KOSTÜ was accepted into the EC-Council Academia Partner Program

  • Date 16 September 2025

Kocaeli Health and Technology University’s Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences has been accepted into the EC-Council’s Academia Partner Program, which provides internationally prestigious and recognized training and certifications in cybersecurity. Thanks to this partnership, students (undergraduate and graduate) and university academic staff will benefit from the following privileges:

Access will be provided to numerous electronic resources and electronic lab environments produced by EC-Council related to cybersecurity.
Academic staff and students will benefit from discounts of up to 50% on cybersecurity certification exam and course fees.
Free tickets will be provided to KOSTÜ students for the following annual cybersecurity events:

Hacker Halted event (https://www.hackerhalted.com/)
Global CyberLympics event (https://www.cyberlympics.org/)
Some cybersecurity training courses may be taught as part of the university’s curriculum.
Students who complete the training and pass the certification exam will be considered to have met the professional experience qualification criteria.

Some of the courses offered by EC-Council for training and certification are listed below.

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  • Certified Ethical Hacker
  • Licensed Penetration Tester
  • Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator
  • Certified Application Security Specialist
  • Web Application Security
  • Network Defense Fundamentals
  • Digital Forensic Analysis Fundamentals
  • Industrial
  • Certified Cloud Security Engineer
  • Web Application Security
  • Certified Cryptography Specialist
  • ….