Topics covered

• Shortly about SECCLO & our admission process• Admission requirements• Application documents• Tips for SECCLO applicants

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About us• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree programme in

Security and Cloud Computing (120 ECTS credits)• 2 years, 2 countries, 2 universities, 2 MSc degrees

- Studies at two of the six European partner universities- A double degree programme leading up to two MSc degrees

Aalto UniversityHelsinki/EspooFinland

KTHStockholmSweden

NTNUTrondheimNorway

DTU CopenhagenDenmark

University of TartuTartuEstonia

EURECOMSophia Antipolis/NiceFrance

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Programme structure

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Careers and employability• Excellent career prospects as the demand for information security experts is

very high in all sectors of the society. • Graduates are well prepared for industrial R&D jobs, security engineering

and consulting, various expert roles, as well as doctoral studies at the consortium universities or abroad. - typical job titles of graduates include Software Engineer, Security Analyst, Development

Engineer, Software & Systems Reliability Engineer, IT Security Specialist, R&D Engineer, Wireless Engineer, Enterprise Data Architect, Security Architect, Data Scientist, Web Developer, Security Engineer, Mobile Developer,…

• The alumni of our predecessor, NordSecMob, are employed in all the biggest ICT companies including Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Google, Facebook, Skype and IBM, as well as in several prestigious universities in Europe, US and Australia. - 95% of over 200 graduates had a job within 6 months after graduation.

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Joint admission processOnly one application needed to apply to SECCLO• Joint evaluation and selection process• Applicants are first selected only to Aalto University (entry university)• NB! If you are interested in other Master’s programmes offered by the

consortium universities, you will need to apply to them separately

Selection of second-year specialization (exit university)• After the first semester of studies at Aalto• Selections based on motivation, suitability for specialization area & study

success• All SECCLO students are guaranteed a placement

Our admission requirements

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SECCLO admission process

Submitted application

General eligibility

check

SECCLO Admissions Office

EligibleNot eligible

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General eligibility checkApplicant fulfils these general eligibility requirements:1. Higher education institution is officially recognized2. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent studies (= must entitle the graduate to apply for a

Master’s degree at university in the awarding country)• Applicants with an incomplete degree can apply provided that they will graduate by the end of July

2020

3. All compulsory application documents submitted as instructed (online + paper)4. Fulfils English language requirements

Problem in one of these? Not eligible and application not processed further.

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English language requirementsOnly two exceptions:

1. Higher education degree in English at a university in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New

Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, an EU/EEA country or Switzerland.- At least one half of the degree if double/joint degree

2. Degree and exchange students from SECCLO consortium universities

All other applicants => a valid English language test result is required by our application deadline (10 January 2020) or soon after. No exceptions for any reason!

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Accepted language tests and their minimum scores

Minimum totalscore

Minimum writingscore

IELTS (Academic) 6.5 5.5

TOEFL IBT 92 22

TOEFL PDT Reading 22, Listening22

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Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic)

62 54

C1 Advanced A, B or C -

C2 Proficiency A, B, C or C1 -

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SECCLO admission process

Submitted application

General eligibility

checkAcademic evaluation

SECCLO Admissions Office

Academic staff from all six consortium

universities

EligibleNot eligible

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Student selection criteria 1/2• Contents of the previous degree• Study success• Recognition and quality of applicant’s home university• Motivation and commitment to studies in the programme• Other relevant achievements (work experience, publications, etc.)• Recommendation letters• English language proficiency

During the evaluation of applications, contents of the previous degree(s) and study success are evaluated first. Only applicants, who pass this preliminary evaluation will be evaluated against the full set of criteria.

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Student selection criteria 2/2• Contents of the previous degree

• Required background: mathematics, programming, algorithms and data structures, databases, theory of computing, computer networks, software engineering

• Knowledge of the following areas is considered an advantage: additional knowledge of mathematical methods, mobile applications, web software and online services, etc.

