BSc Cybersecurity
This Cybersecurity (Hons) degree at Abertay University aims to give you the skills to design and implement secure software systems that are resilient to cyberattack.
Duration
4 years
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
GBP 15,500 per year
Location
Dundee
About the programme
We want to prepare you for the rapidly-evolving cybersecurity work environment.
Right from the start, you will get an in-depth understanding of programming and building secure systems through hands-on experience. You will be working across desktop, mobile and embedded platforms.
Using your grasp of programming and computer architecture, the measures you design will help stop cyberattacks by creating systems with fewer vulnerabilities. By the time you graduate you will have a range of specialist analytical, operational and developer skills designed to make you hugely employable.
Your Career
The worldwide shortage of cybersecurity specialists means that our graduates have little difficulty finding employment, and many are headhunted before graduation.
Our graduates of the Cybersecurity (Hons) degree at Abertay University work for Dell Secure Works, Goldman-Sachs,GCHO, NCC Group, Firstbase Techies, Nettitude, Portcullis, MWR,NCR, Prudential and many other prominent organisations.A lot of our graduates become security testers, but some prefer working in defensive roles in areas such as network management and software development. Others have set up their own consultancy businesses.
Courses Included
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Application Design
- Ethical Hacking
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Programming for the User