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Scholarships in Cybersecurity and Robotics (SPECTRO project) is a grant from the European Union's Digital Europe Programme that funds two double-degree master's programs (ISCED Level 7, 120 ECTS) and self-standing learning modules in cybersecurity and robotics.
The SPECTRO project (Grant Agreement No. 101123118) brings together 12 higher education institutions from 7 countries, 2 innovative SMEs, 1 research centre, and the pan-European organization 28DIGITAL. Each master's program includes a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Eligible recipients are students seeking specialized advanced education in cybersecurity or robotics at participating EPICUR-affiliated European higher education institutions. The program is designed to train highly specialized digital technology professionals to strengthen Europe's digital future.
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SPecialised Education programmes in CybersecuriTy and RObotics This project has received funding from the European Union‘s Digital Europe Programme under grant agreement no. 101123118.
SPecialised Education programmes in CybersecuriTy and Robotics (SPECTRO) will focus on the design and delivery of two double-degree master’s programmes (ISCED Level 7, 120 ECTS) and self-standing learning modules in two key digital technology areas for the future of Europe: The two specialised master’s programmes, which will also include a minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will be designed and delivered by a consortium consisting of 12 higher education institutions from 7 different countries, 2 innovative SMEs, 1 leading research centre in Information Systems and 28DIGITAL, a pan-European organisation with in-depth knowledge and experience in the digital skills domain.
Find out more about our Master School SPECTRO programmes: SPECTRO Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Robots Self-standing online modules: Cybersecurity and Robotics The SPECTRO online modules in Robotics and Cybersecurity are a flexible, self-paced learning experience designed by leading experts in the field.
Whether you're looking to deepen your technical knowledge or explore new domains, these innovative online courses offer practical, up-to-date content tailored to your learning needs. Each module can be taken independently, with a certificate of completion awarded upon successful assessment.
For learners seeking a more comprehensive achievement, completing a curated set of modules leads to a Basics or Advanced certification in Robotics or Cybersecurity. The courses are hosted on the SPECTRO online learning platform powered by Icarus. More online topics and online courses are also available on the 28DIGITAL Icarus Education online learning platform .
CYBERSECURITY, ROBOTICS, INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES (SPECTRO) Course name Topic Basic Concepts of Cryptography CyberSecurity Cyber Security for the Business User CyberSecurity Ethical Hacking Course on Web Application Security CyberSecurity Foundations of Cyber Security CyberSecurity Information Hiding with Steganography CyberSecurity Introduction to Malware CyberSecurity Mathematical foundation of cryptocurrency CyberSecurity Offensive Security: Applications and Systems CyberSecurity Privacy Enhancing Technologies CyberSecurity Quantum Communication and Post Quantum Cryptography CyberSecurity Introduction to Network Security CyberSecurity Introduction to Access Control 1 CyberSecurity Introduction to Access Control 2 CyberSecurity Artificial Intelligence for Intelligent Robots Robotics Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems Robotics Distributed Autonomous Systems Robotics Introduction to Industrial Robotics Robotics Introduction to Mobile Robotics in Industry Robotics Introduction to Software Engineering Methods Robotics Miniaturised Robots and Micromanipulation Robotics Principles of Artificial Intelligence Robotics Robotics for Agriculture Robotics Robotics in Healthcare Robotics Introduction to Computer Vision Robotics Diagnosis and Control Robotics Real World Navigation with Mobile Robots Robotics Mobile Systems for Industrial Applications Robotics Robotics for Manufacturing: Automating Production Processes Robotics Artificial Intelligence for Intelligent Robots Robotics Autonomous Multi-Agent Systems Robotics Academic Ethics and Integrity in Computer Science Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business Development 1 – What is a business?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Business Development 2 – How to develop a business? Innovation & Entrepreneurship Innovation Management & Digital Economy Principles Innovation & Entrepreneurship Introduction to Agile Project Management Innovation & Entrepreneurship For its inaugural intake in the 2024/25 academic year (Cycle 1), SPECTRO opened applications in November 2023 and closed them in May 2024.
