Start of studies for Information Security
Welcome to the study programme Informatics: Information Security at the Department of Informatics. We are looking forward to welcome you on Tuesday 17 August 2027. There is a joint program for all Master's students at the department 17–19 August.
Selecting courses
The study program does not have any mandatory courses. You can select elective courses according to your interests. To ease the choice of courses we have compiled typical combinations into specializations. You can find the four specializations and the according courses here. Very important: these course combinations are just recommendations; you can also choose your own individual curriculum. However, a minimum of 30 credit point worth courses must be selected from the "core courses" list of the information security program. You can select further courses from the list of all informatics courses.
The most urgent issue is selecting courses for the autumn semester.
Security courses offered this semester
- IN3210/IN4210 – Network and Communications Security
- IN5290 – Ethical Hacking
- IN5540 – Privacy by Design
- IN5130 – Unassailable IT-systems
- IN5140 – Smart processes and agile methods in software engineering
- TEK4500 – Introduction to Cryptography
- TEK5510 – Security in Operating Systems and Software
- TEK5520 – Cyber Security of Industrial Systems
Research Groups
During your master thesis you will work in close cooperation with a research group from which you will receive supervision for your thesis. This master program is a collaboration between the Department of Informatics and the Institute of Technology Systems. You can get supervision from these research groups:
Social activities
There will also be social events throughout the orientation week, so you can get to know your fellow students and research groups better.
Contact Information
- Student administration:
studieinfo@ifi.uio.no
22 85 24 10 Head of the program:
How to get here
Department of Informatics at the Ole-Johan Dahl's building