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Cybersecurity

 

Now accepting applications for Fall 2012.

Ranked #1 in 2010 and 2011 in the U.S. News and World Report's list of "national up-and-coming" universities, UMBC provides students with exceptional value at a public institution price.  Our Cybersecurity programs allow students to:

  • Learn from both research faculty and industry practitioners
  • Acquire the latest knowledge and skills, and receive the preparation needed to make meaningful contributions to the field
  • Develop a network of fellow students and faculty that will benefit them throughout their careers
  • Choose either a post graduate certificate or master's degree

UMBC is conveniently located off I-95 near BWI Airport, just 10 miles from Fort Meade, home of U.S. Cyber Command.


Whether students already have a degree in a technical discipline or are seeking to enter the cybersecurity field from another profession, UMBC's new cybersecurity graduate programs will help them pursue new opportunities in the cybersecurity marketplace.

UMBC is certified as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE) as well as a Center of Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R) sponsored by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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