Secure the future of your career—and country
Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies
Northeastern University has been a leader in combining classroom instruction with career-focused, real-world experience since its founding in 1898. As a Northeastern student, you’ll learn the skills necessary to meet industry needs, put them into action through internships and co-ops, and immediately connect with thousands of alumni and employer partners around the world.
Our Master of Arts in Security and Intelligence Studies prepares you to take a leadership role in a variety of security careers. The program’s uniquely interdisciplinary approach combines law, security, diplomacy, politics, and constitutional law to help you anticipate and respond to security threats while working toward preventing them in the future.
This program also offers:
- Industry-focused education in analysis, research, intelligence collection and dissemination, threat assessment, and policy development.
- Concentrations in corporate security management, homeland security and emergency management, and strategic intelligence analysis to further specialize your skills.
- Expert instruction from industry veterans with 20-plus years of experience as constitutional lawyers, White House advisors, and CIA operatives who bring their real-world insights to class each day.
- The opportunity to put your learning into action through co-ops, which give you up to eight months of full-time work experience and valuable industry connections before graduation.
Take the next step in your career
Entry Terms
Credits Required
45 quarter hoursCommitment
Format
Studying at the Arlington Campus
- Learn in a state of the art space with resources for collaboration and networking in the heart of Rosslyn, one of Arlington’s most vibrant neighborhoods.
- Enjoy easy access to Washington, D.C.’s government, tech, and policy sectors.
- Take on co-ops with employer partners to boost your resumé and put your learning into action.
- Earn industry-aligned degrees in tech, security, defense, policy, and more to meet the ever-changing needs of government entities, nonprofits, startups, and beyond.
- Study part time or full time through flexible programs designed for working professionals.
- Learn from expert faculty members who live and work in the area, connecting you with the latest trends in your chosen field.
About Northeastern University
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.