Education

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Our (future) students can find the official study programme and other useful info here.

You can find information about admission requirements, further studies and more practical info such as ECTS sheets, or a weekly timetable of the current academic year.

Are you a future student?

Be sure to first take a look at the page about the Master of Cybersecurity.

There you can find more info on:

- What’s the programme about?

- Starting profile

- Admission and application

- Future possibilities

- Why KU Leuven

- Contact

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Objectives

The domain-specific learning outcomes of the Master Cybersecurity were reviewed by employer representatives, international experts and (former) students of similar disciplines. This review was organized by the Flemish Council of Universities and University Colleges (VLUHR). The domain-specific learning outcomes were further concretised in programme-specific learning outcomes. From the domain-specific learning outcomes, we have developed twenty-six detailed programme-specific outcomes, which are divided into seven broad groups.


A graduate is competent in one or more disciplines of cybersecurity

1. Has advanced knowledge and insights in the following areas of cybersecurity: basics of cryptography, privacy, software security, hardware security, and system security

2. Can apply this knowledge both in offensive and defensive context (protection)

3. Masters the basics of legal, ethical and management aspects of cybersecurity

4. Understands current research directions in cybersecurity

5. Has specialized knowledge in at least two of the following disciplines of cybersecurity:
Cryptography, Secure Software, Secure Systems, Secure Hardware, Privacy

6. Is able to apply, expand, deepen and integrate knowledge from different fields of cybersecurity.


A graduate is competent in conducting research in cybersecurity

7. Can gather all the scientific information relating to a complex cybersecurity problem, assess its relevance and process the valuable aspects.

8. Can formulate specific cybersecurity research questions.

9. Can independently plan and execute different phases of the research process.

10. Can critically evaluate research results.

11. Engages other disciplines in the research, where needed.


A graduate is competent in applying cybersecurity knowhow in concrete problem settings

12. Is able to select cybersecurity technologies in order to protect digital products and services, and to assess the resulting security posture of a specific system or service – for example in professional areas such as healthcare, financial services, government, etc.·

13. Can make an informed decision about whether to (re)use an existing security solution based on its properties.

14. Can create cybersecurity solutions for open-ended problems and applications.


A graduate is applies a scientific approach

15. Can critically examine existing concepts, theories, models or interpretations in the field of cybersecurity.

16. Identifies and understands the limitations and boundaries of cybersecurity solutions.

17. Demonstrates academic integrity in thought and action.

18. Is able to independently keep up with developments in the cybersecurity field.


A graduate has basic intellectual skills

19. Can rationally cope with different types of information, also with incomplete or irrelevant information.

20. Can independently reflect critically and constructively on their own thinking, decision-making and actions.

21. Has a critical and constructive approach to developments in the field.


A graduate is competent in co-operating and communicating

22. Can orally and in writing communicate about and report on cybersecurity research and solutions in English with laymen, and with specialists and other stakeholders.

23. Can efficiently work in groups on a project basis and carry different team roles, can collaborate with professionals from related disciplines.


A graduate takes account of the temporal and social context

24. Takes into account the constraints and the different aspects of the sectors that cybersecurity professionals will be part of (e.g. industry, banking and insurance, healthcare, government, etc.).

25. Is aware of their social and ethical responsibility and acts accordingly.

26. Has insight into the broader context of cybersecurity in society (legal, ethical, economic, sociological, psychological and technical-industrial context).

Educational quality of the study programme

Here you can find an overview of the results of the COBRA internal quality assurance method.

Educational quality at study programme level

Blueprint
Blueprint_MNM_Cybersecurity.pdf

Educational quality at university level

• Consult the documents on educational quality available at university level.

More information?

• More information on the educational quality at KU Leuven
• More information on the available documents