Université du Québec en Outaouais offers BA/BS in Cybersecurity, a bachelor's degree in Cyber Security programme in Gatineau, Canada. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. It carries 90.0 credits. Tuition for international students is CAD 24,737 per year (CAD 3,118 per year for local students).
This Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity covers the technical, technological and organizational dimensions of current and emerging security threats, with coursework spanning programming, discrete mathematics, cryptography, operating systems, network and software security, incident response, ethical hacking, and risk governance. The 90-credit program is completed over six trimesters, offered full-time or part-time at the Gatineau campus, with admission available in fall, winter and summer terms. Beyond a common core, students select 24 credits from optional cybersecurity courses and 3 credits of enrichment courses, allowing some tailoring of the degree toward areas such as digital forensics or defensive systems design, and the program concludes with a capstone final-year project. The curriculum blends theoretical grounding with applied problem-solving intended to prepare graduates for cybersecurity specialist roles or further study in related fields. It is designed for candidates holding a college diploma (DEC), at least 15 completed university credits, or 24 months or more of relevant information-technology work experience, along with college-level mathematics including calculus and linear algebra. The program's emphasis on leadership and organizational risk alongside technical skills reflects its aim of preparing graduates for roles that combine hands-on security work with broader security-management responsibilities.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:2.20 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: Admission runs through three pathways. From a Quebec DEC or equivalent, applicants must complete three specific college mathematics courses — Calcul differentiel, Algebre lineaire et geometrie vectorielle, and Calcul integral — with supplementary courses imposed if these are missing. On the university-studies pathway, candidates need at least 15 completed university credits with a cumulative average of 2.2/4.3, plus equivalent college-level mathematics knowledge. A work-experience pathway accepts applicants with at least 24 months of IT-related work with attested technical knowledge, which may be assessed through an interview. All applicants must demonstrate sufficient French, met by the ministerial French exam taken for the DEC, UQO's own French test, or an equivalent test set by a francophone university. Required supporting documents are listed on UQO's admission-pieces page.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:UQO currently publishes deadlines only for the term now open, which as of mid-September 2026 is winter 2027 entry. Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply directly to UQO: regular undergraduate and certificate programmes close 1 December 2026, while co-operative-education bachelor's programmes and all graduate programmes close 15 October 2026, with admission decisions issued from August onward. International applicants had an earlier cut-off of 1 August 2026 for winter 2027 entry; as of the fetch date that window has already closed for most programmes, and several programmes are not open to international applicants for this term at all. UQO has not yet published fall 2027 dates, and none of these deadlines are rolling; all are firm cut-offs. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
