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Help make our digital world safer

In the Bachelor Cybersecurity, you study specific problems in the field of security and learn how to arm your organisation against them. As a cybersecurity specialist you will be trained in the very latest technologies and techniques in the field of cybersecurity, cyber crime and cyber warfare. Cybersecurity specialists provide more security and privacy in the digital world.

This course program is actively supported by

This bachelor's programme is taught entirely in English.

Kickstart your career in cybersecurity now!

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  • Contact person international students: - Kurt Schoenmaekers (kurt.schoenmaekers [at] howest.be (kurt[dot]schoenmaekers[at]howest[dot]be))
  • Program coordinator: - Johan Galle (johan.galle [at] howest.be (johan[dot]galle[at]howest[dot]be))
  • International admissions: - Olga De Baere (admissions [at] howest.be (admissions[at]howest[dot]be))
Howest - Cyber Security Professional

Where will you end up later?

With your bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity under your belt, you are immediately employable. You have a specific expertise that responds to real needs.

You are sought after by companies specializing in cybersecurity as well as those with IT departments or consulting firms.

You can also work in the specific security department of governments, the police, the military or (inter)national organizations from the profit and non-profit sectors.

Cybersecurity jobkansen
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How to apply as an incoming international student

All information on nominations, applications and tuitions can be found here.

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Uniek in Vlaandern

Howest biedt als enige in Vlaanderen een bachelor Cybersecurity aan.

Sterke link met organisaties en bedrijven

Reële opdrachten, gastlectoren met professionele ervaring, bedrijfsbezoeken, up-todate onderzoek, stage… Stuk voor stuk zorgen ze ervoor dat je weet wat leeft op het vlak van cybersecurity en welke expertise vereist is.

Aanval én verdediging

Je leert denken als een hacker en gebruikt hun technieken en tools om cybersecurity-oplossingen hands-on te implementeren. Tegelijk trainen we je in het aanvallen en verdedigen van systemen en netwerken.

Ruime technische expertise

Je technische vaardigheden zijn inzetbaar voor uiteenlopende cyberomgevingen, waaronder ook industriële systemen en cloudinfrastructuur.

Veelzijdig inzetbaar

Binnen het volledige gamma van ‘beheren, identificeren, beschermen, detecteren, reageren en herstellen’ draag je op tal van manieren bij aan de cyberbeveiliging van uiteenlopende bedrijven, instellingen en overheden.

Soft skills

Je wordt een expert op technisch vlak, maar we trainen ook je soft skills: problemen oplossen, ethisch handelen, risicomanagement, kritisch denken, planmatig uitvoeren, flexibiliteit en stressbestendigheid.

Internationale kansen

Je kan zowel stage lopen in het buitenland als een semester studeren aan een van onze internationale partnerscholen.

Sterk onderbouwd programma

De invulling van onze opleiding vertrekt van de bestaande raamwerken, rollen en internationaal aanvaarde standaarden rond cybersecurity en hoe deze ingebed kunnen worden. Die inhoud evolueert mee met de nieuwste ontwikkelingen op het gebied van cyberbeveiliging.

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Have you decided? We look forward to welcoming you to our Howest community! 
You can find all information about registering via the link below.

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FAQ

If you don't find what you're looking for or have a specific question about this program, please feel free to contact us. We are available every weekday from 9am to 5pm. Direct other questions to this contact person:

Kurt Schoenmaekers

Kurt Schoenmaekers

Contact person international Cybersecurity students

Olga De Baere

Olga De Baere

International Admissions Officer

In the case you buy a laptop through Howest, you can look here which laptop is recommended by your course. In the case you already own a laptop or wish to buy a new one yourself, it needs to qualify to the same specifications.

Would you like to study abroad for a semester? Or are you interested in an international internship? You can! You will discover all the opportunities to go abroad within Howest on this page. During your studies, we will work together to make your international adventure a reality!

Prior computer science knowledge is useful, but not a necessity. If you still want to prepare a bit, there is our introductory course on programming and web, but this content is also covered in the lessons.

For maths, we expect you to have had at least 4 hours of maths per week in secondary school. If this is not the case, the entry-level maths courses are recommended. In order to help you further, we also set up monitor sessions during the academic year.

We take the term applied in Applied Computer Science very literally. As a professional bachelor, you are meant to understand things to some extent but the absolute added value is in executing and doing! The many project work, the many working lectures and labs prove that you get to work yourself. We therefore believe that passion and motivation is the key to success. The euphoric feeling after all the hard work of a project is therefore not to be underestimated. The further you progress in the course, the more the importance of practical tasks comes to the fore. At the very end, there is then the icing on the cake with the internship.

Most students come from science disciplines in ASO or from computer science and accounting-informatics in TSO. Didn't have computer science? No problem. Do you want to prepare yourself a bit before classes start anyway? Then take one of the introductory courses in programming or web. There are also entry-level maths courses if you have had less than 4 hours of maths in secondary school.

We use state-of-the-art development techniques from day one. Our code AND projects are managed by market leaders in the field. We always follow the principles of Continuous Development & Integration. This helps us build a true DevOps culture, and embrace new technology such as GitHub Copilot and chatGPT, for example. In the early years, the focus is mainly on using these capabilities, but later we build on this to integrate everything and also set it up ourselves. We also differentiate ourselves by offering our specialisation domains. For instance, we are a market leader in cybersecurity and offer a full-fledged Artificial Intelligence (AI) graduate course. In the Software Engineering track, a lot of innovative development technologies are covered and the DevOps story can be fully explored. In addition, the unique Web3 track teaches you to set up software securely and distributed (democratically), as well as to provide the principles of digital ownership and identity in existing applications.