Master in Cybersecurity

The Master's Degree curriculum aims to provide students with advanced scientific and technological knowledge about Cybersecurity. Its main objective is to teach students skills, abilities and knowledge in advanced Cybersecurity, in a solid yet flexible manner, to facilitate their adaptation to an environment as rapidly changing as this one.

The curriculum is structured around three main blocks:

• Cyber-Attack Techniques
• Cyber-Defense Techniques and Secure Communications
• Cybersecurity Management

The program makes it possible for students to select electives depending on the route they wish to take:

"Systems Security Engineering" Route (I1): This route is intended for students who wish to improve their training in matters related to the specification, design and development, implementation and maintenance of secure systems. The electives associated with this route are:

• "Systems Security Engineering"
• "Secure Architecture"
• "Mobile Security"

"Cybersecurity Analyst" Route (I2): This route is designed for students who want additional training as systems security analysts. The electives associated with this route are:

• "Malware Analysis and Engineering"
• "Persisten Threat and Information Leakage"
• "Computer Forensic"

C= Compulsory: 36 ECTS

E= Elective Course: 12 ECTS

Master's Thesis: 12 ECTS

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2014

• Information about Master´s Degree
• Verification Report
• External evaluation and Monitoring Reports

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee

FACULTY AND COURSE PLAN

☛ Curriculum subjects and their faculty

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request must be submitted electronically through our application system. Before beginning the admission process, please read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

Established by the Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September 2021.

Possession of a Degree in Engineering or Computer Engineering (of four or five years' duration depending if taken before or after the changes implemented by the Bologna Process), Telecommunications, in any specialty, or similar ICT related degree. Holders of engineering degrees from overseas universities must demonstrate professional experience in the ICT field.

Applicants holding qualifications with different skills bases from those mentioned above will be evaluated by the Master's Degree Committee based on the subjects studied and evidence of abilities and academic progress.

Admission criteria

The following criteria will be considered:

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s program, students holding a university degree from a higher education institution outside the EHEA must provide the diploma, legalized through diplomatic procedures or by The Hague Apostille, for enrollment. They must also submit their transcript of records, including the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

TUITION FEES*

Reservation fee: €450 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €4,800 (€80/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €7,200 (€120/ECTS credit)

✎│Tuition fees
 

NOTE: the indicated public prices do not include in any case, neither the ECTS corresponding to the Formative Complements that the student must take (only master's degrees with previous Formative Complements), nor the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

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* Current fees for the 24/25 academic year, pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the 25/26 academic year.

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• Student cohabitation system
• Ethical code
• Enrollment and permanence rules
• Master's degree access rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

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