Study Details: MSc/PG Diploma 1 year full-time / typically 2 years part-time
This unique program provides international students with the opportunity to study, in one full time or two years part time, fundamental and advanced security topics such as cryptography, penetration testing, digital forensics, IT security management, and ISO 27001. Heriot-Watt University is proud to be the first university in the UAE to make available to international students an MSc in Network Security with such advanced topics.
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New career opportunities and prospects for career enhancement are both excellent. Security vulnerabilities, and hence countermeasures, appear on a daily basis. The new security threats target industry, commerce and the public sector resulting in an increasing demand for experts who can design, implement and maintain secure infrastructures.
Students undertake four courses in semester 1 and a further four courses in semester 2.
On this programme, the following taught courses are mandatory:
Students can then choose four courses from the following:
In addition to these taught courses, students pursuing the MSc qualification undertake a Master’s project, which culminates in a dissertation.
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