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MSc Cyber Security with Placement Year

University of Hertfordshire

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University of Hertfordshire

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  • Qualification

    MSc - Master of Science

  • Location

    College Lane campus - University of Hertfordshire

  • Study mode

    Sandwich / Placement

  • Start date

    25-SEP-25

  • Duration

    2 years

Course summary

About the course

One of a range of degrees from the taught master's programme at the Department of Computer Science.

This course considers current research and practice in cyber security. You will build the fundamental and advanced aspects of cyber security in terms of theory, practice, policy and security standard to enable critical cyber security decision marking, the extant threats to current and emerging systems and networks and the effective countermeasures to such threats in compliance with information security management standards, and the social, legal and ethical issues relating to cyber security in the context of digital forensics, information security management, penetrating testing and cyber operations.

The programme offers three award routes that you can choose to study:

  • MSc Cyber Security
  • MSc Cyber Security with Placement Year
  • MSc Cyber Security with Advanced Research

Professional Accreditations

Accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT for the purposes of partially meeting the academic requirement for registration as a Chartered IT Professional. Students on the specialist MSc with Placement (Semester B entry) must pass the 7COM1064 Preparation for Placement module as a condition for accreditation.

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 19,800per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Hertfordshire

University of Hertfordshire

  • University League Table

    84th

  • Campus address

    University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Computer Science

    65th out of 117 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 227
    125 55%

    74th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    71.0 71%

    95th

    8

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.97 74%

    73rd

    4

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