The following courses are part of study year one.
The course application codes and study periods are valid for the academic year 2025/2026. For other academic years, different application codes and study periods may apply
General Courses
The mandatory courses AK2030 Theory and Methodology of Science and DA2215 Theory of Science and Scientific methods in Cybersecurity can be taken at any period during the programme.
Mandatory courses
| Course code and name | Appl.code | Scope | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD2391 Cybersecurity Overview | 50322 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EN2720 Ethical HackingCan be taken in year 2 if you choose to read EP2120 | 50006 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2303 The Cybersecurity Engineer's Role in Society | 50314 | 2.0 credits | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| AK2030 Theory and Methodology of Science (Natural and Technological Science)Can be taken in any period during the programme | 51259 | 4.5 credits | 4.5 | |||
| DA2215 Theory of Science and Scientific methods in CybersecurityCan be taken in any period during the programme | 50328 | 3.0 credits | 3.0 | |||
| DD2510 Cybersecurity in a Socio-Technical ContextCan be read in year 1 or year 2 | 50318 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2520 Applied Cryptography | 60279 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 |
At least 30 credits of the conditionally elective courses must be taken.
Conditionally elective courses
| Course code and name | Appl.code | Scope | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD2496 Privacy Enhancing Technologies | 50315 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EL2850 Cyber-Physical Security in Time-Critical Systems | 50331 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2780 Digital forensics and incident response | 50319 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2497 Project course in System Security | 50317 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2500 Networked Systems Security | 50313 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2510 Advanced Networked Systems Security | 50327 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2790 Security Analysis of Large-Scale Computer Systems | 50326 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2520 Building Networked Systems Security | 60273 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| IL1333 Hardware Security | 60208 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2448 Foundations of Cryptography | 60233 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2525 Language-Based Security | 60253 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| ID2218 Design of Fault-tolerant Systems | 60280 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 |
Recommended courses
| Course code and name | Appl.code | Scope | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD1420 Foundations of Machine LearningOverlaps with DD2421 | 50312 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2437 Artificial Neural Networks and Deep Architectures | 51539 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2443 Parallel and Distributed Computing | 50320 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EP2120 Internetworking | 51134 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2440 Advanced Algorithms | 50303 | 6.0 credits | 1.5 | 4.5 | ||
| DD2610 Deep Learning, advanced course | 51868 | 7.5 credits | 4.5 | 3.0 | ||
| DD2434 Machine Learning, Advanced Course | 50325 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2447 Statistical Methods in Applied Computer Science | 52038 | 6.0 credits | 6.0 | |||
| DD2585 Programmable Society with Blockchains and Smart Contracts | 10072 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| EL2805 Reinforcement Learning | 51185 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| ID1206 Operating Systems | 50423 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2421 Machine LearningOverlaps with DD1420 | 60242 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2459 Software Reliability | 60578 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DH2628 Interaction Design Methods | 60261 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 | |||
| DD2424 Deep Learning in Data Science | 60228 | 7.5 credits | 7.5 |