Frequently Asked Questions

As with all of our Master's programs, applicants are required to have received a 4-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Please visit the Cybersecurity Master's page for detailed information on admission requirements.

The GRE/GMAT is not required for admission to the online Cybersecurity MS degree. Applicants are welcome to submit scores as a supplemental document if desired.

No. Credit for certification courses in CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCNA, SCSA, SCNA are not transferable to this program.

NYU Tandon School of Engineering is one of the select institutions recognized by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). Courses taken within the Cybersecurity Master's Degree online program qualify for designations in Cyber Operations and/or Cyber Defense. Students also may elect to specialize by taking specific courses in an area of concentration.

Pending approval from the department, you may be able to transfer into the Cybersecurity, M.S. program. See Request to Change Major form here for more details.

Unfortunately we do not allow substitutions from other programs. Pending approval from your academic advisor, you may qualify to take a more advanced course or elective in its place.

To apply to become a Cyber Fellow check “yes” to the interest question in the Cybersecurity Master's application. There is no separate application process for the Cyber Fellows program; instead, our Graduate Admissions team will assess your Master's application for acceptance into the Cybersecurity Master's and Cyber Fellows program at the same time.

No. Since the MS program is fully online, NYU Tandon Digital Learning cannot provide visa assistance or the necessary documentation for visas. If you require visa assistance, please consider applying for one of our on-campus programs. For any questions regarding our on campus programs, you can contact the Graduate Admissions Office at engineering.gradinfo@nyu.edu or 646-997-3182.

Students will need to take ten 3-credit courses to complete the program. These will include four required cybersecurity courses, three breadth electives, and three depth electives. A capstone project is also required to be completed in the last year of study. You can visit the Cybersecurity Master's webpage for further details on the curricula and sample syllabi for each class. 

To complete the Cybersecurity program, you will need to finish 30 credits (10 courses). If you attend as a full-time student and take at least 3 courses per semester, you will complete the program within 1.5-2 years. If you attend as a part-time student and take 1 or 2 courses per semester, you can complete the program in about 3 years. You also have the option to take courses in the summer, although course availability is limited. As stipulated in the university catalog, master's students have a total of 5 years to complete their degree requirements. Please visit NYU Tandon School of Engineering Bulletin for more details.Please visit NYU Tandon School of Engineering Bulletin for more details.

You will be able to select your electives of interest from an extensive list of breadth and depth electives to customize this program to your own interests. You can also take elective courses that may be outside of the computer science department with the approval of your academic advisor.

To be considered a full-time student, you must take 9 credits (3 courses) or more per semester. Part-time students are permitted to take 3-6 credits (1-2 courses) per semester.