Applications for Spring 2025 open in December!
Expert tuition in a flexible, digital-first environment
Engage in group discussions with professors and peers
10 core modules and one project module, 12-15 hours per week
Depends on geographic location. Learn about your payment options
Secure your future, with a master’s degree from the University of London with academic direction from Royal Holloway. Royal Holloway is ranked among the top 30 universities in the UK with an internationally recognised reputation for research and cybersecurity.Â
With more than 3.4 million unfilled vacancies worldwide, cyber security professionals are in high demand. This programme will provide entry routes if you’re looking to switch careers, and help you consolidate your skills if you’re a cyber security professional looking to progress to a chief information security officer role.
Directed by expert cyber security academics and active professionals from Royal Holloway’s Information Security Group, you’ll learn how to protect the fabric of society through a comprehensive set of modules, including Applied Cryptography, and Security and Behaviour Change. You’ll work with real-world case studies that are constantly updated to reflect new and timely issues and study how various organisations solve security management problems.
Application is now closed for October cohort.
Registration deadline extension: October 7.
Watch the recording of our webinar: Live Q&A with Dr Fauzia Idrees Abro, Future CISO 100 award.
If you have any questions please contact the University of London.
Request more information about this programme.
Expert tuition in a flexible, digital-first environment
Engage in group discussions with professors and peers
10 core modules and one project module, 12-15 hours per week
Depends on geographic location. Learn about your payment options
Expert tuition in a flexible, digital-first environment
Engage in group discussions with professors and peers
10 core modules and one project module, 12-15 hours per week
Depends on geographic location. Learn about your payment options
Secure your future, with a master’s degree from the University of London with academic direction from Royal Holloway. Royal Holloway is ranked among the top 30 universities in the UK with an internationally recognised reputation for research and cybersecurity.Â
With more than 3.4 million unfilled vacancies worldwide, cyber security professionals are in high demand. This programme will provide entry routes if you’re looking to switch careers, and help you consolidate your skills if you’re a cyber security professional looking to progress to a chief information security officer role.
Directed by expert cyber security academics and active professionals from Royal Holloway’s Information Security Group, you’ll learn how to protect the fabric of society through a comprehensive set of modules, including Applied Cryptography, and Security and Behaviour Change. You’ll work with real-world case studies that are constantly updated to reflect new and timely issues and study how various organisations solve security management problems.
Application is now closed for October cohort.
Registration deadline extension: October 7.
Watch the recording of our webinar: Live Q&A with Dr Fauzia Idrees Abro, Future CISO 100 award.
If you have any questions please contact the University of London.
Path one: direct entry
To enrol for the MSc you’ll need a UK second-class honours degree (or an acceptable equivalent non-UK qualification, if you’re an overseas student).
Path two: performance-based admissions
If you’ve already got relevant professional experience, you can apply for the MSc via the performance-based admissions (PBA) route.
To qualify for the PBA route, you’ll need a third-class bachelor’s degree or Aegrotat, as well as an appropriate professional experience qualification from a recognised professional body. You’ll also need to successfully complete two modules (30 credits), before transferring to the MSc. If you meet these requirements, we can consider your application on a case-by-case basis.
Full details of the PBA route can be found in Section 6 of the programme regulations.
This programme is led by academics at Royal Holloway’s Information Security Group.
Royal Holloway, University of London is one of 18 independent member institutions of the University of London. As one of the UK’s finest research-intensive universities with prominent academics in the fields of science, arts, business, economics and law, Royal Holloway is in the top 25 percent of UK universities for research rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021).
The University of London is the UK’s leading provider of digital and blended distance education internationally, offering programmes to 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world.
The University of London’s passion for increasing access to education and mobilising the collective power and expertise of the federation is central to its ability to transform lives around the world and address the global challenges of the future.
Your certificate will show that you have successfully completed the MSc Cyber Security. It will also show that the awarding body is the University of London, with academic direction provided by Royal Holloway, University of London.
Job titles of graduates of the on-campus programme include Business Information Security Officer, Security Consultant, Security Specialist and Group Head of Technology, Cyber Security and Resilience. In this online programme, your focus will be on mastering practical applied skills that have immediate relevance to current and emerging demands in the cybersecurity field. You can be confident that the skills you’re learning align with the latest industry demands and expectations. This vocational emphasis helps to ensure that you emerge from the programme well-prepared to achieve career success in the field.
The MSc Cyber Security leads to a recognised UK degree qualification. This degree does not have any additional professional accreditation at this time.
Yes. Simply enroll in any course and take as many as you like. No commitment is required. You can also enroll in the non-credit course on the Coursera platform and upgrade to the for-credit version at a later time by paying the associated tuition.
Please contact the University of London via the Student Enquiry System available on their website.
You will receive access to your own Student Portal when you register. You will then be able to access your University of London email account. You will also have access to two other key resources:
You can study at your own pace. This degree will take 24 - 60 months to complete.
You can choose how many modules to study in each session, up to a maximum of two new modules (or three, including resits and repeats). The time commitment varies student to student, but as a guide, you should allow 150 hours for each module.
This degree has 10 core modules and one project module.
You can take two new modules or courses at a time. You are also able to resit assessments and repeat modules that you have not yet passed, subject to the rules set out in the programme regulations.
Yes. When you successfully complete the programme, you will be invited to the University of London annual graduation ceremony in London, subject to any restrictions in place for events of this kind.
There is no direct transfer route, however, you are welcome to apply to Royal Holloway to study on campus.
Yes, many of the faculty who teach in the online programme are academics that teach on campus at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Yes. You will be able to request a student ID card by contacting ISIC. More information is available on ISIC’s website.
Graduates of the University of London can enrol on this programme with a bursary of 10% off your programme fees. Information about potential sources of funding and scholarships is updated annually and, where available, is included on the programme web pages. More information can be found here.
There is no application fee for 2024.
Applications for recognition of prior learning will be considered, on the basis of studies successfully completed at an appropriate level.
Yes, the University of London’s Careers Group provides bespoke careers resources, advice, and support for our global student community.
As a graduate, you will automatically become part of the University of London alumni community, a diverse global network of more than one million graduates in over 180 countries, providing lifelong links to the University and to each other. Alumni are encouraged to keep in touch after they graduate and to become active members of the alumni community; in return, they receive a number of benefits and services, including an extensive programme of events and engagement opportunities, and the opportunity to become an Alumni Ambassador for the University of London.
You can apply for MSc Cyber Security here. Applications should be made via the University of London website.
Work experience is not required for entry, however if you do not meet the requirements for Direct Entry to the programme and you hold an appropriate professional experience qualification, you will be considered for entry via the Performance-Based Admissions route on an individual basis.
You need to demonstrate a good level of English to be admitted to our programmes. We accept a range of evidence, including proficiency test scores. If you don’t have evidence but believe you can meet the standard, we may consider your case. More information on the English language requirements can be found on the University of London website.
Work experience is not required for entry, however if you do not meet the requirements for Direct Entry to the programme and you hold an appropriate professional experience qualification, you will be considered for entry via the Performance-Based Admissions route on an individual basis.
There is no need to know any programming languages beforehand. There are some technical elements of the curriculum, e.g. in the Software and application security module, but support and guidance will be given to ensure that students can handle these aspects of the degree.