MSc Cyber Security

Advance your career with this cyber security conversion course - gain expert skills, industry insights, and hands-on experience to tackle real-world cyber threats and network security. Organisations face a growing threat of cyber attacks that seek to compromise their function, steal their data and interrupt their services. Cyber security is concerned with protecting networks, devices and data through the use of technology and the application of processes, tools and frameworks. There is a growing demand for graduates with knowledge and skills in cyber security who can help organisations tackle cybercrime.

Solent’s MSc Cyber Security course will prepare you for pursuing a career in cyber security. This is a dynamic conversion course open to students from any academic background and is designed to launch your career in the high-demand and well-rewarded field of cyber security. You'll build a strong foundation in cyber security while gaining hands-on experience in Python programming, penetration testing, network security, cyber governance, threat intelligence, incident response, and ethical hacking.

With expert-led teaching and access to industry standard tools and labs, you'll develop both technical and strategic skills. The course curriculum is developed with input from a variety of sources, including an industrial liaison panel, to ensure students are studying the latest technology and working practices employed by industry experts.

Honours degree at 2:2 or higher in any discipline, or extensive industrial experience in this area

Applicants should be able to show an interest in learning cyber security.

Qualifications equivalent to the above may also be considered – contact the University for further information.

We also consider candidates with alternative qualifications and related professional experience.

If you are applying from outside the UK, find information about entry requirements, visas and agents for your country here.

For further information about UK, EU and international qualifications, please refer to our course entry requirement statement.