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Cyber Security (MSc)

Non-examination courses

As a non-examination student you can join our introductory courses without taking part in the course assignments and without taking the exam.

At the end you receive a participation certificate, which does not contain any study results (as no exam was taken).

The admission requirements for non-examination teaching are similar to the legal admission requirements for the regular programme. This means that you should have:

  • A completed bachelor’s or master’s degree from a university (of applied sciences) in a relevant discipline
  • Adequate proficiency in the English language (as the programme is taught in English).
  • Several years of relevant professional experience

Registration for the course Introduction to Cyberspace ends on 10 January 2025.

Registration for the course Introduction to Cyber Security ends on 7 March 2025. 

Registration for the course Cyber Risk ends on 25 April 2025.

Due to the administrative handling of the registrations we are compelled to comply with these deadlines.

Registration takes place using this registration form.
Important! Your registration is only valid once we have received your CV and a copy of your bachelor’s or master’s degree via mcs@fgga.leidenuniv.nl.

Your registration is only final after receipt of your payment. After having submitted your registration form you will receive an automatically generated e-mail with the payment link.

Once you have been registered, we will send you your:

  • letter of confirmation
  • unique student number
  • ULCN account log-in details to get access to all of our information systems
  • registration card

We will take care of your uSis registration for the lectures and examinations/written assignments, you don’t have to do this yourself.

The fees for non-examination teaching amount to €3.750,- per course.
Any study materials you need to purchase are not included in the fee.
The above costs are exempted from VAT.

Upon sending the registration form you will receive an automatically generated e-mail with a link to Paylogic, Leiden University’s payment system. If payment through Paylogic is not possible, please send an email to mcs@fgga.leidenuniv.nl.

The payment should be received by us no later than 30 days before the start of the course. If this deadline is not met, we cannot guarantee timely registration. Payments by instalments or a one-off direct debit are not possible.

Cancellation is possible until two weeks before the start of the course.  

In the event of cancellation after the deadline, the following administration costs are charged:

  • Before the start of the course: 10% of the course fee
  • Cancellation in the first week of the course: 40% of the course fee
  • Cancellation in the second week of the course or later: no refund

All our courses require you to do some (background) reading. This usually includes readers and/or materials uploaded to the online learning environment Brightspace. In general no books will need to be purchased.

After completing the course(s) you receive a certificate. The lecturer will present you with the certificate in the final lecture, or it will be sent to your home address after the course. The certificate is only awarded if your attendance was sufficient. This is determined by the lecturer(s) by means of an attendance list. The certificate contains no study results or assessment, since non-examination students do not take any exams.