Universiteit Maastricht

Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management

Career prospects

Career prospects of master IPKM

Graduates of the programmes are trained to work as legal practitioners or managers in knowledge-intensive industries and research institutes. Graduates may find work in the following areas:









Intellectual Property Law

  • legal services
  • technology transfer
  • knowledge management

Knowledge Management

  • research
  • product development
  • patent examination

In numbers

Studies by the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) and the policy research centre IVA Beleidsonderzoek en Advies have shown that graduates of the Maastricht University Faculty of Law are very satisfied with their programmes, and very much in demand on the labour market. More than half find permanent employment after graduating.

Around 90% of FL alumni find a job within one year. Of these, more than half have found permanent employment after one year, and around 80% after five years. What’s more, these jobs are often in their own specialist field. The research also shows that UM’s law alumni are very satisfied with their education.


Job 1 year after graduation 90%
Permanent job 1 year after graduation 55%
Permanent job 5 years after graduation 88%
Job in own field 1 year after graduation 70%
Manager 1 year after graduation 20%
Manager 10 years after graduation 43%
Would choose the same programme at the same university 81%

Legal interns

The annual report of the Netherlands Bar Association shows that the UM law faculty yielded the highest number of legal interns (154) in 2009. This makes Maastricht the country’s largest supplier of legal interns, and again illustrates that our students are in high demand.

This is partly attributable to the faculty’s high-quality bachelor’s and master’s programmes. With the possibility of following a ‘toga minor’ in the bachelor’s and subsequently the Toga Master, the FL offers students outstanding preparation for the ‘robed’ professions. Naturally, the university’s Mock Court and the opportunity to participate in various prestigious moot courts are also to thank for this fantastic result.

Sources:

  • Roa – Careers after Maastricht University. Summary of results from the 2008 and 2009 longitudinal surveys
  • IVA – Wo-Monitor 2009   
  • Annual report, Netherlands Bar Association 2009