The application process was divided into three periods: - Period 1: November 1, 2023 – February 10, 2024 - Period 2: February 11, 2024 – April 14, 2024 - Period 3: April 15, 2024 – May 22, 2024 Study offers are typically issued one month after the end of each application period. Scholarship awards are communicated to students at the time of their study offer.
For its second intake in the 2025/26 academic year (Cycle 2), SPECTRO opened applications in November 2024 and closed them in June 2025. The application process was divided into three periods: - Period 1: November 1, 2024 – February 10, 2025 - Period 2: February 11, 2025 – April 14, 2025 - Period 3: April 15, 2025 – June 2, 2025 Study offers are typically issued one month after the end of each application period.
Scholarship awards are communicated to students at the time of their study offer.
Cycle 2 Parallel application for entry year The timeline for the cohort 2025/26 Parallel application is: Application period: 6-20 Oct English and GR check: 21-29 Oct Programme committee evaluations: 30 Oct-12 Nov Letters of acceptance: 13 Nov Scholarships will be allocated on a rolling basis, until all financial support schemes are exhausted for the current recruitment cycle.
With this call SPECTRO will make available 3 full waiver scholarships to be distributed (the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR per year) - Period 1: October 31, 2025 – February 11, 2026 - Period 2: February 12, 2026 – April 15, 2026 - Period 3: April 16, 2026 – June 1, 2025 Study offers are typically issued one month after the end of each application period.
Scholarship awards are communicated to students at the time of their study offer. SPECTRO provides eligible students the financial support to take part to the education programmes and offers scholarship programmes to promote diversity in terms of gender, age, social and economic background.
SPECTRO’s scholarships allow the greatest number to have access to high-quality education in digital areas and increase diversity among students and future digital experts. The students awarded a scholarship will be financially supported during their two years of studies in one of the double-degree in Masters’ programmes offered by SPECTRO.
Types of scholarships available Three types of scholarships are available: scholarship of excellence, including a full tuition fee waivers and a monthly allowance, full tuition fee waivers, half tuition fee waivers. The monthly allowance will be weighted based on the country correction coefficient (CCCs) of the country where a student is studying.
Thus, the monthly allowance provided to a student it can vary between the first and second year of studies. To apply to a SPECTRO scholarship, candidates must enrol into one of SPECTRO two master’s programmes via the 28DIGITAL Master School Application portal.
SPECTRO scholarships are available to nationals or residents of one of the eligible countries: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) Listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature Only students enrolled and accepted in one of SPECTRO Masters’ programme are eligible to financial support.
When receiving their letter of acceptance and study offer, students will be notified of their scholarship allocation. The scholarships will award applicants based on merit. To quantify merit, a merit score (on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being the maximum) will be given to each applicant accepted to one of the master’s programmes.
Three elements will be considered in assigning a merit score: previous academic and professional experience of an applicant, letter of motivation, which also includes the motivation for an applicant to receive financial support.
The initial merit score value will be an average of the two merit scores assigned by the two Local Programme Coordinators accepting an applicant (the Local Coordinator at the Entry University and the Local Coordinator at the Exit University).
The merit scores assigned by Local Programme Coordinators will be reviewed by Programme Leaders to ensure uniformity between the scores given by Local Programme Coordinators from different universities and different countries.
A final meeting including the Programme Leaders, all Local Programme Coordinators and the Quality Assurance Manager of the SPECTRO project will be set at the end of each Recruitment Period to agree and deliberate on the final merit score of each applicant.
Promotion of diversity in terms of gender, social and economic background The SPECTRO scholarship programme will thrive to promote diversity and inclusion through its scholarship opportunities: Priority will be given to female applicants from any EU country or EU-associated country. The scholarship programme for women will aim increase female participation in master’s programmes in Cybersecurity and Robotics.
