Gain a new perspective on today’s security threats.

Prepare to lead with a multi-organizational approach.

Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies

Northeastern University’s Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies prepares you for leadership roles in the security field with our unique multi-organizational approach that merges security, law, politics, and constitutional rights to create well-rounded security leaders.

You’ll gain and hone skills in intelligence collection and dissemination, analysis, research, threat assessment, and evaluation of information and policy development while focusing on the importance of civil liberties in pursuing security in civil society.

Students learn from security experts, each with at least 20 years of security and intelligence experience. They’ll share their insights as constitutional lawyers, White House advisors, CIA operatives, military intelligence officers, and more.

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“Northeastern University has a long history of preparing individuals for leadership roles in the justice system. We believe this new degree will be the strongest program yet to prepare security professionals to confront and respond to the increasingly complex challenges facing the United States and the world.”—Jack McDevitt, PhD, Program Faculty Professor of the Practice Emeritus in Criminology and Criminal Justice

About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.

Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.

Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.

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