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Description of the title
The Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence is a program designed to train experts in the protection of information and communications systems, comprehensively addressing cybersecurity beyond traditional approaches. Students will acquire skills in vulnerability analysis, secure development, threat intelligence generation, and legal and ethical aspects of cybersecurity.
With a practical approach and a hybrid methodology, this 90-credit master’s degree offers a solid academic and professional training that responds to the growing demand in the sector. Graduates will be able to work in a variety of environments, contributing to the security of critical infrastructures, IoT, and industrial systems.
Objectives of the degree
Implement and comprehensively address the security of information and communications systems.
Analyze vulnerabilities and develop secure solutions for hardware and software.
Generate threat intelligence through advanced cyber intelligence techniques.
To train experts in cyber situational awareness and protection of IoT devices, industrial systems and critical infrastructures.
Instruct on relevant legal and ethical aspects of cybersecurity and cyberintelligence.
Career opportunities
The Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence offers its graduates various professional opportunities in a sector in constant growth and with a high demand for specialists.
- Cybersecurity analysts in companies and public organizations.
- Specialists in data protection and regulatory compliance.
- Cyber intelligence and risk management consultants.
- Professionals in the investigation of security incidents.
- Responsible for securing critical infrastructures and information systems.
- Trainers and educators in digital skills and security awareness.
- Performance in sectors such as technology, telecommunications, finance, defense and consulting.
Aimed primarily at
This master’s degree is aimed at university graduates who wish to specialize in the field of information and communications systems security.
- Graduates in Computer Engineering and graduates in Telecommunication Technologies and Services Engineering.
- Graduates in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications Engineering.
- Other graduates or graduates in careers related to ICT, with work experience in information and communications systems security.
- Applicants with different degrees evaluated by the master’s academic committee.
Semi-attendance teaching
Hybrid teaching mode (50% face-to-face and 50% non-face-to-face).
On-site classes at ETSINF are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The synchronous online classes are held on Mondays and Fridays. Students connect with teachers through the Teams platform to follow the class from wherever they wish;
In the timetable of the degree, all online classes are associated with “ETS DE INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA (Edificio 1Z)”.
Structure of the master’s degree
Credits: 90 ECTS
Mandatory:60 ects |Electives:12 ects |External internships:0 ects |Final Master’s thesis (TFM):18 ects
Module 1. Common subjects :60 ects mandatory
Subject:Information systems security
Minimum credits: 12 | Character: Compulsory
Subject:Cybersecurity
Minimum credits: 21 | Character: Compulsory
Subject:Cyberintelligence
Minimum credits: 18 | Character: Compulsory
Subject:Legal and professional aspects
Minimum credits: 9 | Character: Compulsory
Module 2. Professional development :12 ects mandatory
Subject:Professional development
Minimum credits: 12 | Character: Elective
Note: In this subject a maximum of 12 ECTS can be carried out in external curricular internships (The syllabus contemplates a maximum of 12 ECTS for external curricular internships).
Module 3. Master’s Thesis :18 ects
Subject:Master’s Thesis
Minimum credits: 18 | Subject: Final Degree Project
Internships
MUCC students will be able to carry out curricular and extracurricular internships.
Curricular
MUCC students may recognize up to a maximum of 12 ECTS (300 hours) for external professionalizing academic internships of a curricular nature in the subject of Professional Development.
Extracurricular
In addition, students may also carry out extracurricular internships, up to a maximum of 900 hours, which will appear as a mention in their academic transcript.
Through the Educational Cooperation Programs, the Universitat Politècnica de València establishes a collaboration with companies and institutions in the field of education and employment. Within the framework of this cooperation is the realization of internships in companies and institutions for students of the Universitat Politècnica de València.
The Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence promotes the participation of students in internships in companies in order to complement learning in the academic environment and learning in the professional environment.
In-company internships are regulated in accordance with the regulations established by the different competent bodies. The students of the master’s degree can carry out internships in companies in this context.
The promotional actions are aimed, on the one hand, at companies interested in offering internships to students of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence, and on the other hand, at the interest of the students of the Master’s Degree in the realization of internships aimed at their level and professional profile.
The aim is to provide a differentiating context in which the internship offer is directed to students of the master’s program and allows students to continue attending the master’s classes.
Promotional actions will be carried out once or twice each year depending on the students’ interest in internships.
The management of the internship offers and their application by the students is done through the system DIRE ( https://www.upv.es/contenidos/siepract/ofertas/) offered by the Integral Employment Service (SIE) of the UPV. In this application, students can register their curriculum vitae and register in the internship offers that arrive at the Internship Unit, associated with the center and corresponding degree. For their part, companies can complete applications for internships through the DIRE system, as well as view the resumes of students who have registered in their offer and who meet the requirements requested.
Research and access to Ph.
Lines of research of the master’s degree:
- Security in information and communications systems
- Vulnerability analysis and secure software development
- Cyberintelligence and threat intelligence generation
- Situational cyber awareness and protection of IoT devices
- Legal and ethical aspects of cybersecurity
- Critical infrastructures and their protection
- Innovative methods in cybersecurity and cyberintelligence.
Academic exchange / agreements with other universities
Students will be able to carry out an academic stay in one of the 97 countries with which the UPV has an agreement. There are more than 1,000 destinations to choose from in Europe (Erasmus scholarships), the United States, Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and Latin America, among others. More than 1,500 UPV students enjoy an exchange every year. If you would like to find out about all the options offered by the master’s degree, please contact the Office of International Exchange Programs.
Facilities and laboratories
The UPV provides the following laboratories for the master’s degree:
- Cybersecurity Laboratory
- Digital Forensic Analysis Laboratory
- Network and Communication Systems Laboratory
- Attack and defense simulation center
- IoT and Critical Systems Lab
- Cyberintelligence training space
Master’s Thesis
To obtain the title of Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence, you must defend a Master’s Thesis that includes the completion, presentation and public defense before a university tribunal.
This work consists of a comprehensive Cybersecurity and/or Cyberintelligence project of a professional nature, where the competences acquired throughout the program are synthesized. The realization of the TFM in external companies or institutions is encouraged, covering the various application domains of cybersecurity and cyberintelligence covered in the curriculum.
The TFM will be directed by at least one professor of the master, who will be in charge of planning and supervising the necessary activities for its correct tutoring.
Collaborating companies and more
The University Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence has collaborations with companies in the technology and security sector, including:
- Accenture
- Telefónica
- Indra
- Nextel
- S21Sec
- Prosegur
- Everis