Priority will be given to applicants from RIS countries - included in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS). The scholarship programme for participants from RIS countries is aimed to support the participation of students from countries with moderate or modest innovation score and with lower gross domestic product.
Countries eligible to take part to the RIS include 1) EU members states, 2) Horizon Europe associated countries, and 3) outermost regions such as Guadeloupe, and Réunion (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain). The scholarship is reflected as a discount in the tuition fee. The candidates are informed of the net amount of the tuition fee, after deducting the applicable amount of the scholarship.
half tuition fee waivers: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 2,500EUR per year full tuition fee waivers: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR per year scholarship of excellence, including a full tuition fee waivers and a monthly allowance: the nominal value of the granted scholarship is of 5,000EUR plus a monthly allowance of 900 EUR weighted based on the country correction coefficient (CCCs) of the country where a student is studying.
Number of scholarships available Scholarships will be allocated on a rolling basis, until all financial support schemes are exhausted for the current recruitment cycle. With this call SPECTRO will make available 62 scholarships (including excellence, full waiver and half-waiver) to be distributed among the two Master’s programmes.
The application, evaluation, and scholarship allocation process strictly adhered to the ‘Scholarships’ section outlined above. In agreement with the FSTP publication rules of the SPECTRO project funded under Digital Europe programme, 28DIGITAL publishes here the list of FSTP beneficiaries and the type of funding they were awarded.
First Name Last Name Country of Nationality Scholarship Name Akseli Teuho FINLAND SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Alex Pegoraro ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Alexandre Oliveira de Almeida ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Alexandru Ecedi ROMANIA SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Arnau Bayer Mena SPAIN SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Belarmino Gorlach-Lira POLAND SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Bianca-Maria Florea ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Bogdan Ion ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Carlotta Cazzolli ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Claudiu-Iulian Cercel ROMANIA SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Damiano Bastianelli ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Daniel Safavi-Zadeh ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Fabian-Ionuț Martin ROMANIA SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Federica Lorenzini ITALY SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Fran Iriso Wicijowski SPAIN SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Francesco Olivieri ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Francesco Baldassarre ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) George-Ioan Popovici ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Giacomo Montagna ITALY SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Gianna Marie Scarangelli ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Inês Lobato Mesquita PORTUGAL SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Jacopo Veronese ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Jacopo Isetti ITALY SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Kleon Dósa HUNGARY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Lea Zsuzsanna Vass Boros HUNGARY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Luca Boninsegna ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Marcu Tămaș ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Maria-Anca Cîrnu ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Martin Hudák HUNGARY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Máté Bene HUNGARY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Matteo Bertoldo ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Mátyás Szikra HUNGARY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Miguel Pinto PORTUGAL SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Müfide Güleken GERMANY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Nshimirimana Bénie FRANCE SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Rafael Henriques Guilherme PORTUGAL SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Rareș Andrei ROMANIA SPECTRO Half Waiver (EU) Răzvan-Claudiu Tomuța ROMANIA SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Riccardo Legnini ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Samuele Rosato ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Simone Rossi ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Sofia Zandona' ITALY SPECTRO Scholarship of Excellence (EU) Tommaso Delato ITALY SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) Ugho Raherisoanjato BELGIUM SPECTRO Full Waiver (EU) History, Strategy & Annual Reports All startup opportunities Mission Innovation: Tech Diplomacy & Leadership Self-Paced Online Courses Talent - Tech Skills and Masters Studies Tech - Startup and Scaleups Programmes Venture Incubation Program All startup opportunities Mission Innovation: Tech Diplomacy & Leadership Self-Paced Online Courses Talent - Tech Skills and Masters Studies Tech - Startup and Scaleups Programmes Venture Incubation Program History, Strategy & Annual Reports
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Students who are nationals or residents of EU Member States or Digital Europe Programme associated countries, enrolled in one of the SPECTRO double-degree master's programs in Cybersecurity or Robotics. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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