International Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence European Alliance - ARQUS

Overview

This International Cybersecurity and Cyberintelligence course from European Alliance - ARQUS is a jointly offered programme based on a consortium agreement between the four participating universities:

• University of Granada (Coordinating University)
• University of Minho
• University of Padua

• Vilnius University

The IV semester will be mainly devoted to the thesis work, and writing. It can be spent by the students as an internship either in a company, or in a research institution.

The programme conclusion will be held at University of Minho with the thesis defence by all students which will be preceded by a practical exercise.

In addition to this, as an academic programme, our master seeks to be agnostic, prioritising training in open-source tools and platforms. The following table includes the platforms and tools used, highlighting those that are used more intensively.

The students will be organised in a cohort that will jointly move around the four universities in the master consortium. 

This way, they will stay:

• at the University of Padova for the first semester (face-to-face classes), and extra classes for a single course taught from University of Minho.

• at Vilnius university for the second semester (face-to-face classes);

• at University of Granada for the third semester.

• Finally, the fourth semester will be dedicated to master’s Thesis (with remote or local tutoring, as preferred by students), ending with the graduation week to be held face-to-face at the University of Minho.