Applied automatically on admission. Applied to every term. Nothing to apply for.
Four fields. No payment, no documents.
No card is requested at any point.
Every organisation that moved its operations online inherited a perimeter it never had to think about before, and most did it faster than they built the team to protect it. Security is one of the few disciplines where the shortage is structural rather than cyclical: the surface to defend grows with every system added, while the expertise to cover it takes years to build.
Security is unusually gated: organisations hand people the keys to everything they own, so they check paperwork before they check anything else. A graduate credential is often what moves an application from the pile to the interview, not because of what it taught, but because of what it certifies.
Security is one of the few disciplines where working across borders is entirely normal: the systems being defended are not in a building either. A credential that is read the same way in every market matters more here than in almost any other field.
AGTU (American Global Tech University) is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education, and accredited by ASIC in the United Kingdom. Your completion documents read the same whether you studied from Lima or from Lagos.
A through F, not pass/fail. It matters if you plan to continue to a doctorate, or to claim tuition reimbursement from an employer, several online universities issue pass/fail only, and both of those doors close quietly.
Every admitted student receives one. It is set by the economic group your country of residence falls into, applied automatically the moment you are admitted, and it applies for the whole programme. No essay, no financial documents, no interview, no quota and no waiting list.
Through our edX partnership, your study material comes from the leading institutions in the field, and the edX certificate for each included course is issued to you, at no additional cost.
| What you get | AGTU (American Global Tech University)AGTU | Traditional online universityOthers |
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| Tuition priced for the country you live in | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Accelerated programme at no extra cost | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Payment in 1 + 18 monthly instalments | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| A complete competency free, before any payment | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Start any day, with no intake dates | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| edX coursework and certificate included in the price | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Licensed in the United States and accredited in the United Kingdom | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Present in more than 20 countries | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
| Programme available in three languages | AGTUyes | Traditional online universityno |
Your country sets your tuition, and the scholarship is already applied.
The same nine teach every country, whatever you pay.
No hidden fees, no add-ons. Every course carries its own edX certificate at no extra cost, and if you start through the free competency, the $48 enrolment fee is waived.
Coursework delivered through edX. Up to ten international micro-credentials a year, included in your programme.
Each term runs six weeks and closes with an assessment. You continue from where the free competency program stopped.
These are the two subjects you study for free: full content, a dedicated tutor, the student forum and AGTU (American Global Tech University) international events. Finish them and you download your certificate of hours, and if you continue into the degree, they are recognized as up to six credits.
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In the years since, edX has become the platform where more than 250 institutions publish their courses, for over 100 million learners in more than 190 countries.
Through that partnership, the Master in Cybersecurity includes courses from the institutions below. Each one issues its own certificate, in your name, at no additional cost.
Issued in your name, by the institution that produced the course. Included in the price you already saw.
Start nowDetected when you visit, confirmed when you register. Your price follows the economic group your country falls into, and it appears with the scholarship already applied, nothing to request.
Four fields, no financial documents. No essay, no committee and no waiting list.
No intake dates: you start any day, and your scholarship applies to every term until you graduate.
You can also skip ahead and apply directly to the degree at any time.
Start today, study this week.
Your country sets the scholarship applied later, if you continue.
total programme cost. Accessible education is not a promotion we are running. It is the reason this university exists.
— total for the programme, in 1 + 18 monthly instalments, tuition, fees and materials included
to start · the free competency comes first, if you want it
Choose your country to see your scholarship. Every admitted student receives one.
Your price is set by the economic group your country falls into — ten groups, each with a published monthly instalment and a published total for the programme. Country of residence is confirmed at registration.
Start nowStudents from more than 20 countries, studying the same programme as you. Every AGTU (American Global Tech University) student joins a network that is already working, people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enrol, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Students from more than 20 countries, studying the same programme as you.
Every AGTU (American Global Tech University) student joins a network that is already working, people in your field, in your time zone, and often in your country. You can see who they are before you enrol, connect with them on LinkedIn, and ask them anything you would rather not ask an advisor.
Many of them started exactly where you are now: reading this page, unsure whether it was real.
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Start at no cost, let your country set your tuition, or move at your own speed. They combine, most students use all three.
Begin a full competency at no cost and keep the certificate, whatever you decide next.
Start now
Your country sets your tuition, up to 80% off, applied automatically on admission.
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No semesters and no speed limits, finish in as few as six months, paying term by term.
ExploreNo. It’s applied automatically when you’re admitted, based on your country of residence.
No. There’s no quota and no donor pool to run out.
No. The scholarship is based on your country’s economic data, not on your personal finances.
Yes, every term until you graduate.
Contact your advisor. Your price is based on your country of residence and can be reviewed.
By the economic group your country of residence falls into. AGTU publishes ten groups, and each one has a fixed monthly instalment and a fixed total for the programme.
No. The programme is delivered entirely online, so there is no visa, no relocation, and no resignation letter. You study from where you already live, around the job you already have, and the credential you receive is the same American degree.
No. Same programme, same faculty, same credential.
Yes. Start at no cost, then your scholarship applies when you continue into the degree.
Any day. There are no intake dates.
Yes, A to F, with a full GPA.
The programme is asynchronous by design so students in any time zone participate equally. Some programmes include live components, described on each programme page.
Not for the free competency program. Formal admission requirements, including academic documentation, apply when you enroll in a degree program.
Your country sets the price and your advisor takes it from there.
Four fields, and you’re studying.
No credit card. No enrollment fee. No obligation to enroll.
Free Competency Program subject to AGTU’s continuing-education and credit-recognition policies as published in the university catalog. American Global Tech University is licensed by the Florida Department of Education, Commission for Independent Education (License #12506) and accredited by ASIC. Coursework from Harvard, MIT, Cambridge and other leading institutions, through our edX partnership.
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The people who did it, telling it themselves.
Short videos recorded by AGTU (American Global Tech University) students and graduates: why they started, what the study weeks actually looked like, and what changed at work afterwards.
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