Presentation
Master’s degree in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Why should you study the double Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Cybersecurity
- This Master’s degree qualifies students to work as Telecommunication Engineers.
- The programme provides at the same time the degrees:
- Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering: students acquire knowledge and competences in areas such as optical networks and sensor networks design, radiocommunications, artificial vision, telematics, electronics, signal processing or machine learning.
- Master's degree in Cybersecurity: students get trained in the software development, infrastructures, security auditing, governing and regulation meeting areas.
- Specialisation in two of the most demanded and fastest growing professional profiles:
- The European Commission suggests ITC specialists collective represent 10% of all the employment in 2030.
- Telecommunications are one of the most dynamic sectors of economy and the ICT sector is 3.23% of the national GDP. (General Telecommunications Law 11/2022, of 28 June).
- One of the goals of the Agenda España Digital 2025 by 2025 is to create 20,000 new specialists in areas such as cybersecurity.
- The National Cybersecurity Institute believes the talent gap in cybersecurity to be over 26,000 professionals.
- Teaching staff with proven teaching and researching excellence.
Master’s degree granted the EUR-ACE® European Quality certificate for engineering degrees.
You can do this master's with:
Specialization
Training in competencies
Languages
Which degrees may grant me access to the double Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Cybersecurity?
- Graduate in Telecommunication Technologies Engineering.
- Other degrees which meet some of the access requirements established on sections 4.2.1. And 4.2.2. Of Order CIN/355/2009.
Which job positions can I access once I finish the double Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Cybersecurity?
- Research, development and innovation projects management and direction, focused on implementing and exploiting radiocommunication facilities and services, optical and satellite networks, new generation networks, industry 4.0 or multimedia services.
- Multidisciplinary team's management in different organisations: department direction, team direction, ICT projects direction, product direction, services marketing direction.
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in various areas such as industry, tourism, electronic trade, health (hospitals, pharmaceutical companies...), etc.
- Positions related to cybersecurity in any organisation (governing, risk management, technology audit and applications development) and in SOCs (Security Operation Centres).
- Consultancy and auditing services.
- Access to a researching career.
Learning outcomes
- Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering
- Master's degree in Cybersecurity
Access and admission
Access requirements
General requirements established by UPNA to access Master's studies apply.
In the case that there are more people meeting the admission criteria than places offered, the selection process will follow the guiding principle of merit evaluation, which will be implemented following these criteria:
- Average grade of academic record
Specific criteria for the double Master's degree
The academic record of the Bachelor’s degree used to access it will establish the admission and registration order. In any case, the minimum grade to be admitted must be equal or higher than the admission grade to each of the Master’s degrees included in this double Master’s degree.