Bachelor of Science - Computer Networks and Security (Honours)

BSc (Hons) Computer Networks and Security pairs the two halves of infrastructure work: network design, routing and switching, wireless and cloud networking on one side; firewalls, intrusion detection, access control and network defence on the other, built over three years toward a final-year project typically involving designed-and-defended infrastructure.

Lab provision defines the experience — racked enterprise equipment and virtualised environments where students build, break and secure real topologies weekly — and the syllabus tracks the industry’s certification frameworks closely enough that vendor exams become natural end-of-module targets rather than separate mountains. The security strand keeps graduates viable for the SOC market alongside pure infrastructure roles.

Study-strategy advice specific to this course: the syllabus’s certification alignment means revision for module assessments and revision for vendor exams substantially overlap, so students who schedule a certification attempt immediately after the matching module — while the material is warm — collect industry credentials almost as a by-product of coursework, an efficiency the school’s teaching staff actively point out.

This standard route lists September entries across the three cycles at the school’s £17,300 fee; a sibling listing with an optional placement stage appears separately in this sheet, and undecided applicants lose nothing choosing that version since its placement is optional by the source’s own wording.

Infrastructure demand is the quiet constant of IT hiring — every organisation runs a network, hybrid cloud has multiplied the complexity, and junior engineers enter at £23,000–£27,000 with certification-driven progression. On completing the honours degree, graduates qualify for the Graduate Route at the 18-month length applying from January 2027, and dependants cannot accompany taught-route students.