No. PhD students own any IP that they create, unless they sign an agreement giving up their IP rights at the start - this tends to occur with industry partnerships.Originally posted by Ziff
Because if you make any discoveries whilst doing the PhD the university owns it? Something like that.
For example, I own all of the IP that I have created, and it cannot be used by the University unless it is published, or unless some other arrangement is reached - as part of a Patent, for example.