Master of Science in Cybersecurity

Award Requirements

For 2025/26 intake and onwards, students are required to complete 31 credits for MSc in Cybersecurity, typically over 1 year (full-time) or 2 years (part-time). All subjects carry 3 credits, except for the Dissertation (9 credits) and Project (6 credits). Full-time students generally enroll in five subjects per semester, while part-time students take two to three subjects.

Awards	MScCYS
With Dissertation	4 Core + 3 Disciplinary-specific Electives + 1 Dissertation + 1 AIE Subject
With Project	4 Core + 3 Disciplinary-specific Electives + 1 elective + 1 Project + 1 AIE Subject
Without Dissertation/ Project	4 Core + 3 Disciplinary-specific Electives + 3 Electives + 1 AIE Subject
Credits requirements	31

List of Subjects

Below is the table summarising the core and elective subjects. All subjects are three-credit based, unless otherwise stated. Subjects such as Dissertation and Project have different assessment requirements and require supervision arrangement. More details can be obtained from the departmental intranet, i.e. http://intranet.comp.polyu.edu.hk.

Core Subjects (12 credits required)
1	Modern Cryptography
2	AI Security
3	Cybersecurity Risk Management
4	Privacy Technologies and Management
Disciplinary-specific Electives (9 credits required)
5	Cyber and Internet Security
6	IoT Security: Principles, Protocols, and Practice
7	Mobile and Wireless Security
8	Digital Forensics
9	Cybersecurity Testing and Intrusion Prevention
Elective Subjects (9 credits required)
10	Data Structures and Database Systems
11	AIBD Programming
12	Metaverse Fundamentals
13	Software Engineering and Development
14	Internet Infrastructure and Protocols
15	Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing
16	Distributed Ledger Technology, Cryptocurrency and E-Payment
17	Computer Vision and Image Processing
18	Advanced Artificial Intelligence
19	Applied Cryptography for Financial Applications
20	Decentralized Apps Fundamentals and Development
21	Blockchain and Smart Contract Security
22	Fintech Regulation and Compliance
23	Statistical Data Mining
24	Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Computing in Practice
25	Introduction to Quantum Computing
26	Spoken Language Processing
27	Pattern Recognition: Theory & Applications
28	Video Technology
29	Computational Intelligence and its Applications
30	Speech Processing and Recognition
31	Security in Data Communication
32	IoT - Tools and Applications
33	Sensor Networks
34	Mobile Edge Computing
35	Project (6 credits) ***
36	COMP5940 Dissertation (9 credits) ***
37	DSAI5901 Dissertation (9 credits) ***
38	EIE590 MSc Dissertation (9 credits)

AIE Subject (1 credit required)
39	Engineering Ethics & Academic Integrity (1 credit)

All subjects are offered at the discretion of subject offering departments, depending on students’ demand and resources available.

Please also visit http://www.polyu.edu.hk/study for other details of the programme and admission.

*** Please refer to the Subject Description Forms for details on the Pre-requisite/ Exclusion requirement(s).

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