Cyber Security (MSc)

If you are a graduate or professional with a background in computing, networking or related fields with a desire to update your skills in cyber security and expand your network, then this course is for you. The msc cyber security programme offers modules in a range of essential topics, including network security, cyber incidence management, cyber forensics and open source intelligence. 

Why study this master's in cyber security ?

• Gain highly desirable skills in cyber security
• Gain master-level skills in systems architecture, network security and incidence response
• Gain highly desirable skills in computer forensics and open source intelligence
• Learn the current challenges facing cyber security professionals
• Develop your skills in responsible innovation
• Gain business and entrepreneurial skills that will enhance your employability
• Experience a learning by doing approach to cyber security education
• Improve your future employment prospects
• Improve your professional network through meeting people with similar interests and different skillsets
• Be part of a tech-literate creative community

MSc Cyber Security aims to provide students with technical skills in cyber security, while also improving their understanding of secure design principles, through modules such as systems architecture, and how to respond to cyber incidents, with modules such as 'cyber incidence management.'

Uniquely, this cyber security programme offers a module in open source intelligence, which is an emerging, popular field found at the intersection of cyber security, forensics and intelligence.

It also offers modules in business development and innovation and responsibility, which will help you understand how your cyber security skills may be commercialised and applied to business and other domains. Become an expert in cyber crime prevention. 

Ideal for.

• Graduates and professionals with a background in computing, networking or related fields to update their skills and professional network by studying cyber security.

Key study topics

• Cyber security
• Network security
• Innovation and responsibility
• Cyber incidence management
• Business development
• Cyber forensics
• Open source intelligence (OSINT)
• Dissertation

Personal Statement

• We want to know why you chose the UK as your study destination, what attracted you to Ravensbourne and the course, and how it relates to or fits in with your plans for the future. We love to hear people's motivations and aspirations, so please make your personal statement, 'personal'.

Using a minimum of 500 words, please use your personal statement to explain:

• Why you chose the UK as your study destination (if you are an international student)
• What attracted you to Ravensbourne University London and the specific course you are applying for
• Your experiences and interests
• What you hope to gain from the course
• What you hope to do after graduating
• Any relevant work experience

Industry connections

• You can’t learn in a vacuum, which is why industry connection is ingrained into everything we do. Ravensbourne University London will equip you for success in the creative and digital industries. Our tutors are respected academics and practitioners with substantial experience and industry links, while our suite of postgraduate courses has been designed with industry, for industry.
• You will be part of a diverse community of creatives, working collaboratively to explore new professional practices. Ravensbourne has strong industry links with a range of high-profile companies, including: Apple, Barclays, the BBC, European Space Agency, Marks & Spencer, Museum of London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Samsung and many more.

These are the types of cyber security jobs you could potentially move into after graduation:

• Network architect
• Cloud security architect
• Cyber security analyst
• Penetration tester
• Incident responder
• System administrator
• Cyber security consultant.

EventsHub

• The EventsHub is a flexible space designed to house various industry-facing lectures, presentations, events, launches, promotions, showcases, exhibitions and short courses for Ravensbourne, the local community and across the Design District. 

The Workshop

• Our prototyping facilities are designed to enable and support experimentation and exploration of materials and making through hi-tech, lo-tech and no-tech facilities. This includes 3D printing, large-format digital print, laser cutting and vacuum forming, Arduino and Raspberry Pi coding and workshop hand-tools. 

CreativeLab

• CreativeLab is Ravensbourne’s own in-house design and media production studio. Working across creative commercial projects, not-for-profit third-sector briefs and internal design and content requirements, CreativeLab combines professional design expertise with employment opportunities on projects for our students and graduates.