M.Sc. Cybersecurity

The teaching language of the Master’s degree programme is English. Proof of advanced proficiency in English (level C1 of the Common European Framework) must be provided. It is not sufficient to state that your courses at a previous university were completed in English.

Native speakers (from Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA) or applicants, who have studied in a country, where English is the mother tongue are excluded from this rule. In these cases, please enter native speaker or studied in [country] in the form.

For German applicants, a basic English course up to the general qualification for university entrance (Abitur) is sufficient. In that case, please enter Abitur in the form.

Knowledge of German must not be provided.

Minimal language skills:

_ TOEFL (internet based): min. 95 out of 120

_ TOEFL (computer based): min. 240 out of 300

_ TOEFL (paper based): min. 540 out of 677

_ IELTS (academic test): min. 7.0 out of 9

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You must answer all the following questions. A maximum of 500 characters per answer is allowed.

Why do you want to obtain an MSc degree? What are the career perspectives you aim to achieve?

From the study programs you selected, would you favor one of those study programs? If so, why?

Why Saarbrücken? Do you have specific interests in research done at the site?

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A complete application must have two letters of recommendation. These will be uploaded by the referees. It is your responsibility to ensure that your referees have the information they need to provide a reference and submit it by the deadline.

You enter the following information for each of your recommenders: name, address, phone number, institution or employer, title, email address (referee’s institutional or professional email address). It is extremely important to enter valid email addresses of your referee! An email will be sent to your recommenders with information on how to proceed.

Alternatively, your referees may send us the references in sealed envelopes; under no circumstances may these confidential reports be sent to us by the applicant. If a referee has not received their notification email, please ask them to check their junk/spam folders. References should be written on institutional or professional letter-headed paper

Do I need a GRE General Test or Indian GATE test?

Starting with applications for the summer semester 2026 or later, if you have no degree certificate from one of the countries in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), Switzerland or the UK, you need to upload a test result from the GRE General Test or the Indian GATE test. Please attach the test result at the end of your degree certificate PDF.

The GRE test result of one of the subject tests or a prep test does not satisfy this requirement.

Degrees from Russia or Belarus are being treated as from within the EHEA and thus applicants do not need to submit a GRE General Test result.

Other applicants may optionally attach the test result from any GRE at the end of their degree certificate PDF.