Coding and Cryptography (4+1)

1. General information
The goal of the coding and cryptography master studies is to provide top quality European education and training for ICT engineers. The studies offer deeper and specialized knowledge about cryptography and coding theory. Upon completion of this master study programme, the ICT engineers will be able to meet the industry needs.
 
  • Offered by: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering – FCSE
  • Study programme: Coding and Cryptography master studies
  • Scientific-research field: Natural Science and Mathematics
  • Category: Computer Science
  • Sub-category: Computer security, Cryptography and Coding Theory
  • The master studies cycle consists of 60 ECTS.
  • Study duration: 2 semesters
  • One academic year is divided into two semesters with 30 weeks each (1 semester = 15 weeks)
  • The first semester is comprised of courses only, while in the second semester there are fewer courses and the rest of the time is devoted to the final project, i.e. master thesis.
  • Enrollment requisites: fully completed undergraduate study cycle with a minimum of 240 ECTS with a degree in the fields of computer science and/or computer engineering. In the case of having an appropriate degree with less than 240 ECTS, the student has to enroll the introductory courses first.
  • Introductory courses: only for students that have obtained less than 240 ECTS. A number of differential introductory courses are offered in order to level up the required competences. Upon successful completion of the introductory courses, the student has the right to continue with the formal master study programme courses in the second year of studies.
  • First semester: 3 compulsory courses + 2 elective courses (one of the elective courses can be chosen from the courses list offered by the University)
  • Second semester: 1 compulsory course + 1 elective course (can be chosen from the courses list offered by the University only in the event that this opportunity has not been used in the previous semester) + final master thesis project that equals 18 ECTS.
  • 1 ECTS = 30 hours of work load.
  • Contact hours per week is 4. 
Degree: Master of computer science and engineering in the field of coding and cryptography. 
 
2. Studies
 
Table 1: List of courses for master studies
 
   Professor

Course

Semester

 ECTS

 1   prof. Smile Markovski, assist. prof. Vesna Dimitrova

 Advanced Cryptography

IX

6
 2  assist. prof. Vesna Dimitrova, assist. prof. Boro Jakimovski
 Information security IX
6
 3  prof. Verica Bakeva, prof. Smile Markovski

 Coding Theory

IX

6

 4  

 Elective course

IX

6

 5  

 Elective course

IX

6

 6  assist. prof. Boro Jakimovski, elect. assoc. prof. Danilo Gligoroski
 Computer security
X 6
 7    Elective course
X 6
 
2.1 Elective courses
 
 The student can choose a course from the list of available elective courses from all master study programmes. The list of available elective courses can be found on this link.