Curriculum
Requirements
Students must follow
- all six Mandatory courses (30 ECTS),
- exactly one seminar,
- at least 15 ECTS from the optional courses (excluding seminar),
- write a Master's thesis (30 ECTS) in the last semester.
In total, 120 ECTS are required to obtain the Master's degree; to obtain the remaining ECTS, students choose additional courses, which can be chosen from all Master courses offered at the two universities. The requirements above are those that the RU and TU/e study programmes have in common. Depending on your home university, there will be additional requirements (incl. some mandatory courses or components), so always consult the study guide of your home university for the precise details of all requirements:
- Study guide of the TU/e Master's track in Information Security Technology
- Study guide of the RU Master's specialisation in Computer Security
Due to the coronacrisis, all courses in Q1 and probably also Q2 of academic year 2020-2021 will be given online. After that a considerable number of courses can be followed from home and this site will indicate which ones.
Curriculum schedule (tentative)
Bold = Mandatory course
Red = Radboud University
Blue = TU Eindhoven
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Q1 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 | Principles of Data Protection | Cryptology | Software Security | ||
13:30 - 15:30 | Cryptology | Principles of Data Protection | Security in Organisations | ||
15:30 - 17:30 | Law in Cyberspace | ||||
Q2 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 | Applied Crypto (can also be done in Q6) | Cyberattacks Crime and Defense | Software Security | ||
13:30 - 15:30 | Cyberattacks Crime and Defense | Applied Crypto (can also be done in Q6) |
Security in Organisations | ||
15:30 - 17:30 | Law in Cyberspace | ||||
Q3 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 |
Hardware Security | Cryptographic Protocols | Privacy Seminar | Verification of Sec. Protocols | |
13:30 - 15:30 | Advanced Network Security | Verification of Sec. Protocols | Cryptographic Protocols | ||
15:30 - 17:30 | Cryptographic Engineering | ||||
Q4 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 |
Hardware Security | Privacy Seminar | Seminar TU/e | ||
13:30 - 15:30 | Advanced Network Security | Seminar TU/e | |||
15:30 - 17:30 | Cryptographic Engineering | ||||
Q5 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 | |||||
13:30 - 15:30 | |||||
15:30 - 17:30 | Physical Aspects of Digital Sec. | Physical Aspects of Digital Sec. | |||
Q6 | |||||
10:30 - 12:30 | Applied Crypto (can also be done in Q2) | ||||
13:30 - 15:30 | Applied Crypto (can also be done in Q2) | ||||
15:30 - 17:30 | |||||
Q7 | |||||
MSc thesis | |||||
Q8 | |||||
MSc thesis |