Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Cybersecurity

Overview

Connected devices are forecast to rise to 25 billion by 2025, a quarter of these in Europe. Every 11 seconds there is a ransomware attack in the world. In 2021, ransomware attacks alone are estimated to have cost the world roughly €20 billion.

The CYBERUS Erasmus Mundus Master in Cybersecurity, or CYBERUS, is the joint response by Université Bretagne Sud - UBS (Lorient, France), Université du Luxembourg - UL (Luxembourg) and Université Libre de Bruxelles – ULB (Brussels, Belgium), in conjunction with Tallinn University of Technology - TalTech (Tallinn, Estonia) and some 50 universities, research centres, state agencies, companies and business clusters worldwide to address these types of cybersecurity threats. It offers two tracks – IoT cybersecurity and Sofware Cybersecurity – and it includes compulsory international mobility.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Cybersecurity degree at University of Luxembourg has been selected for funding by the EU to be an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD). An EMJMD is a prestigious, integrated, international study programme, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions. It aims to enhance the attractiveness and excellence of European higher education in the world and attract talent to Europe, through a combination of:

• Institutional academic cooperation to showcase European excellence in higher education,

• And individual mobility for all students taking part in the EMJM, with EU-funded scholarships for the best students applying.

Career

As a CYBERUS graduate, you who will be able to hold diverse positions depending on your chosen specialisation track and your final internship such as: cybersecurity engineer, cybersecurity analyst/assessor, security architect, security product integrator, penetration tester, software developer/engineer, cryptographer, malware analyst, application security expert.

After a few years’ experience, you will be able to assume managerial, consultancy or research roles: chief information security officer (CISO), cybersecurity consultant, cybersecurity manager/administrator, researcher, university professor. The skills students acquire will enable them to work in a wide array of domains such as (secure) telecommunications between objects (car key, remote control, telephones, etc.), (secure) banking transactions and encryption of information, (secure) insurance operations and insurance contracts for cyber risks, (secure) energy provision, medical devices (pacemakers, insulin pumps, monitoring devices), transport (autonomous cars, airplane electronics), and safe Internet browsing (cyberspace security, virus detection).