Evaluated from the transcript(s) submitted & course descriptions (online application form) Professional certificates/online courses do not, in general, compensate for university studies Students w/ a Master’s degree in CS will be evaluated case-by-case

• Study success• Graces achieved and pace of studies • Very good previous study success is expected Evaluated from the grade point average (GPA) achieved and results in key courses

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Evaluation outcome

Submitted application

General eligibility

checkAcademic evaluation

Selection and

scholarship decisions

SECCLO Admissions Office

Academic staff from all six consortium

universities

EligibleNot eligible SelectedNot selected

With scholarship

Without scholarship

Application documents

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Application documents requestedHow

1. Bachelor’s degree certificate (+ translation) Uploaded to the application portal AND mailed (officially attested copy)

2. Bachelor transcript (+ translation) Uploaded to the application portal AND mailed (officially attested copy)

3. Motivation letter Part of the online application form

4. CV Uploaded to the application portal

5. Passport/ID Uploaded to the application portal

6. English proficiency Uploaded to the application portal AND test result submitted for verification (e.g. TOEFL via ETS)

7. Two (academic) recommendation letters Uploaded to the application portal and/or using referee request function in the application portal

8. Course descriptions Part of the online application form

9. Other supporting documents (extra transcripts, work certificates, publications, GMAT/GRE etc.)

Uploaded to the application portal

10. Proof of place of residence Uploaded to the application portal

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Officially attested?• Attested/verified true copy (university or notary public) of the original

document• Documents mailed to us must be officially attested copies

• OK to upload regular copies/scan originals to the application portal

NB! Country-specific document requirements for certain countries.

Regular copy of the original document

Color copy of the original document

Officially attested = copy of the original document

bearing original stamps and signatures of the university/notary public

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Application documents: PPRRequirements for an acceptable proof of place of residence (PPR) Your address Date (issued within 12 months = after 10 January 2019) in English

Different types of documents accepted IF they fulfil above requirements, e.g.• passport• certificate of residence/domicile by some official entity in your home country (e.g.

registry/citizen’s office, government/province/municipality/district official, population register, police or similar)

• certificate from university/work place (SECCLO template can be used)

NB! Bills or bank statements are not accepted

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Deadlines for application docs

10 January 2020 at 3 pm (GMT +2:00) Online application portal closes. Deadline for all document uploads

10 January 2020 at 3 pm (GMT +2:00)or soon after (= individual complementation deadline)

Deadline for officially attested paper copies to reach SECCLO Admissions Office by mail

17 January 2020 Final deadline for the referees to submit their recommendation letters

NB! You do not need to wait until your online application is checked to mail your paper documents. NB! Received paper documents are only checked together with the online application.

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Individual complementation deadline (e.g. for lg test/docs)When SECCLO Admissions Office checks your submitted online application, you will be always given at least two weeks to complement it if anything is missing or not acceptable.

SECCLO application period 25 Nov – 10 Jan25 Nov 10 Jan

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Tips for applicants 1/2• Get to know the programme you are applying to• Start preparing for the application period early enough• Make sure you fulfil our general eligibility requirements!• Motivation & relevant work experience are important but don’t

compensate for degree contents or previous study success• Don’t concentrate too much on the proof of place of residence

document (not eligibility criteria)

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Tips for applicants 2/2• Submit as good an application as you can following our

instructions and deadlines• Use time• Proofread and double-check• Beware of deadlines• Brief the referees

• Be prepared to join SECCLO as a self-funded student• Search for alternative sources of funding: national, institutional

or international scholarships or loans

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Selection schedule

25 November 2019 at 9 am (GMT +2:00) Application period begins, online application form opens (link on How to apply page)

10 January 2020 at 3 pm (GMT +2:00) Application deadline, online application form closes. Deadline for application documents and lg test results for some applicants.

January 2020 Individual complementation deadlines

February 2020 Academic evaluation

March 2020 Selection results and scholarship decisions are published

September 2020 Orientation Week at Aalto University

There may be a 2nd application round for self-funded students in spring 2020

Further questions?

Visit our website at https://secclo.eu/ and especially pages under Admission. Read also our FAQ.

Contact us at secclo@aalto.fi