MSc Cyber Resilience at Loughborough University

Programme overview

Protect organisations from digital threats through security, risk, and resilience strategies. Our MSc in Cyber Resilience is a technically focused programme that goes beyond protecting systems from cyber-attacks. It explores how systems fail under attack and how to design, defend, monitor and recover them.

Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our Cyber Resilience MSc covers specialist modules that will provide you with a solid foundation in the core areas of this exciting subject. Compulsory modules: Foundations of Cyber Resilience, Cyber Risk and Whole Life Resilience, Applied Cryptography, AI for Cyber Resilience, Network and System Security, Incidents and Cyber Resilience, Cyber Attack and Defence, Professionalism, Ethics and Cyber Security, Cyber Resilience Project.

Career pathways

You will graduate equipped with the knowledge, real-world insight and practical experience to be a future leader in cyber resilience. Potential employers include government departments such as the Home Office; multinational technology firms, including Microsoft; and SMEs.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in STEM (science, engineering, technology and mathematics) with evidence of technical computing experience. Students with a non-STEM background or lower grades degree will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Ghana equivalents: first-class 65% / 3.4 GPA, 2:1 57% / 3.0 GPA, 2:2 50% / 2.5 GPA

Domestic applicants: GBP 14,000 a year (2027/28). Full-time degree per annum Source

International applicants: GBP 31,750 a year (2027/28). Full-time degree per annum Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/apply/masters-degree/

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