Evaluation of the effectiveness of EU Intellectual property course at SAU in Nitra

Abstract

Education in the field of intellectual property rights can have a positive effect on their ability to be employed and can provide relevant information considering the student choice and indirectly measure the quality of higher education. We decided to supply the course EU Intellectual Property for students at Slovak University of Agriculture (SUA) in Nitra. We had more than 100 graduated students during the two years of the course. Nowadays, we need feedback on the effectiveness of the course based on the exam results. We found out that the most of students are interesting in the issues of EU Intellectual Property and are able to do their exam with the mark A or B. There are no statistically significant differences between the students base on the study programmes; however, the statistical significant differences were proved among the students by the form of study. The full-time form appears to be the most appropriate form of study. Moreover, creativity of students evaluated by the seminar papers lags behind their theoretical knowledge proved by tests. It is an important fact mainly at the course of the EU Intellectual Property where the creativity is one of the most important elements. The article can be used as an example how to measure the quality of higher education by statistical methods.

Keywords

• eu intellectual property
• european union
• new course
• exam results
• parametric and non-parametric statistical tests