Schedule : Remaining space : MSc project

The computer security master is a two year master track (as part of a computer science master programme). It implements its educational goals through a curriculum structured according to several types of courses (each worth 6 ects) as follows.

• 6 mandatory courses (36 ects), that provide the basic skills all computer security master students are expected to acquire during the programme.
• 3 optional courses (18 ects), to be selected from the list of security-specific optional courses offered by the Kerckhoffs Institute.
• 36 ects worth of remaining courses, that constitute optional courses as well as location-specific mandatory courses. Information on additional courses is available. Note that a course in this list cannot be chosen as one of the 3 optional courses mentioned in the previous bullet.
• A final master project (30 ects), in which students perform independent research and write a master thesis.

Schedule

The schedule appears in the following tables.

• bold: mandatory courses.
• italics: optional courses.

Note that courses are taught at three different locations: Enschede, Nijmegen and Eindhoven. The schedule is such that one mandatory course and one or two optional courses are scheduled back to back at a single location to mimimise travel time. Nevertheless, following the Kerckhoffs Institute security master implies you commit to travel to a different university once every week on average. This may incur a cost both in travel time and travel expenses.

Year 1, Fall, Semester 1

day	mon	tue-thu	fri
site	UT (route + maps)	UT, RU, TU/e	TU/e (route + maps)
time slot		(local courses)
3-4	Introduction to Security		Cryptography 1
5-6	Introduction to Biometrics		Linux Kernel and OS Security
7-8	Security of Information services

Year 1, Spring, Semester 2

day	mon	tue-thu	fri
site	TU/e (route + maps)	UT, RU, TU/e	RU (route + maps)
time slot		(local courses)
3-4	Verification of Security Protocols		Software Security
5-6	Cryptography 2		(Privacy) Seminar
7-8	Seminar Information Security Technology

Year 2, Fall, Semester 3

day	mon	tue-thu	fri
site	RU	UT, RU, TU/e	UT
time slot		(local courses)
3-4	Security in Organisations		Secure Data Management
5-6	Hardware and Operating Systems Security		Network Security for Kerckhoffs students
7-8	Law in Cyberspace

Year 2, Spring, Semester 4

day	mon	tue-thu	fri
site		UT, RU, TU/e
time slot
3-4		Master thesis
5-6
7-8

Remaining space

The remaining space is worth 36 ects, some of which is occupied by location-specific mandatory courses, and by the homologisation courses. Apart from those, the student is free to select courses within this space, including more security-specific courses as listed above.

MSc project

The MSc project is worth 30 ects, and is scheduled in the last semester. The MSc project is finished by writing a master thesis. Generally speaking, students will do their master project under the supervision of a member of staff of their own university. However, students may, after consulting a local supervisor, choose to do a master project at another site, or an external project at a company or abroad.

We maintain a list of available MSc projects.