University memberships
Leading European universities in 37 countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EPO and the EUIPO as strategic partners in the Pan-European Seal programme.
- Albania
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Polytechnic University of Tirana
Faculty of Justice, University of Tirana
- Austria
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University of Innsbruck
Vienna University of Technology
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
University of Vienna
University of Graz
Technical University of Graz
Central European University
- Belgium
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Center for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven
College of Europe in Bruges
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
University of Antwerp
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
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University of Banja Luka
- Bulgaria
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University of National and World Economy
Sofia University “St. KIiment Ohridski”
Technical University of Sofia
- Croatia
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University of Split
- Cyprus
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University of Cyprus
European University Cyprus
- Czech Republic
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Faculty of Law, Masaryk
University Institute for Legal Protection of Intellectual Property, Metropolitan University Prague
Charles University of Prague
- Denmark
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University of Copenhagen
- Estonia
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Tallinn University of Technology
- Finland
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Hanken School of Economics
Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
University of Turku
Aalto University
- France
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Center for International Intellectual Property Studies, CEIPI
Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences, Lille 2 University of Health and Law
Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University
Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Master 2 Propriétés Industrielles et Artistique)
Toulouse 1 University Capitole
Paris Tech
École de Design Nantes Atlantique
University Lumière Lyon II
Université Paris-Saclay
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
University of Poitiers
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
- Germany
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Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Faculty of Law, LL.M. of Intellectual Property Law
Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition- and Media Law, Faculty of Law, Dresden University of Technology
Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Faculty of Law, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
Europa-Institut, Law Department, University of Saarland
- Greece
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International Hellenic University
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Law School
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Democritus
University of Thrace
University of Western Macedonia
- Hungary
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Eötvös Lorànd University
Óbuda University
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
- Iceland
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University of Iceland
- Ireland
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Trinity College Dublin
UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin
- Italy
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Bocconi University
University of LUISS Guido Carli
University of Messina
University of Brescia
University of Udine
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
University of Turin
University of Pisa
University of Parma
University Politecnico di Torino (Polito)
University of Milan
University of Bologna
University of Calabria
European University Institute, Florence
University of Trento
- Latvia
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Riga Technical University
- Lithuania
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Kaunas University of Technology
Vilnius University
Vytautas Magnus University
- Luxembourg
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University of Luxembourg
- Malta
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University of Malta
- Montenegro
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University of Montenegro
- North Macedonia
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Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
- Netherlands
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Maastricht University Saxion
University of Applied Sciences
University of Utrecht, CIPL - Utrecht School of Law
University of Amsterdam
- Norway
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University of Oslo UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Poland
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Faculty of Law, Jagiellonian University
Faculty of Law and Administration, Lazarski University
Centre for Intellectual Property Law, University of Gdansk
University of Warsaw
Kozminski University
College of Europe in Natolin
University of Silesia, Katowice
- Portugal
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa
NOVA University Lisbon
University of Minho - School of Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Coimbra
University of Lisbon - Faculty of Science
University of Minho
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management
- Romania
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Babeș-Bolyai University
West University of Timișoara
Transilvania University of Braṣov
- San Marino
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University of San Marino
- Serbia
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University of Belgrade
- Slovakia
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University of Trnava
- Slovenia
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University of Ljubljana
- Spain
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University Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
Fundacion ESADE
IE University
University of Alicante
University of Valencia
Pompeu Fabra University
Polytechnic University of Valencia
Escuela de Arte y Superior Diseño de Alicante (EASDA)
Autonomous University of Madrid
Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)
- Sweden
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Lund University - Faculty of Law
Stockholm University - Department of Law (SULaw)
- Switzerland
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University of Bern
University of Geneva (UNIGE)
- Türkiye
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Istanbul Bilgi University
Istanbul Technical University - United Kingdom
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Bournemouth University
School of Law, University of Leeds
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London
University of Stirling
Faculty of Law (CIPIL) and the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
University of Portsmouth
University of Glasgow
Further universities will be contacted directly by the EPO and/or the EUIPO and invited to take part in the programme.
Participation criteria
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out the terms and conditions for co-operation in the area of IP awareness and education under the Pan-European Seal is made available to universities that express an interest in participating in the programme.
Participation criteria (specific to each university/academic area):
- History of co-operation with the EPO/EUIPO
- Participation in IP networks (e.g. EIPIN, EIPTN, ATRIP)
- IP programmes (i.e. IP centres; IP courses - LL.M., MBA, master's, PhD, postdoc, etc. - or even IP content, seminars, etc.) on offer in EPO and EUIPO member states
- IP and/or technology transfer research centres
- Curricula covering eligible academic areas
- International mobility programmes (e.g. Erasmus)
- Multilingual teaching
- Use of e-learning tools
- ECTS label holder
- Diploma Supplement Label holder
- THE (Times Higher Education) ranking
- CWTS Leiden ranking
The Pan-European Seal is not to be mistaken for a quality accreditation or certification process. Universities that have not been contacted and that are interested in participating can apply to become a member of the Pan-European Seal by sending an e-mail to