Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

Privacy by Design is a fundamental requirement of the GDPR for all systems operating on personal information. This course provides an introduction to privacy and data protection legislation including the GDPR, privacy enhancing technologies, privacy management, designing for privacy, and privacy patterns in software design.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, you will:

  • have knowledge of basic legal privacy concepts and data protection regulations
  • have knowledge of security and privacy enhancing technologies
  • have knowledge of concepts of privacy by design and privacy impact assessment
  • have knowledge of principles of architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns
  • be able to map legal privacy principles to technical privacy concepts
  • be able to relate security and privacy goals to mechanisms and technologies
  • be able to apply privacy by design and perform privacy impact assessments
  • be able to apply appropriate architectural tactics for privacy and privacy patterns
  • critically identify ethical issues in data processing

Admission to the course

PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through Studentweb.

PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must apply for a position as a visiting student within a given deadline.

Max. 50 students (IN5540 and IN9540 together), ranked accordingly for those with the course in an approved study plan:

  1. PhD-students at IFI
  2. Master-students at Informatics: Programming and System Architecture or Informatics: Information Security
  3. Master-students at other master programmes at IFI
General knowledge about information security (e.g. IN2120) and system design (e.g. IN1030)

Overlapping courses

Teaching

2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group work per week

Examination

4 hours written digital exam. All compulsory assignments must be approved before you can take the exam.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: IN5540 – Privacy by Design

Examination support material

No examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Resit an examination

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester. Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.

More about examinations at UiO

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.

Last updated from FS (Felles studentsystem) Nov. 5, 2026 7:32:34 PM

Facts about this course

Level
PhD
Credits
10
Teaching
Autumn
Examination
Autumn
Teaching language
English

Contact

Department of Informatics