Project background

Cyber threats are increasing, but there is a shortage of cybersecurity experts. The educational offering and learning objectives of higher education institutions were fragmented and did not sufficiently meet the needs of working life. The project was launched to strengthen cooperation between higher education institutions and to improve the quality and availability of cybersecurity education.

Project objectives

• For universities of applied sciences: to harmonize cybersecurity learning objectives and clarify the roles of higher education institutions as education providers.
• For teachers and advisors: to strengthen cybersecurity expertise and teaching capabilities.
• For students: to increase opportunities to study cybersecurity across different fields.
• For working life: to address the skills shortage and provide competent cybersecurity professionals.

Project activities

• Harmonized cybersecurity learning objectives in course descriptions.
• Defined minimum cybersecurity competence requirements for all students.
• Developed field-specific competence requirements for different study areas.
• Organized workshops for teachers to support curriculum development.
• Piloted multidisciplinary cybersecurity study modules.
• Built cooperation models for jointly providing educational offerings between higher education institutions.
• Created an implementation model for studies, along with guidance and communication materials.