HND Computing for England (Network Engineering) at Nottingham Trent University

A Higher National Diploma, equivalent to the second year of a degree, building advanced knowledge of network design, management and security, including data communications and network infrastructure. It carries the Higher Technical Qualification quality mark from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education and is studied at the NTU Mansfield Hub.

Faculty: NTU Mansfield  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 18 months part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

120 credits across seven core modules: Computing Research Project, Business Process Support, Transport Network Design, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Robotics and Emerging Technologies. Full-time delivery is over two or three days a week and part-time is one day a week; assessment is by group work, presentations, practical demonstrations and workshops with no exams.

Career pathways

Prepares students for computing roles including network engineering, software engineering, data analytics, security, intelligent systems, applications development and testing, with local demand from the health, engineering, insurance and IT sectors around Mansfield. Graduates can top up to a degree by taking the final year of a BSc Computer Science course at Clifton Campus.

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