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Second Phase of Cybersecurity Postgraduate Scholarship Program

Second Phase of Cybersecurity Postgraduate Scholarship Program

A program launched by the Authority, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, to support those wishing to obtain master's and doctoral degrees in priority cybersecurity specializations.

Program Objectives

Enhance scientific skills in key cybersecurity disciplines of national priority

Support the job market with qualified cybersecurity talent to enhance the Kingdom's cybersecurity posture

Address the national demand for cybersecurity professionals.

Degrees Offered

Master's

PhD

Target Group

University graduates seeking advanced studies in cybersecurity

Priority Specializations

Cryptography

Operational Technology Systems Security

Cybersecurity-related Public Policies

Cybersecurity in Emerging Technologies

Benefits of the Second Phase of the Program

1- Scholarships to prestigious international universities in the field of cybersecurity.

2- Support services to facilitate university admissions.

3- Provision of necessary resources to support research undertaken by scholarship recipients.

4- Research grants for scholarship recipients.

5- Enabling scholarship recipients to access a cybersecurity accelerator program.

Target Educational Institutions

KU Leuven	Johns Hopkins University
Georgia Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Washington - Seattle	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
University of Turku	Purdue University
National University of Singapore	University of Cambridge
University of Texas	University of California Berkeley
Stanford University	Yale University
University of Waterloo	EPFL
Carnegie Mellon University	Imperial College London
University of Oxford	The University of Toronto
Nanyang Technology University	Princeton University
University of California - Los Angels (UCLA)	Cornell University
Peking University	Harvard University
The University of Tokyo	Tsinghua University
University of California San Diego	Brown University

Application Requirements

1- Applicant must be a Saudi citizen.

2- The applicant must hold a previous degree (prior to the degree being sought) from an accredited institution within the Kingdom, or have an equivalent degree certified by the Ministry of Education if obtained from an abroad institution.

3- The previous academic qualification must be in cybersecurity or a related field.

4- The applicant must have a minimum GPA of Very Good for their most recent academic qualification.

5- All required information must be completed accurately and all relevant documents must be attached.

6- The applicant must achieve a minimum score of 80 on the TOEFL iBT or equivalent. (TOEFL iBT).

7- The applicant must be of good character.

8- Priority admission to the program -during the application period- will be granted to applicants who hold a final acceptance letter from a specified list of universities in the target specializations or their subfields.