Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Master's degree in Cybersecurity

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) offers a one-year Master's degree in
Cybersecurity. Through this programme, students will learn about the design, implementation, and management of the security in modern infrastructures and communications.

Students will gain a solid scientific understanding of cybersecurity and can expect a career in the field of data protection, infrastructure protection and application protection.

Objectives of the programme

This programme aims to provide graduates solid knowledge in the design, implementation and management of the security in nowadays infrastructures and communications. 

This master’s degree has a high professional orientation, providing fundamental skills in the cybersecurity field that include: 

• Analysis of systems’ risks and vulnerabilities
• Prevention of cyber-attacks and threats
• Detection and efficient response to cyber-attacks
• Fulfilment of existent regulations in the area of data protection
• Design of security and privacy architectures

Courses and programme

The master’s degree in Cybersecurity comprises 60 ECTS credits and is taught entirely in English. The degree is made up of 60 ECTS and is structured in the following way:

• 30 ECTS credits for compulsory subjects, organized in 3 main areas: data security, infrastructure security and software security
• 18 ECTS credits for elective subjects and in advanced and crosscutting cybersecurity themes
• 12 ECTS credits for the master’s thesis