| Code | 5600 |
|---|---|
| Academic Year | 2026-2027 |
| Subject area | Sciences and technology |
| Campus | Bologna |
| Level | First |
| Director | Marco Prandini |
| Duration | Annual |
| Teaching methods | Conventional |
| Language | English |
| Cost | 5.500,00 € |
| Instalments | • € 2,800.00 to be paid by 2 Nov 2026; • € 2,700.00 to be paid by 31 march 2027 |
| Application deadline |
Sep 28, 2026 |
| Enrolment start and end | from 19/10/2026 to 2/11/2026 |
- Main Department
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering - DISI
- Professional Profile
- Pursuant to Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004 of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, for the academic year 2026-2027, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, with Bologna as the administrative seat, will run a first level professional master programme in “Cybersecurity: from design to operations”.
The professional master programme is activated at the proposal of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and in cooperation with Fondazione Alma Mater.
The professional master programme aims to train an expert in the IT security issues of hardware software infrastructures, responsible, in a corporate context, for the management of critical systems and the processing of information, with skills in the analysis of existing critical issues and in the design of solutions in which security aspects are integrated into the implementation process at every stage. - Note
- -Professional staff and CEL staff of the University of Bologna : No. 2 reserved places, also in addition to the maximum number .For details on how to apply, please refer to the single call for applications, art. 9.
- Students with a civil disability certificate of 66% or higher or a certificate pursuant to Law 104/92 : no. 2 of places envisaged even if they exceed the maximum number. for detailed information on the application and matriculation procedure, please refer to the single call for applications, art. 9.
- Alumni Association members:There are 2 reserved places, even in addition to the maximum number. For details on how to apply, please refer to the single call for applications, art. 9
- Auditors: There are auditors in a proportion of no more than 20 % of those enrolled, in accordance with art. 10 of the call for applications.
Interested persons must indicate their willingness directly to the professional master programme Administration Office by the enrolment deadline. Acceptance of the request will be communicated by 6 November 2026. - Number of participants
- Min: 12 Max: 18
- Credits
- 60
- International Professional Master's programme
- Yes
- Admission qualifications
- L 8 Information Engineering and L 31 Information Technology and Science, or a Bachelor’s degree in an equivalent discipline, where relevant in accordance with previously applicable regulations (Ministerial Decree 509/99 and old university regulations).
Two year Master’s degree and combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree (single cycle) in accordance with Ministerial Decree 270/04 in the following classes: LM 18 Information Technology, LM 25 Automation Engineering, LM 26 Security Engineering, LM 27 Telecommunications Engineering, LM 28 Electrical Engineering, LM 29 Electronic Engineering, LM 32 Information Technology Engineering and LM 66 Information Security, or a Master’s degree or combined Bachelor’s and Master’s degree (single cycle) in an equivalent discipline, where relevant in accordance with previously applicable regulations (Ministerial Decree 509/99 and old university regulations).
Degrees in different classes could be accepted pending evaluation of the personal skills of the candidate. - Other requirements
- Basic knowledge in operating systems, computer networks, and programming languages C and Java is requested, which is implicitly assumed where candidates have passed the corresponding exams. In the absence of this, the candidate’s skills will be assessed during the interview.
- Selection criteria
- Selection based on qualifications and interview
Maximum score 100 points, of which 40 points assigned accordint to the evaluation of qualifications and the remaining 60 points assigned based on the evaluation of the motivational interview.
Miinimum score 65 - Selection date
- Oct 07, 2026
- Place of teaching
- Bologna.
Friday 13 November 2026
The course takes 28 weekends spanning 8 months, with Winter/Spring/National holidays breaks and some spare days; each week, 12 hours of lectures are planned: on Friday, 2pm to 6pm, and Saturday, 9am to 1pm + 2pm to 6pm.
https://master.unibo.it/cybersecurity/en/ - Study plan
- Fundamentals of Security and Cryptography – SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Rebecca Montanari – 3 ECTS credits
- Network security and administration – SSD: ING-INF/03 – Professor in charge: Walter Cerroni – 5 ECTS credits
- Computer security and administration - SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Marco Prandini – 5 ECTS credits
- Security engineering I - Secure Coding - SSD: INF/01 – Professor in charge: Valentina Ricci – 2 ECTS credits
- Security engineering II - Web app security and testing - SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Giuseppe Porcu – 3 ECTS credits
- Security engineering III - Mobile security and testing - SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Alfonso Solimeo – 3 ECTS credits
- Security engineering IV - Industrial Control Systems - SSD: INF/01 – Professor in charge: Andrea Melis – 2 ECTS credits
- Security monitoring I - Malware analysis and detection - SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Manuel Luzietti – 4 ECTS credits
- Security monitoring II - information correlation - SSD: INF/01 – Professor in charge: Eugenio Severi – 3 ECTS credits
- Incident response - SSD: ING-INF/05 – Professor in charge: Luca Losio – 2 ECTS credits
- Cyber Forensics - SSD: INF/01 – Professor in charge: Alessandro Amoroso – 4 ECTS credits
- Compulsory attendance
- 80%
- Internship
- The internship or project work takes up 500 hours and awards 20 CFU. In cooperation with the Master’s Director and partner companies, the students will identify a practical project in which to apply the notions learned in class (for example: analysis of the company security posture, mitigation from attacks, software development with security by design methodologies, etc.), to be reported in writing and presented at the final exam.
For information, please contact the professional master programme Administration Office (e-mail i.merli@fondazionealmamater.it)