DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR THE “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PATENT LAW” COURSE FOR STUDENTS OF SPECIALTY G21 “BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING”

Abstract

The National Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in Ukraine embodies the idea of integration into the European Higher Education Area; therefore, the licensing of new educational and professional programs at Ukrainian universities is a key factor in the recognition of the domestic higher education system and its competitiveness in the European labor market. In 2025/2026, the Faculty of Pharmacy at Bogomolets National Medical University launched the «Industrial and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology» educational program at the second (master’s) level of higher education in the field of knowledge G «Engineering, Manufacturing, and Construction» the main educational component of which is «Intellectual Property and Patent Law». The staff of the Department of Analytical, Physical, and Colloidal Chemistry at the University developed the structure of this educational component based on a competency-based approach for students, the aim of which is to foster integrated, general and professional competencies that a student pursuing a degree in the G21 specialty «Biotechnology and Bioengineering» must possess upon successful completion of their studies. The course consists 2 ECTS credits. In the article, the authors present the structure of the educational component by class hours for various forms of study (full-time, evening, and part-time), the titles of the content sections, lecture topics, and independent student work. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the selection of content sections and topics was determined by six components based on types of activity (goal-oriented, methodological, practical, content-procedural, corrective, and outcome-verification). The outcome-verification component is presented as a quantitative assessment of the student’s level of development in learning the educational component (elementary, basic, sufficient, advanced).