University of Southampton, MSc, Cyber Security

Cyber Security is a topic of critical importance to commercial and academic organisations, as well as to governments and their citizens. Our Cyber Security programme, primarily aimed as a broadening qualification for computer science graduates, offers a multi-disciplinary perspective to the subject, giving students an excellent basis for a future career in the cyber security field.

There is currently a worldwide shortage of skilled practitioners in cyber security. In the UK, the National Audit Office recently named "addressing the UK's current and future ICT and cyber security skills gap" as a "key challenge", whilst at a time when cybercrime “as-a-service” is on a steep rise, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skill calls for companies to make of cyber security a Board level responsibility. MSc Cyber Security is specifically designed to give students a well-rounded, multi-disciplinary view of the subject area, embracing not only the technical subjects, but also aspects of criminology, risk management, law and social sciences.  We believe a broad grounding in cyber security will give our students a key advantage in the marketplace.

Key facts: 

• Southampton is in the top 10% in the UK for the volume and quality of its Computer Science research (REF 2014)
• 100% of its Computer Science research impact is world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014)
• Southampton is ranked in the UK top ten for Computer Sciences by the 2016 Guardian and Times / Sunday Times Good University Guides
• Southampton is ranked in the top 51-100 universities for Computer Science in the 2015 QS World Rankings
• Southampton University has pioneered many of the most important advances in computer science and web technology of the past 10 years