Master of Science in Digital Security
Biot, France
MSc
DURATION
24 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 May 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 24-month tuition: 9000€ for EU students - 18000€ for non-EU students
Key Summary
The Master in Digital Security is designed for those wishing to become experts in the growing field of Digital Security in a comprehensive range of applications (System and Software Security, Embedded systems Security, Forensics, Biometrics, etc.)
Key Words: Cybersecurity, Network Security, Software Security, Watermarking, Web Technologies, Intrusion Detection, Malware Analysis, Digital Forensics.
Objectives
- Provide a solid background in the design and management of security in major areas of communications and computer science.
- The professional training in security will be offered as a complement to an advanced program in computer networking, mobile services, and imaging.
- Get the skills to tackle security problems encountered in networking, distributed software applications, and image processing.
- The paid 6-month internship provides a cutting-edge professional experience and a future competitive asset.
Students need to validate a certain amount of credits per Teaching Unit each semester. Please consult the Academic Schedule and the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about the schedule organization.
The Master obtained the SecNumedu certification from the National Cybersecurity Agency of France (ANSSI) and the 3IA Label.
Semester 7-Fall (30 ECTS) - September – February
Foundations in Machine Learning
- Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems
Foundations in Security
- Secure communications
- System and Network Security
Computer Science for systems
- Image & Video Compression
- Digital Image Processing
- Quantum Information Science
- Software development methodologies
- Interaction Design and Development of Modern Web Applications
Humanities and Social Sciences 1
- How to adopt the right posture and move from idea to market!
- The challenges of a sustainable economy
- Introduction to management
- Intellectual property law
- Responsible Digital Innovation: Risks, Ethics and Technology
- Personal Development and Team Leadership
Scientific and technical opening 1
- Advanced topics in wireless communications
- Awareness-raising to research
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing
- Computer architecture
- Database Management System Implementation
- Digital communications
- Emulation and simulation methodologies
- Image & Video Compression
- Digital Image Processing
- Essential Mathematical Methods for Engineers
- Mobile communication techniques
- Mobility Modeling
- Mobile application and services
- Mobile communication systems
- Mobile Systems and Smartphone Security
- Operating systems
- Optimization Theory with Applications
- Quantum Information Science
- Statistical signal processing
- Software development methodologies
- Standardization activities
- Designing embedded systems with UML
- Interaction Design and Development of Modern Web Applications
Language (French, or another language if the student is already fluent in French)
Semester 8 - spring (30 ECTS) - March - June
Advanced Security 1
- Cyber-crime and Computer Forensics
- Hardware Security
- Wireless Security
Humanities and Social Sciences 2
- Business Simulation
- General introduction to law: contracts, setting up a business
- Project management
- Approaches of Telecom Technologies
- Personal Development and Team Leadership
- Web strategy and organizational Performance
Mathematical Tools and Web Science
- 3-D and virtual imaging (analysis and synthesis)
- Application Protocols
- Advanced Statistics
- Methods-Formal specification and verification of systems
- Imaging Security
- Machine Learning for Communication systems
- Communication Protocols
- Speech and audio processing
- Semantic Web and Information Extraction Technologies
Scientific and technical opening 2
- 3-D and virtual imaging (analysis and synthesis)
- Algorithmic Machine Learning
- Application Protocols
- Advanced Statistical Inference
- Advanced Statistics
- Awareness-raising to research
- Computational Methods for Digital Communications
- Deep Learning
- Digital systems, hardware-software integration
- Methods-Formal specification and verification of systems
- Imaging Security
- Information Theory
- Introduction to statistics
- Machine Learning for Communication systems
- Mobile Advanced Networks
- Wireless Access Technologies
- Network Softwerization
- Transportation Planning
- Communication Protocols
- Radio engineering
- Projet de recherche
- Signal Processing for Communications
- Speech and audio processing
- Emission and Traffic Efficiency
- Semantic Web and Information Extraction Technologies
Language (French, or another language if the student is already fluent in French)
Semester 9 - Fall (30 ECTS) - September – February
Advanced Security 2
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing
- Mobile Systems and Smartphone Security
Cloud Security and Blockchain
- Security and Privacy for Big Data and Cloud
- Multiparty Computation and Blockchains
Humanities and Social Sciences 3
- How to adopt the right posture and move from idea to market
- The challenges of a sustainable economy
- Introduction to management
- Intellectual property law
- Responsible Digital Innovation: Risks, Ethics and Technology
- Personal Development and Team Leadership
Scientific and technical opening 3
- Advanced topics in wireless communications
- Awareness-raising to research
- Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing
- Computer architecture
- Database Management System Implementation
- Digital communications
- Emulation and simulation methodologies
- Image & Video Compression
- Digital Image Processing
- Essential Mathematical Methods for Engineers
- Mobile communication techniques
- Mobility Modeling
- Mobile application and services
- Mobile communication systems
- Mobile Systems and Smartphone Security
- Network Modeling
- Operating systems
- Optimization Theory with Applications
- Quantum Information Science
- Statistical signal processing
- Software development methodologies
- Standardization activities
- Designing embedded systems with UML
- Interaction Design and Development of Modern Web Applications
Language (French, or another language if the student is already fluent in French)
Semester Project
Supervised Semester Projects are based on real-case studies of industrial relevance. They combine a blend of theoretical and practical work (developing new prototypes and tools, testing new technologies, assessing current systems and solutions…). Students can work individually or in groups of 2/3. The expected workload is 200 hours of individual work per semester. A defense is organized at the end. Projects provide students with hands-on skills by allowing them to put concepts into practice. (200h)
Semester 10 - Spring (30 ECTS) - March-August
Research / Industrial Internship (Paid)
The internship is to be carried out in a company or lab in France or abroad. It allows students to get hands-on experience and ease their entry into the job market. Students work on a research/development project under the supervision of a professor and an industrial mentor. Students are integrated as part of the staff and receive a monthly allowance, the amount of the allowance depends on the company and position. EURECOM helps students find an internship by providing an updated database of paid internship opportunities offered by companies.