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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2025/2026

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Year 1 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
The Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust MSc is fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ. In order to attain NCSC certification you must select and successfully complete 100 credits including Computer Security (Level 11) INFR11244 and Informatics Project Proposal 20 INFR11291 and 60 credits from the Collection 'MSc CSPT Certified Courses'.

Students must enrol for 120 credits of courses over 4 teaching semesters, the dissertation will be completed in the third year of study. The balance of credit loads can be tailored to individual students in discussion with the Programme Director.

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

MSc CSPT Certified Courses

Select between 20 and 40 credits of the following courses
AND

Informatics MSc CSPT Other Level 11 Options

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses

Year 2 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Notes:
The Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust MSc is fully certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ. In order to attain NCSC certification you must select and successfully complete 100 credits including Computer Security (Level 11) INFR11244 and Informatics Project Proposal 20 INFR11291 and 60 credits from the Collection 'MSc CSPT Certified Courses'.

Students must enrol for 120 credits of courses over 4 teaching semesters, the dissertation will be completed in the third year of study. The balance of credit loads can be tailored to individual students in discussion with the Programme Director.

Before making your course choices, make sure you have discussed them with your Student Adviser, or someone in your Student Support Team.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 50 credits in this group.

MSc CSPT Certified Courses

Select between 20 and 50 credits of the following courses
AND

Informatics MSc CSPT Other Level 11 Options

Select between 0 and 30 credits of the following courses

Year 3 Academic year: 2025/26, Starting in: September

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses

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