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.

NB that there has been a change in the programme starting Autum 2011, as explained here.

Schedule

The schedule appears in the following tables.

• bold: mandatory courses.
• italics: optional courses.
• Green background: given as telelecture.

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	wed	thu	fri
site	UT, RU, TU/e	UT (route + maps)	UT, RU, TU/e	TU/e (route + maps)	UT, RU, TU/e
time slot
3-4	(local courses)	Network Security for Kerckhoffs students	(lc)	Cryptography 1	(lc)
5-6		Introduction to Biometrics		Hacker's Hut
7-8		Cyber Crime Science

Year 1, Spring, Semester 2

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

Year 2, Fall, Semester 3

day	mon	tue	wed	thu	fri
site	RU (route + maps)	UT, RU, TU/e	UT, RU, TU/e	UT, RU, TU/e	UT (route + maps)
time slot
3-4	Security in Organisations	(local courses)	(local courses)	(local courses)	Secure Data Management
5-6	Law in Cyberspace				Security and Privacy in Mobile Systems
7-8	Hardware Security

Year 2, Spring, Semester 4

day	mon	tue	wed	thu	fri
site	UT, RU, TU/e	UT, RU, TU/e	UT, RU, TU/e	UT, RU, TU/e	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.