About
Master’s degree in Cyber Politics and Government within the school of Political Sciences, Government and International Affairs
Director of Program: Professor Eviatar Matania
Registration: Now open for 2025-2026
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Application Deadline: Ongoing rolling admissions
Program Length: 1 Year (1st, 2nd, Summer Semester)
Program's Language: English
Program Studying Days: Tuesdays and Fridays
Program Tracks: Regular and Thesis tracks are available
*No need for prior technological knowledge.
Overview
This unique program combines strategic thinking with technology to develop the core strategic planning in societies, governments and organizations, that desire to address the new challenges of the cyber era. It aims to those who wish to lead activities and organizations in a changing world and is pioneering in its desire to educate and train students and executives in this so critical fields for the future.
The program is generated by Tel Aviv University, in the heart of one of the global centers of cyber leadership – strategically and technologically. Specifically, TAU was the heart of Israel Cyber Initiative, it is currently the heart of the new "Smart Systems" national initiative, and it has leading researchers in these fields, as well as vivid and dominant research centers.
Objectives:
- To educate next generation of executives and policy makers to lead their organizations during the cyber era.
- To train next generations for an auto-didactic studying capacity in a changing cyber world.
- To develop strategic capacity to live through, to develop policies and to lead societies in the cyber era.
The current cohort can be divided into three main backgrounds:
Technological disciplines for those interested in the broader aspects of the cyber-digital revolution
Management & government, for those who require the tools to manage large systems in the new world
Students from various disciplines who wish to broaden their education, and anchor their own research in the dramatic changes taking place in politics, society and the economy.