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

Gain a solid grounding in Computer Science, while developing specialist knowledge and practical experience for a career in cyber security. Creating, transmitting and storing huge volumes of data is part of society today. But alongside the benefits, this also exposes businesses, governments and individuals to threats.

Department: Computer Science  |  Duration: 4 years full time  |  Study mode: full-time (integrated master's)  |  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: Applications of Cryptography; Year 4: Information Security MSci Project, Security Management, Secure Business Architectures, Security Testing Theory and Practice. Optional modules: Year 2: Symbolic Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Methods for Computer Science, Human-computer Interaction; Year 3: Computational Finance, Intelligent Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Machine Learning, Semantic Web, Data Visualisation and Exploratory Analysis and others; Year 4: MSci Individual Project, Security Management, Security Testing Theory and Practice, Methods of Computational Finance, Data Analysis and others.

Career pathways

Our MSci graduates are highly employable, with a depth of knowledge and practical skills that set them apart from BSc students. Information security specialists are in demand across a wide range of sectors, from private companies to banking, telecommunications, security consultancies, the civil service, public utilities, retail, the military and more.

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