MSc in Network Security
Academic City, United Arab Emirates
MSc
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
AED 85,050 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* rolling admission
** all tuition fees inclusive of VAT
Key Summary
Overview
This unique programme 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.
Course content
The aim of both the MSc and the Postgraduate Diploma in Network Security is to provide our graduates with the fundamental knowledge and practical skills required for a Network Security-related professional position in an organisation.
The programme covers topics such as securing enterprise Infrastructures, building and securing wireless networks, penetration testing (ethical hacking) and security audit, as well as network and security administration.
Students undertake four courses in semester 1 and a further four courses in semester 2.
On this programme, the following taught courses are mandatory:
- Computer Network Security
- Industrial Programming
- Advanced Network Security
- Research Methods and Project Planning
Students can then choose four courses from the following:
- Network Applications
- Mobile Communications and Programming
- Database and Information Systems
- Software Engineering Foundations
- Advanced Software Engineering
- Big Data Management
- Rigorous Methods for Software Engineering
- Data Mining and Machine Learning
- Data Communications and Networking
In addition to these taught courses, students pursuing the MSc qualification undertake a Master’s project, which culminates in a dissertation.
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.