Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Cyber Security with Foundation Year

A four year route opening with a foundation year, covering computing and mathematics fundamentals before three years of cyber security at degree level.

Security work rests on networking and systems understanding, so the foundation year builds groundwork that the degree then assumes you hold.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Cyber Security with Foundation Year is taught at the University of West London, a UK university with degree awarding powers. Because the cyber security foundation route 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 foundation route ends, or three years for a doctorate. To claim it after the cyber security foundation route you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. One limit applies to the cyber security foundation route 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 foundation route cannot support a family move.

Applicants to Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Cyber Security with Foundation Year need Class 12 or equivalent with a minimum of 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 5.5 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the cyber security foundation route is recorded at GBP 16,750 a year. UWL charges no application fee, so applying for the cyber security foundation route costs you nothing, and no scholarship is recorded against it. the cyber security foundation route lists four entry windows a cycle. Apply Study Visa manages the the cyber security foundation route application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.