Interdisciplinary Program in Information Security
Supported Degree Objectives
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Master of Science (MS)
Required Supporting Documents
- Transcripts
- Recommendation Letters
- Statement of Purpose
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- GRE scores are not required of PhD applicants who received an MS or MA degree from an accredited US institution within the last 5 years.
- Writing Sample
- Resume
English Proficiency Requirements
Master's Degree Program Requirements
- Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree:
- 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
Doctoral Degree Program Requirements
- Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate and graduate degree:
- 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0)
Application Deadlines
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Fall Spring Summer April 1* No Entry No Entry
*Rolling admission, but preferred by April 1
Program Contact Information
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Name Dr. Eugene Spafford Email advising@cerias.purdue.edu Web Program Website Address Purdue University CERIAS
(Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security)
Recitation Building, Room 217a
656 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2086
USA
Additional Information
- Current master’s students wishing to move to a doctoral degree program in this same graduate program will be required to submit a new application.
- The writing sample should be a paper, project or research report on which you are the only author, one you submitted for a course as an undergraduate or graduate student and on which you received a good grade. It should be 10 pages or less and demonstrate your ability to write and reference as a graduate student. We do not need to see the remarks of the instructor or grade, only an electronic copy of your work. Most students keep their e-files for works they have submitted, so it should just be a matter of choosing something from previous assignments. If it has been many years since you were at university, then submit a piece of written work you have recently done on your job, perhaps a proposal or project description.
