School of Computer ScienceCollege of ScienceUniversity College Dublin

Research Postgraduate Course Application Form

Degree sought: M.Sc.

Surname ______First name ______Title (Mr, Ms, etc.) ______

E-mail ______URL ______
Telephone ______Fax ______
Date of birth ______Nationality ______

Address ______
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Primary Degree (B.Sc., B.A., etc.) ______Year completed or expected ______

University/College ______UCD student no (if applicable)______

Area (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.) ______
Details (honours or general, grade or grade point average, class rank, etc.) ______
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Additional degrees or qualifications (H.Dip., M.Sc., etc.) ______
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Academic awards or scholarships ______
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Other relevant background ______
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Employment details for the past five years ______
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Prospective UCD research supervisor(s) if known ______

Applicants should discuss their application with relevant member(s) of the academic staff prior to submitting this form and supporting documents. If you do not know any suitable UCD academics, please contact Ms. Cheryl Baker (see below) for advice and guidance.

Contact details of two professional referees:
Name ______Name ______
Telephone ______Telephone ______
E-mail ______E-mail ______
Address ______Address ______
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Signature ______Date ______

In addition to this form, your application should include the following:

  1. A 400–600 word personal statement describing any research background experience you may have, your areas of research interest, any issues, threats or challenges you see facing the financial services industry, how your research will be relevant to this, as well as your motivations for undertaking this two year period of study.
  2. Official college/university transcripts for all degrees and qualifications listed above. (Transcripts are not required for degrees received from University College Dublin.)
  3. Applicants whose primary language is not English must submit evidence of a TOEFL score of at least 550 (computer based: 213) or a IELTS score of 6.0; see or for details. At the discretion of the prospective supervisor, alternative evidence may be acceptable.

Send this application form, course transcripts, your personal statement, and TOEFL or IELTS report (if applicable) to:

Ms. Cheryl Baker

Head of Unit

Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation
School of Computer Science
University College Dublin
Dublin 4, Ireland
email:

Finally, your two referees should complete UCD CS Referee Forms and send them directly to the Ms. Cheryl Baker; forms are available from

Information about the School of Computer Science and University College Dublin are available at .

Note that this form pertains only to M.Sc. and Ph.D. research degrees; information about other postgraduate degrees is available from .

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