Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Master's in Cybersecurity Engineering
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Sep 2027
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2027
TUITION FEES
EUR 2,700 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Must be paid in full in order to obtain the visa.
Key Summary
About: The Master's in Cybersecurity Engineering at The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (TUCN) aims to provide high-level knowledge, competencies and skills in cybersecurity. You'll gain an overall perspective of the field while tackling real-life problems, attack and defence techniques, tools and solutions. The programme links academic and industry-relevant content across information security, network security, threat analysis and risk management.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can enter roles such as cybersecurity engineer, security analyst, penetration tester, incident responder, security architect, SOC analyst, security consultant, digital forensics examiner, risk manager, security researcher and related positions in security operations, vulnerability assessment and compliance, policy advisor.
We aim to develop a master's programme in the cybersecurity field to get both academic and industry appreciation, due to the high-level knowledge, competencies and skills provided to the students attending our master's programme.
Its main purpose is to provide the students with an overall perspective of the cybersecurity field, still letting them come into contact with specific, real-life cybersecurity problems, challenges, attack and defence techniques, tools and solutions.
First Semester
- Secure Coding
- Information Security
- Reverse Engineering and Malware Analysis
- Mobile Device Security
- Hardware Security Mechanisms on x86-64 Architecture
Second Semester
- Kernel Module Development and Security
- System Security Audit and Risk Management
- Web Security
- Big-Data in Security
- Security Solutions Based on Hardware Virtualization Support
Third Semester
- Security Incident Response and Digital Data Forensic
- Network Security
- Pentesting
- Applied Cryptography
- Mathematical Model of Machine Learning Models Applied in Security
- General View and Understanding: Provide a general, holistic view and understanding of the cybersecurity field by covering a relatively large number of related subjects.
- Strong Technical Background: Provide solid background knowledge of the important directions and perspectives of the cybersecurity field.
- Hands-on Skills: Build skills related to different cybersecurity subjects by allocating an important time share to the hands-on homework assignments and projects.
- Research Experience: Provide the state-of-the-art of important research directions in the cybersecurity field and involve students in real research projects
Anyone interested in gaining a good technical background in the information and system security, like software developers, system engineers, CEO, CTO. Even if open to anyone, the SISC master program presumes good technical knowledge and programming skill in the computer science field. In this sense, it is mainly addressed to students with a diploma in computer science and informatics or related IT fields.