Founded on the idea of empowering people to succeed in a digital world, the International University of Applied Sciences first came into existence in 1998. And since receiving accreditation from the German Council of Science and Humanities, IU’s grown into Germany’s biggest university. The university's mission is to create inclusive, global and wholly accessible education.

IUAS is one of Germany's leading private Universities of Applied Sciences. IU International University of Applied Sciences place a strong emphasis on quality. That is why all of the institution's study programs are state-approved, bears the seal of German Accreditation Council and are globally recognised.

In this practice-oriented Bachelor in Cyber Security study programme, available fully online, you will be trained as a threat hunter with leadership potential. You will acquire the latest knowledge in the field of cyber security and deal with the architecture, programming and maintenance of security systems.

In addition to incident response and digital forensics, you will learn about aspects of penetration testing and reverse engineering in order to understand the perspective of cyber criminals and protect against them.

Accreditation: 
IU is accredited and certified with a seal of approval from the German Accreditation Council. All IU study programmes, materials, and services meet high internal and external quality standards, which are regularly reviewed and updated.

Scholarship:
• Scholarship Programme 
• Deutschlandstipendium (German scholarship)

Online Studies

First Semester:
Operating Systems, Computer Networks, and Distributed Systems
Introduction to Data Protection and Cyber Security
Mathematics: Analysis
Introduction to Academic Work
Introduction to Programming with Python
Statistics: Probability and Descriptive Statistics

Second Semester:
Object-oriented Programming with Java
Mathematics: Linear Algebra
Collaborative Work
Introduction to Network Forensics
Requirements Engineering
System Pentesting Basics

Third Semester:
Intercultural and Ethical Decision-Making
Introduction to the Internet of Things
Algorithms, Data Structures, and Programming Languages
Theoretical Computer Science and Mathematical Logic
IT Project Management
DevSecOps and Common Software Weaknesses

Fourth Semester:
IT Service Management
Cryptography
IT Law
Host and Software Forensics
Artificial Intelligence
Information Security Standards

Fifth Semester:
Seminar: Current Topics in Computer Science
Advanced Data Analysis
Project: Data Analysis
Cloud Computing
Elective A

Sixth Semester:
Elective B
Elective C
Bachelor Thesis & Colloquium