Research cutting-edge attacks and defenses in cybersecurity
Do you want to make global news headlines with groundbreaking cybersecurity research or impact the security of billions of computers worldwide? Your first stop is our top Master’s programme Computer Security, powered by world-class researchers (VUSec and other CompSys groups), and rated by students in Keuzegids Masters 2026 as the best computer science programme in the Netherlands.
The programme addresses the most ambitious technical challenges in cybersecurity, with a focus on computer systems and networks security and topics such as hacking, side channels, hardening, verification, malware, vulnerability analysis, and reverse engineering.
The emphasis on low-level systems security is unique: other programmes tend to favor breadth over depth or focus on more theoretical cybersecurity aspects.
Computer Security
- Unique: emphasis on low-level systems security, one-of-a-kind Master's programme in the Netherlands one of the few of its kind in the world,
- High demand: both the industry and Computer Science research departments are chasing well-qualified graduates in this field
- Personal attention: work together with the best researchers in the field
