MSci (Hons) Cyber Security (with Industrial Experience) at Lancaster University

Could you lead the future of cyber security? Digital technologies impact every part of our lives and cyber security experts are essential for addressing debates around AI, digital forensics, and hacking. As a cyber security student, you will tackle foundational, advanced, and emergent, cyber security topics such as security and penetration testing, cryptography, network security, resilient distributed systems, security of autonomous systems, secure AI, secure cyber-physical systems, and security metrics.

Faculty: Faculty of Science and Technology  |  Department: Computing and Communications  |  Duration: Full time 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time (integrated master's; includes a year in industry/placement)  |  Location: Lancaster, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Designing Software Systems, Digital Systems, Fundamentals of Computer Science, Software Development. Year 2 core modules: Applied Security Methods, Cyber Security Group Project, HCI: Designing for People, Networks and Systems, Secure Data and Systems. Year 3 core modules: Secure Artificial Intelligence, Secure Cyber Physical Systems, Secure Distributed Systems, Third Year Project (Cyber Security). Year 4 core modules: Fourth Year Individual Project, Placement, Research Methods & Innovation, Security and Incidents.

Career pathways

Our graduates of our Cyber Security programmes are well-suited to a wide range of computing roles that require advanced-level knowledge. You will graduate having a firm understanding of the theoretical aspects of cyber security, alongside experience in applying your knowledge to a variety of security scenarios, which is essential for many of the more technical roles within the fields of cyber security and computer science.

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