Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Cyber Security

Iowa State University and the Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach offer several options for those interested in advancing their cybersecurity education. The graduate degrees we offer are designed to cater to those with several levels of IT or computing experience. Created in 2000 as a multidisciplinary center, the Center for Cybersecurity Innovation & Outreach (CyIO) strives to become a nationally recognized authority in cybersecurity research, teaching and outreach. The Center represents several departments across campus—including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Political Science, Management Information Systems and Computer Science—to respond to the needs of students and the priorities of funding agencies. As the attention toward cybersecurity increase, CyIO is prepared to act on the available opportunities and enhance awareness of cybersecurity issues facing our home and the world. Impart and enhance knowledge about information infrastructure security; Expand and develop ability to engineer complex systems; Instill and nurture social awareness, and the ability to function in a team; Instill and nurture a sense of ethics; Develop an understanding of strategic and policy issues.

4 year Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). Academic Records/Transcripts. Minimum 3.0 GPA (Program may alter requirement).