Cyber Security

Nottingham Trent University
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year Software engineering

About this course

Building on a practical foundation comprising the understanding of operating systems, network protocols security and how to develop secured code, you will learn how to critically assess the security risks to IT organisations and how to evaluate the information security solution to mitigate them. In addition, you will gain the research skills necessary to investigate the continually changing issues in computer forensics and security in Cloud infrastructures.

MSc Cyber Security is taught by highly experienced staff members, many of whom are involved with cutting-edge research that ensures their teaching remains at the forefront of computing technology.

If you're looking to work in the computing and technology industries, this is a great fast-track conversion course for graduates from disciplines unrelated to IT and computing.

Study Options

This course is available in 3 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: MSc

Location: Nottingham

Sandwich including industrial placement

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: MSc

Location: Nottingham

Part-time

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: MSc

Location: Nottingham

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2139 Information technology professionals
5244 Computer system and equipment installers and servicers
2134 Programmers and software development professionals
2133 IT business analysts, architects and systems designers
2141 Web design professionals
3131 IT operations technicians

Course Details

Qualification
MSc
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Nottingham
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Software engineering