Intelligence Analysis PgCert (Distance Learning) at Brunel University of London

Intelligence and security policy issues are one of the fastest-growing areas of academic and public concern. More than ever before, national governments, international agencies, and international corporations need employees with a strong grasp of intelligence and security concerns who can also demonstrate first-rate skills of research and assessment. The intelligence analysis course at Brunel offers you a unique opportunity for practical, policy-oriented graduate study of intelligence issues across the private and public sectors around the world.

Faculty: College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Social and Political Sciences  |  Duration: 9 months part-time (distance learning)  |  Study mode: part-time; online  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The Intelligence Analysis PgCert is structured around two compulsory modules. Compulsory modules include Intelligence Analysis Foundations Methods and Applications, Contemporary Threats and Analytical Methodology.

Career pathways

Within the UK, students with no service experience have gone on to work for the British Security Service, the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Centres, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, and other departments of government. Many students have noted to us that the innovative studies they undertook on our programme were important topics of discussion in their interviews.

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