Your journey progresses from foundational digital literacy to advanced cyber operations and leadership.

Year 1 – Level 4
Foundations: Understanding Systems, Data, and Security
You build the essential technical backbone required for any cybersecurity professional:
• Mathematics & Computational Thinking
Develop the analytical habits and logical frameworks that underpin all cyber work.
• Databases & Computer Networks
Understand the infrastructure that modern organizations rely on and attackers target.
• Programming & Data Structures
Learn the languages, logic, and structures that drive secure systems and applications.
• Principles of Information Security
Establish a solid grounding in threats, vulnerabilities, controls, and the mindset of defense.

Year 2 – Level 5
Core Defense, Governance, and Ethical Attack Simulation
This year deepens your cybersecurity expertise with applied, technical, and strategic units:
• Wireless Communications & Networking
Master wireless infrastructures, encryption, and vulnerabilities.
• Cyber Defense & Information Governance
Explore security policies, risk frameworks, compliance standards, and how organizations build resilience.
• Ethical Hacking
Gain hands-on experience in penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and offensive security.
• Information Security Management
Learn how to manage security systematically across people, processes, and technologies.
• Switching & Routing
Build advanced network engineering skills essential for secure systems.

Year 3 – Level 6
Advanced Cyber Operations, Strategy, and Professional Execution
Your final year positions you as a practitioner capable of leading within the cybersecurity field:
• Incident Response
Learn how organizations detect, analyze, contain, and recover from cyber-attacks.
• Emerging Technologies & Research Methodologies
Explore the innovations shaping the next decade, from AI to cloud architectures.
• Agile Project Management
Develop the leadership and project skills needed to operate within high-pressure cyber teams.
• Cybersecurity Undergraduate Project
Deliver a specialized project that showcases your technical capability and problem-solving approach.

Career Pathways:
This UK degree prepares you for high-impact roles such as:
• Cybersecurity Analyst
• Ethical Hacker / Penetration Tester
• Network Security Engineer
• Incident Response Specialist
• SOC (Security Operations Centre) Analyst
• Information Security Officer
• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Specialist
• Cloud Security Technician
• Digital Forensics Analyst
• Security Consultant
• IT Infrastructure Security Lead

Graduates enter a market where cyber professionals are needed in every industry ranging from finance, to telecoms, defense, aviation, energy, tech, NGOs, and government. As a UK graduate your degree is globally recognized and positions you for opportunities in any country in the world.