Students enrolled in the Master’s Degree Programme in Computer Engineering have the opportunity to obtain a second Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity Engineering in just one additional year, within the Twin Track programme.
Twin Track is a programme aimed at students enrolled in Master’s Degree Programmes, offering cross-disciplinary and multidisciplinary educational opportunities.
The programme allows students to earn two Master’s Degrees in two different Degree Programmes over a total of three academic years (2 years for the first Degree Programme + 1 year for the second selected one).
For more information about the Twin Track programme, please refer to:
https://www.polito.it/didattica/didattica-attitudinale/twin-track-programmes
Within the Master’s Degree Programme in Computer Engineering, the Twin Track programme provides the opportunity to obtain a second Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity Engineering.
The study path is structured as follows:
- 1st year: Computer Engineering
- 2nd year: Computer Engineering + Thesis
- 3rd year: Core courses of the Cybersecurity Engineering programme + Thesis
Below is the detailed list of courses:
First year (Computer Engineering)
| Semester | Course | CFU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Architetture dei sistemi di elaborazione or Computer architectures | 10 |
| 1 | Data Science and Database Technology or Data Science e Tecnologie per le Basi di Dati | 8 |
| 1 | Information systems security or Sicurezza dei sistemi informativi | 6 |
| 1 | Core course 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Ingegneria del software or Software engineering | 8 |
| 2 | Web Applications | 6 |
| 2 | Core course 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Programmazione di sistema or System and device programming | 10 |
Second year (Computer Engineering)
| Semester | Course | CFU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity laws and regulations | 6 |
| 1 | Free Choice Credit | 6 |
| 1 | Core course 3 | 6 |
| 1, 2 | Networks & Cloud Technologies and Security | 12 |
| 2 | Thesis | 30 |
Third year (Cybersecurity Engineering)
| Semester | Course | CFU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course of choice among cybersecurity courses | 6 |
| 1 o 2 | Technology and Innovation Management in Cybersecurity or Cybersecurity laws and regulations | 6 |
| 2 | Cryptography | 6 |
| 2 | Hardware & Wireless Security | 12 |
| 1, 2 | Thesis | 22 |