Computer Science (Cyber Security) BSc at Royal Holloway, University of London

Cyber threats are one of the biggest challenges to governments, industries and individuals. Study BSc Computer Science (Cyber Security) and join the groundbreaking work to keep digital systems safe in a connected world. You’ll study all the essentials of application development, from programming to software engineering, databases, information security, and artificial intelligence.

Department: Computer Science  |  Duration: 3 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Egham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Year 1: Object Oriented Programming I, Object Oriented Programming II, Programming laboratory, Internet Services, Mathematical Structures and others; Year 2: Software Engineering, Team Project, Operating Systems, Databases, Algorithms and Complexity and others; Year 3: Security Management, Applications of Cryptography, Full Unit Project (Information Security). Optional modules: Year 2: Symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Multi-dimensional Data Processing; Year 3: Computational Finance, Intelligent Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Machine Learning, Critical Infrastructure Security, Digital Forensics and others.

Career pathways

Computer scientists are required in a vast array of fields, including the arts, the media, finance, aerospace health and, of course, the IT sector, using the power of computing to solve real-world problems and build systems that can improve people’s lives. Our graduates are highly employable, with a wide range of practical and transferable skills.

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