The Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme is designed for you who work in the ICT-industry and want to keep working while taking a master's degree. The programme helps executive students address key technical and business challenges related to cyber security and privacy in their company with relevant academic coursework and concurrent work-related project.

Examples of relevant backgrounds (not limited to):

• ICT-industry
• The banking sector
• The army
• Police
• Civil defence
• The energy sector
• Telephone companies
• Television companies
• Pharmaceutical companies, etc.

During the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme, you will become a professional in cyber security and privacy based on the highest level of international research. You will have gained in-depth knowledge and understanding of issues within the areas of network and application security, enterprise security and compliance, risk analysis, assessment and mitigation, privacy analysis and usable privacy, IT security regulation and governance and trust and identity and access management.

Based on your competences and interests, you have the possibility to specialise in different areas. Specialising takes place in the third trimester, where there are three elective courses and three elective projects. Consequently, you can specialise in:

• Cyber security, including strategies for secure organisations
• Privacy and data protection strategies
• Governance of security

The first trimester consists of:

PROJECT MODULE:
- Security and Privacy in Organisational Systems (10 ECTS)

COURSE MODULES:
- Application and Network Security (5 ECTS)
- Data Protection and Privacy (5 ECTS)

The second trimester consists of:

PROJECT MODULE:
- Compliance and the Enterprise (10 ECTS)

COURSE MODULES:
- Enterprise Security and Compliance (5 ECTS)
- Emerging Technologies and Security (5 ECTS)

The third trimester consists of:

PROJECT MODULE:
Choose one among three project modules:

- Master's Project: Strategies for Secure Organisations (15 ECTS)
- Master's Project: Privacy and Data Protection Strategies (15 ECTS)
- Master's Project: Governance of Security (15 ECTS)

COURSE MODULES:
Choose one among three course modules:

- Usable Privacy and Security (5 ECTS)
- Advanced Network and System Security (5 ECTS)
- Regulation of Cyber Security (5 ECTS)

Courses are generally planned as full-day seminars on Fridays and mainly concentrated during the first part of the trimester. For a course of 5 ECTS, we plan five full-day seminars.

Project work is usually carried out in groups which allow the students to work across disciplinary fields and job titles. Homework as well as project work can be supervised in a combination of students being present at AAU and via e-learning tools. The study programme is in this way tailored to fit the work and life of IT-professionals.

In the third trimester, you have the chance to specialise through choosing one elective course and an elective the topic for your thesis.

For all projects, you have the possibility to work with problems and challenges which are relevant to your organisation or company. Thus, a close link between the your daily work and your education may be established.

Teaching and learning is built on the principles of Problem Based Learning (PBL), which is the core of all teaching and learning at AAU. With the principles of PBL, you learn through working with real-world problems and by being able to analyse and identify different solutions. Project work is most often carried out in groups. The first trimester project emphasises how principles of PBL and Scientific Methods can be used during the study. Here, you will be introduced to the principles of PBL and how to work with academic methods as part of the project work.

Course from the first trimester of the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme.

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Course from the first trimester of the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme.

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Course from the second trimester of the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme.

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Course from the second trimester of the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme.

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In order to be admitted to the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme, you must have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent qualifications) and at least two years of relevant work experience in the industry obtained after your degree.

The admission requirements also apply for the single courses in cyber and information security from the Master of Cyber Security and Privacy programme. 

Also see this page for further information about admission requirements.

The programme is limited to 25 participants. If there are more than 25 eligible applicants, first come, first served principles will be applied.

Exemption from Admission Requirements

Aalborg University may allow admission to applicants who do not fulfil the admission requirement of a relevant higher education at least at bachelor level but who Aalborg University has assesed has documented academic qualifications that equates a relevant bachelor programme.

The requirement of relevant professional experience cannot be exempted.

Read about how to log in and apply through the Application Portal. 

Dates will be announced in 2026.

Teaching takes place at:

Aalborg University, campus Copenhagen
A.C. Meyers Vænge 15
DK-2450 København S.

Precise locations at AAU Copenhagen will be announced before the programme starts.

Apart from the tuition fee, other expenses should be anticipated for books, software, travel expenses and accommodation during seminars.