Master of Science in Cyber Security with Professional Placement

An eighteen month master degree in information security including a professional placement, covering network defence, ethical hacking, digital forensics and supervised industry practice.

This placement version costs GBP 20,865 against GBP 18,970 for the twelve month route, and security employers weigh hands on experience unusually heavily.

Master of Science in Cyber Security with Professional Placement is taught at the Birmingham City University, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the cyber security placement master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after the cyber security placement master ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the cyber security placement master you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the cyber security placement master as to every taught course in Britain: the rules introduced in January 2024 stop taught students bringing a spouse or children as dependants, so the cyber security placement master cannot support a family move.

Applicants to Master of Science in Cyber Security with Professional Placement need a bachelor degree with a minimum of 70 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the cyber security placement master is recorded at GBP 20,865 a year. BCU charges no application fee, so applying for the cyber security placement master costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the cyber security placement master lists three September entry windows, in 2026, 2027 and 2028. Apply Study Visa manages the the cyber security placement master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.