Curriculum of Cyber Security and AI

The Master’s specialisation in Cyber Security and AI has a course load of 120 EC or two years. The first year of the specialisation contains compulsory courses. You can compose the rest of the programme with specialisation electives and free electives in the field of Cyber Security or AI.

About this study curriculum

The course overview is an indication of the study programme of the academic year 2023-2024.

Course overview

The Master's specialisation in Cyber Security and AI consists of the following components:

  • Compulsory courses (27 EC)
  • Electives:
         - Specialisation electives (24 EC)
         - Master's electives (18 EC)
         - Free electives (6 EC)
  • Research internship (15 EC)
  • Master's thesis (30 EC)
Total EC
120 EC
Compulsory courses
P1
P2
P3
P4
Cyber Security and AI seminar
6 EC
Deep Learning
6 EC
Philisophy and Ethics
3 EC
Applied Cryptography
6 EC
Security and Privacy of Machine Learning
6 EC
Elective courses
P1
P2
P3
P4
CDS: Machine Learning
3 EC
Advanced Network Security
6 EC
Applied Machine Learning
6 EC
Law in Cyberspace
6 EC
Statistical Machine Learning
6 EC
Capita Selecta in Cyber Security
6 EC
Machine Learning in Practice
6 EC
Natural Computing
6 EC
Physical Attacks on Secure Systems
6 EC
Human-Centered Security and AI
3 EC

Your core curriculum is supplemented by electives. The elective programme consists of specialisation electives, Master's electives and free electives. You are free to compose the programme as you wish, provided that the level and coherence is sufficient for the Examination Board.

Specialisation electives (24 EC)
You need to pick at least 24 EC worth of specialisation electives (see the list above) that are within the field of cyber security or AI. You can focus on themes like cryptography, network security, privacy, software security, and AI.

Master's electives (18 EC)
These can be any courses offered by the Master's programmes Computing Science or Artificial Intelligence.

Free electives (6 EC)
These electives can be used to take any course taught at Radboud University, another Dutch university or abroad. 

Internships
P1
P2
P3
P4
Research internship
15 EC

One part of the Master's specialisation Cyber Security & AI is the research internship. Most students will do an internal project within the Digital Security group, but there are also projects in collaboration with external companies and projects done entirely at an external company or organisation. The Privacy & Identity Lab hosted by the Digital Security group, which is a collaboration with SIDN, TNO, and Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society can provide opportunities for internships as well.

Thesis & research
P1
P2
P3
P4
Master's thesis
30 EC

Your Master's thesis consists of an individual research project, which allows you to investigate a topic of your choice in cyber security & AI. Generally speaking, students will do their Master's project under the supervision of a member of staff of their own university. You can do research at different places:

  • The Radboud Digital Security group, sometimes in joint research with the Model Based System Development or Intelligent Systems group.
  • iHUB - the interdisciplinary research institute on Security, Privacy, and Data Governance
  • Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
  • TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
  • Other institutes and organisations by specific arrangement