Cyber Security (with a Placement Year)

University of Staffordshire

Complete our BSc (Hons) Cyber Security degree and your specialist skills will be in huge demand as employers grapple with these challenges. You’ll also gain practical experience through our amazing industry links and placement opportunities. Through a partnership with Staffordshire Police’s High Tech Crime Unit, you can even get involved in a forensic internship in your final year. We have also recently just become the first UK educational partner with Offensive Security. This will give you access to industry-standard training and resources to support your learning. The course has a strong focus on hands-on practice. We have a Cyber Lab with its own private, isolated network so you can test out scenarios and complete challenges. You’ll get to ‘break into’ this network to learn all about ethical hacking – the expert role that helps companies identify vulnerabilities within their infrastructure.The course also covers the essentials of networking, programming, software development, data analytics and machine learning. You’ll look at regulations and ethics, as well as the theoretical and practical aspects of cyber security.You will develop an in-depth knowledge of cyber security through studying a variety of modules. If you choose to take a Foundation Year, we’ll develop your academic skills so you are ready to join the main degree programme. You’ll look at topics in key areas, including emerging technologies and the fundamentals of computer systems development.CareersThere’s huge demand for skills specialists in cyber security and so your degree will make you highly employable. It could involve working in healthcare or financial services, for police forces and other law enforcement, Government security agencies or private companies.Our computing graduates have gone on to roles such as becoming forensic computer analysts, information security analysts, chief information security officers, security architects, IT security engineers, security systems administrators and IT security consultants.