Professor Lim Jung-yeon head of project in Dongguk University’s Intellectual Property Degree Program expressed his expectation to become a medium that can provide understanding and information about intellectual property to the public as a media specialized in intellectual property through a special message celebrating the publication of foundation of WIP-News.  

「Congratulations on the foundation of the world’s first intellectual property portal ‘WIP-News’ that shares various information on intellectual property in Korea and the world.

As advanced technologies based on the 4th industry such as material science artificial intelligence 5G and IoT have become the core of national competitiveness interest in intellectual property rights that protects and utilize technologies as well as development is increasing. At this point I think the foundation of the world intellectual property portal ‘WIP-News’ has great significance.

Although interests and roles are increasing on intellectual property medias that would provide understandings and information on intellectual property to the public were very limited. I am asking to ‘WIP-News’ becoming a portal specializing in intellectual property that can improve awareness of intellectual property and give various information to related workers.

Thank you. 」

The Department of Intellectual Property at Dongguk University to which Professor Lim Jung-yeon belongs was established to cultivate intellectual property experts in each industrial field necessary for the 4th Industrial Revolution through a business agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Dongguk University was selected as the 5th host university following KAIST Hongik University Korea University and Dankook University. Since the second half of 2019 the Master’s Degree Program specializing in intellectual property has been in operation.


Dongguk University’s Intellectual Property Professional Degree (Master) course aims to cultivate creative and practical experts qualified for engineering mind legal mind and management mind through practical convergence education as a cooperative course for intellectual property in general graduate schools. Currently up to 50% of scholarships are provided to students in degree course with support from the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Moreover it is a curriculum for nurturing and strengthening intellectual property manpower centered on working-levels lectures are organized on Friday evenings and Saturdays to promote the convenience of working students.

In addition to operating degree program the department conducts various external activities such as holding seminars workshops and conferences to share the results of the degree program in intellectual property with people inside and outside the school. Moreover in order to strengthen competency of undergraduates they provide educational courses related to intellectual property in engineering college and encourage participation in the intellectual property competency test and carry out various support activities.

Dongguk University is recruiting students for a professional degree program in the first half of 2020 and application for the master’s program are accepted online (www.uwayapply.com) from July 20 to July 27. Because this is a special selection a recommendation letter from the head of the department is required and the letter should be issued from July 13 to July 27.
