32. Carnegie Mellon University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

33. Cornell University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

34. University of Nottingham

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#6 in Europe
Founded
1948

35. University of Maryland - College Park

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

36. University of Arizona

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

37. University of Hong Kong

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#2 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

38. Georgetown University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

39. University of Colorado Boulder

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

40. University College London

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#7 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

41. Vanderbilt University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

42. Maastricht University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#8 in Europe
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

43. University of Washington - Seattle

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

44. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

45. University of Ottawa

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
42,027
Founded
1848

46. Mitchell Hamline School of Law

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
1,192
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
2015

47. King's College London

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#9 in Europe
Founded
1829

48. Washington University in St Louis

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

49. Princeton University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

50. Michigan State University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

51. Western University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

52. Technical University of Munich

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#10 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

53. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

54. University of Amsterdam

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

55. Dublin Institute of Technology

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#13 in Europe
#1 in Ireland
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

56. University of Pittsburgh

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

57. University of Bologna

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#14 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

58. Fordham University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$43,943

59. Florida State University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

60. University of California - Davis

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

61. Santa Clara University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$50,551

62. Utrecht University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

63. University of Southern California

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

64. Iowa State University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

65. University of St. Gallen

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#16 in Europe
Enrollment
7,666

66. University of Helsinki

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#17 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

67. Boston College

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

68. Pennsylvania State University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

69. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#18 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1989

70. University of Sussex

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#19 in Europe
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

71. University of Copenhagen

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#20 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

72. National Chiao Tung University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#3 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

73. Macquarie University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Enrollment
38,747
Founded
1964

74. University of British Columbia

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

75. University of California - Irvine

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

76. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

77. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

78. Illinois Institute of Technology

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$28,702

79. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

80. University of Tokyo

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#4 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

81. Copenhagen Business School

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#21 in Europe
#2 in Denmark
Founded
1917

82. University of Zurich

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

83. City University of Hong Kong

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

84. University of Connecticut

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

85. Simon Fraser University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1965

86. University of Manchester

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#23 in Europe
Founded
1824

87. Case Western Reserve University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

88. University of Florida

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

89. Marquette University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,136

90. McGill University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

91. University of Glasgow

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#24 in Europe
Founded
1451

92. University of Strasbourg

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#25 in Europe
#1 in France
Enrollment
10,077
Founded
1621

93. University of London

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#26 in Europe
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

94. University of Texas at Austin

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

95. National Tsing Hua University

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#6 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
16,647
Founded
1911

96. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

97. University of Munich

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#27 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

98. University of New South Wales

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

99. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

100. University of California-San Diego

For Intellectual Property and Patent Law

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006