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Course overview
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L27 -
Headingley Campus Beckett Park -
Full-Time -
12 Months -
21 Sep 2026
Master your learning
Expand your undergraduate degree-level knowledge with this advanced cyber security and digital forensics course. This master's degree will prepare you for a career across these intricate disciplines.
As part of this course, you'll:
- Develop your knowledge and skills to solve a range of complex cyber security, computer system and network challenges
- Learn to evaluate both theoretical and practical issues associated with the implementation and testing of cyber security and digital forensics systems
- Begin to justify your solutions to problems, considering professional, ethical and legal requirements
- Express a strong understanding of current issues and new technologies within the field of cyber security and digital forensics
- Build your skills to reflect industry requirements by engaging with local and national industry partners
- Think outside the box as you apply knowledge and techniques to create and interpret data about cyber security and digital forensics
- Independently draw on your existing knowledge and synthesise new theory and techniques to produce an original dissertation/project
Develop your expertise
You'll gain advanced skills in challenging areas within digital forensics, such as image and video forensic investigations. In security areas, you'll obtain knowledge and expertise in software security exploitation development and the analysis and implementation of security mechanisms to defend and analyse systems.
Research study
This cyber security course will also develop your knowledge in research practices and advanced scholarship, as well as project development and management. The specialisation you'll gain through taught modules will be further enhanced through a practical master's dissertation project.
Practical learning
Cyber security and digital forensics is a hands-on subject area and it's important to gain applied experience. Practical exercises will allow you to implement your theoretical learning into practice and see how it relates to industry, enhancing your career prospects.
Boost your cyber security knowledge
If you don't have prior degree-level knowledge of cyber security, we offer the MSc Cyber Security course. This master's will boost your existing computing knowledge with a specific focus on cyber security.
Why study the MSc Advanced Cyber Security & Digital Forensics course at Leeds Beckett University?
- Advance your specialist knowledge - in the challenging field of cyber security and digital forensics
- Study a practical course - with hands-on learning opportunities to complement your theoretical study
- Access to specialist software - including our in-house built Hacktivity system and the university's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Everything you need to know
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Career prospects
There’s a lot to consider when choosing a course. Take a look at the team you’ll be working with, employability statistics and career prospects to help make up your mind.
Technology is now part of life. The more complicated systems become, the more vulnerable they become and the more they can be utilised for solving crimes. We'll prepare you to tackle these issues using our inhouse built system, Hacktivity. Hacktivity provides unique cyber security challenges and relevant industry experience, as well as digital forensics expertise in image and video processing."
Dr Pip Trevorrow
Course Director
Career Prospects
This course will provide you with advanced knowledge and skills in cyber security and digital forensics and will broaden your employability prospects within the IT industry. Possible career paths could include roles such as:
- Security architect
- Malware analyst
- Security analyst
- Forensic analyst
- System/network/web/application penetration tester
- Security auditor
- Incident responder
Security has wide reaching implications and these skills can benefit many other ICT roles including software developer/engineer, system administrator, network administrator and management positions.
Beckett Careers Team
Our careers service is not just there for undergraduates, we support our postgraduate taught and research students too.
Your postgraduate degree will boost your CV and help you stand out from the crowd. Whether you're just starting out on your chosen career path, changing careers or moving to the next level, we can provide you with expert advice and resources to help you take the next steps to achieving your goals.
Student life
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Experience Leeds Beckett
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