Overview

Cybersecurity from University of Malta is a collaborative effort between the Faculty of ICT, Faculty of Laws and leading industry stakeholders. Aimed at students who already possess an ICT background but want to delve deeper into the field of cybersecurity, the course addresses the critical shortage of cybersecurity experts and caters to the evolving demands of cybersecurity from technical, regulatory, legal and managerial standpoints. Combining theoretical, practical and industry placement components, the pedagogical approach is grounded in practice and blends online synchronous and asynchronous learning with face-to-face lab sessions where appropriate.

Career:

As a successful graduate in this postgraduate programme, you will be able to enter a career, both locally and internationally, in any one of the following roles:

Cybersecurity Analyst
Information Security Manager
Cybersecurity Consultant
Penetration Tester (Ethical Hacker)
Incident Response Specialist

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Programme Structure

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Identify any security vulnerabilities, demonstrate their exploit-ability, and explore remediation using pentest tools.
Establish a suitable incident response method for forensic evidence extraction and decryption, interpret the encoded information along with malware analysis in order to formulate a hypothesis concerning the incident in question through an investigation of the generated forensic timeline.

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-04 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-07-22 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-07-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-07-22 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

OR

95

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5

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PTE Academic

71

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Msida, Malta

Disciplines

Cyber Security

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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95

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5

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71

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must be in possession of:

a Bachelor degree pegged at Level 6 on the Malta Qualifications Framework and obtained with at least Second Class (Honours) or Category II in ICT or an area with a strong ICT component, or in Engineering, or

a Bachelor degree pegged at Level 6 on the Malta Qualifications Framework classified with Third Class Honours or Category III in the areas outlined in paragraph (a) above

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

4466 EUR / year

≈ 4466 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

2500 EUR / year

≈ 2500 EUR / year

Additional Details

Local/EU/EEA Applicants:

Total Tuition Fees: Eur 7,500
Fee per semester: Eur 1,250

Non EU Applicants:

Total Tuition Fees: Eur 13,400
Yr 1: Eur 6,700 - Yr 2: Eur 6,700 - Yr 3: NIL

Living costs

Msida

Malta

690 - 1170 EUR / month

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Funding

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