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New Bachelor’s: Cyber Security & Privacy Hacker attacks, Internet crime, cryptocurrency – the digital transformation brings a lot of benefits, but also dangers and challenges. For this reason, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW launched the Cyber Campus NRW project in 2020. Both H-BRS and Hochschule Niederrhein are participating (for more information, please see the chapter “research”). The project started in winter semester 2020/21 with the degree programme in Cyber Security integrated into the Bachelor of Computer Science. In winter semester 2021/22, the now independent Bachelor’s programme Cyber Security & Privacy will launch. The focus will be on web and application security, cloud security, malware analysis and IT forensics. The long-term goal is to train students to become highly specialised experts for business and public institutions.
“The interdisciplinarity is unique” The Bachelor’s programme Sustainable Social Policy is a mix of sociology, management sciences, political science, law and communication studies. This makes it extremely popular with students. Three aspects are emphasised again and again: the variety of disciplines, the high level of practical relevance and the diversity of the programme’s content. “The interdisciplinarity is unique and the implementation brilliant”, says Philipp Jochmann from class intake 2017 enthusiastically. The integrated practical semester and the strong connection to professional life are also well received by the students. Possible future employers range from NGOs and federal ministries to trade union associations. The versatile orientation makes the subject unique. As Mirjeta Rama sums up, “We students are offered a rich variety that is rarely found in a single degree programme”.
