Duration

– 1 year full time ( September start )

– 3 years part time ( September start )

– 16 months full time ( January start )

Entry requirements

An upper second-class honours degree in a relevant subject , or equivalent professional experience and / or qualifications .

UK / Channel Islands fees

Full time : £ 9,900 Part time : £ 3,300 ( per year )

EU fees with our Transition Scholarship

Full time : £ 9,900 Part time : £ 3,300 ( per year )

International fees

Full time : £ 19,200 Part time : £ 6,400 ( per year )

Accredited by the British Computer Society ( The Chartered Institute for IT ), partially meeting the educational requirement for CITP .

102 Postgraduate at Portsmouth

Drive forward your career in computer networks administration and management . Secure and streamline the computer systems that underpin businesses .

Study the principles and practice of systems administration and management , analysing and designing networks in our highperformance computing labs . Explore the efficiency and security of your systems using cloud server and virtualised machines . Gain insights into the practices of industry partners like Cisco , with guest lectures and fieldtrips to data centres .

Benefit from our Cisco Networking Academy with hands-on lab exercises , and internet-based assessment . Practice , experiment and learn in our bespoke networking labs , equipped with the latest Cisco networking devices . Get hands-on experience of configuring and optimising secure networks , and build client , server and middleware aspects of internet applications . Work on solving a significant communications system or network planning problem in your Master ’ s project . Use your learning toward professional certification , including VMWare certificates . Graduate with the technical and problem-solving skills for a career keeping business running .

EXAMPLE MODULES

– Cloud Computing

– Computer Security

– Enterprise Network Design and Management

– ICT Configuration and Administration

– Master ’ s Project

CONTACT TIME

You can expect 10 hours of teaching time every week ( three-four hours for part time ), made up of lectures and tutorials . We do our best to keep all full-time teaching within three days ( two days for part time ), leaving you the rest of the week for work experience or selfguided study . You ’ ll be able to access the hardware and labs you need whenever you ’ re on campus . In the last three months of the course you ’ ll be focusing on your research project .

Advance your knowledge of cybercrime , delving into the criminal and harmful behaviours that are facilitated through the use of digital technologies .

Discover the reasons behind online deviant and criminal activity ( unlike the study of cyber security , which focuses on technical approaches to preventing and tackling the activity itself ). Understand and address the behavioural and social elements that motivate people to turn to cybercrime , identifying offender characteristics and the main victims of cybercrime .

Collaborate with specialists in the cybercrime field through the University of Portsmouth ’ s Cybercrime Awareness Clinic , and our affiliations with the National Cyber Security Centre ( NCSC ), local constabularies , and regional organised crime units .

Assess new online harms such as bullying , harassment and technology-facilitated sexual violence , as well as potential shortfalls in legislation . Explore online power dynamics ; public and private responses to cybercrime ; and the regulatory influences that impact upon behaviour online ; gaining the skills needed to help make the online world a safer place .

EXAMPLE MODULES

– Cybercrime : Critical Perspectives

– Regulating Power Conflicts in Cyberspace

– The Global Landscape of Cybersecurity

– Research Methods and Research Ethics

– Dissertation

CONTACT TIME

This course in online , with optional face-to-face events . All course materials are available on-demand and can be accessed from wherever you are in the world .

Please note : all fees are subject to an annual increase , please check the website for the latest information .

Duration

2 years part time ( May and September starts )

Entry requirements

A minimum of a second-class honours degree in a relevant subject ( Social Science , Humanities or Management subject ). Information Technology related subjects will be considered on a case-by-case basis .

UK / Channel Islands fees

Part time : £ 9,400 ( including a £ 250 acceptance fee )

EU fees with our Transition Scholarship

Part time : £ 9,400 ( including a £ 250 acceptance fee )

International fees

Part time : £ 9,400 ( including a £ 250 acceptance fee )

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