Tufts University - School of Engineering
MSc in Cybersecurity and Public Policy
- Medford, USA
- Boston, USA
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 Jan 2027
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2027
TUITION FEES
USD 1,855 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Tufts M.S. in Cybersecurity and Public Policy is an innovative on-campus master's offered jointly by The Fletcher School and the Department of Computer Science in the Tufts School of Engineering. It blends engineering, computer science and public policy to prepare you to analyze and shape policy, manage cyber risk, and support incident recovery.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in government, industry, NGOs, and consultancies. Typical roles include security analyst, policy advisor, cyber risk manager, incident response lead, compliance officer, and positions in security strategy, risk assessment, digital forensics, and resilience planning. Employers include finance, technology and government agencies.
The Tufts University M.S. in Cybersecurity and Public Policy is an innovative on-campus master’s degree offered jointly by The Fletcher School and the Department of Computer Science in the Tufts School of Engineering. Graduates will be able to help organizations analyze policies for reducing risk and improving security, identify and manage cyber risk, and recover from cyber-attacks.
Students will fulfill a minimum of 10 courses or 30 credits over the course of 12-16 months, divided between computer science and policy studies. The following courses are required (though the first two below may be waived if a student has a computer science background):
- Computer Science for Future Presidents (4 credit hours)
- How Systems Work (4 credit hours)
- How Systems Fail (4 credit hours)
- Cyber in the Civil Sector: Threats and Upheavals OR Cyberlaw and Cyberpolicy (3 credit hours)
- International Cyber Conflict: An Introduction to Power and Conflict in Cyberspace OR Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare (3 credit hours)
- Privacy in the Digital Age (3 credit hours)
Students will be required to also complete 9 semester hours of policy or technical electives.
The School of Engineering offers partial tuition scholarships for a select group of Engineering master’s and certificate programs. When you apply for admission, you’ll automatically be considered, there’s no separate scholarship application or additional information required. Applicants are encouraged to apply early for priority scholarship consideration.
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