Admission requirements
The degree program is free access.
The general curricular requirement for admission is the possession of a three-year degree in Computer Science (Class L-31), or in Information Technology (Class L-8).
Students with a 3-year Bachelor’s degree from another class obtained in Italy or equivalent qualifications obtained abroad can be admitted if they have acquired at least 54 ECTS (Italian equivalent CFU) credits in the following sectors:
- At least 36 credits in ING-INF/01 (Electronics), ING-INF/03 (Telecommunication), ING-INF/05 (Computing Systems) sectors or INF/01 (Computer Science sector)
- At least 18 credits in the mathematics or physics sectors.
A good knowledge of English is required (Level B2 or higher).
The slides – in italian – of a short presentation can be found here.
Open calls for admission of non-EU students
Each year we publish calls for application for non-EU students not resident in Italy:
- the call for applications is published here,
- specific information for enrolment of non-EU students is published here.
Course structure
The syllabus of the courses can be found here, while a more detailed description of the courses can be found here.
| Year of course | First semester | CFU | Second semester | CFU |
| 1 | at choice – group A | 12 | Applied cryptography | 9 |
| 1 | Organizational sciences and information and technology law | 12 | Language-based technology for security | 9 |
| 1 | Data and system security | 9 | Hardware and embedded security | 9 |
| Total | 27 | 33 | ||
| 2 | Secure software engineering | 9 | Dependability | 6 |
| 2 | Network security | 9 | Free choice 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Free choice 1 | 6 | Further activities | 1 |
| 2 | Artificial intelligence for security | 6 | Final MsC thesis defense | 17 |
| Total | 30 | 30 |
Group A exams:
- Electronics and communication technologies – ECT (12 CFU)
- Systems and languages for informatics – SLI (12 CFU)
Electronics and communication technologies (ECT) is split in two modules:
- Electronics systems (6 CFU);
- Communication technologies (6 CFU);
Systems and languages for informatics (SLI) is split in two modules:
- Systems for informatics (6 CFU);
- Languages for informatics (6 CFU);
Free choice exams:
The following free choice exams at the second year are already activated:
- Electromagnetic Security (6 CFU)
- Penetration and defence laboratory (6 CFU)
- Biometrics systems (6 CFU)
Additional information
Erasmus – Students taking part in the ERASMUS project and students who have applied for a transfer from another course of study, or abbreviation or career reunification, should contact the secretary of the master programme
Degree marks system – The final mark is determined by summing the average mark for all examinations, weighted with respect to the number of CFUs, an evaluation of the curriculum and the discussion of the thesis.