Cybercrime Investigation & Cybersecurity

This program prepares students to meet contemporary challenges in the field of cybersecurity by providing training in critical and strategic areas of expertise with high practical applicability.

The program takes place at the MET's Department of Applied Social Sciences and prepares the student to face contemporary challenges in the area of cybersecurity and cybercrime. 

Upon completion of the program and after graduating from USPCEU, the student obtains a graduate certificate: "Cybercrime Investigaton and Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate" issued by Boston University. 

The City of Boston 

Boston, Massachusetts, has numerous universities among which Boston University stands out. It is a university city, quiet and welcoming, where students from many countries of the world come together. Also, today, the city is home to major engineering companies and other entities in the technology sector. 

Boston University

Boston University, the 4th largest private university in the United States, has 180 years of history and one of the most traditional and internationally recognized campuses in the United States. 

Boston University boasts 8 Nobel Prizes, 23 Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award, among others. It also boasts New York Times best-selling authors and hundreds of nationally renowned scholars in every discipline. It ranks among the world's top universities in employability. 

BU holds the following positions in major university rankings: 

• No. 42 best U.S. university. U.S.News-Best National University Rankings 2022. 
• 62nd best university in the world. Times Higher Education-The World University Rankings 2022. 
• 94th best university in the world. Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) 2020-2021. 
• 95th best university in the world / 37th best U.S. university. Shanghai Ranking-
• Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2021. 
• No. 112 best university in the world. QS World University Rankings 2022. 

The Faculty - Metropolitan College

Boston University Metropolitan College (MET) was founded in 1965. For half a century, its mission has been to expand the influence of Boston University, ensuring that the resources of a leading research university are accessible to the community and the world through the exchange of ideas and a spirit of innovation.

During the second semester of their 4th year of studies (Criminology Degree) or their 5th year (Law+Criminology), students in the program will take the following courses in Boston: 

• Cybercrime 
• Applied Digital Forensic Investigation 

And two subjects to choose from the following:

• Cyberterrorism and cyber Defense 
• White-collar crime 
• Enterprise cybersecurity management 
• Digital Forensics and Investigations 
• Mobile Forensics and Security 

Students in the program benefit from two distinct and complementary educational methods that, combined, provide them with a global vision and a capacity for adaptation that will be highly valued when entering the job market.

To participate in the program, it is an indispensable condition to be enrolled as a student at Universidad CEU San Pablo for the duration of the program in one of the following degrees:

• Bachelor's degree in Criminology and Security Sciences
• Dual Bachelor's degree in Law and Criminological and Security Sciences