MSc Cyber Security (Graduate Apprenticeship) at Edinburgh Napier University

Programme overview

A master's-level Graduate Apprenticeship for employed computing professionals, focused on networking and cyber security, with significant credit awarded for applying course knowledge to the employer's systems and procedures. It addresses network and computer security technologies and processes, with particular focus on cybercrime, and ends with a dissertation project.

Duration: 18 months (blended and distance learning) | Study mode: full-time blended learning; graduate apprenticeship | Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1: Security Audit & Compliance, Incident Response and Malware Analysis, Host-Based Forensics (one module per trimester) alongside the year-long 60-credit Advanced Professional Practice project, with one day per month on campus. Year 2: a 60-credit work-based Masters Dissertation over six months. All modules are compulsory; practical work can be done remotely or in campus labs.

Career pathways

Graduates can build careers as security consultants, forensic investigators, audit/compliance consultants, security advisers/auditors and cybercrime consultants.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bachelor (Honours) degree at 2:2 or above in a Computing discipline (such as Computing, Computer Science, Computer Networking, Software Engineering or Cyber Security); other IT disciplines may be considered if at least 50% of modules in the last two years were computing related. Lesser qualifications or none may be considered with sufficient relevant industry experience (details and references submitted with the application). Applicants must already be employed in a related area with employer support, be resident in Scotland throughout, have an employer based in Scotland, and have the right to live and work in the UK.

Duration: 18 months

Apply through the official page: https://www.napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/apprenticeships/become-a-graduate-apprentice

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