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Computer Science affects every aspect of our lives, placing increasing demands on education, business, and industry to ensure that the workforce of the future is equipped with the skills necessary to thrive in the Digital Age. Computer Science at Swansea is at the heart of the technological innovation that is redefining the way we live, learn, and work.

Swansea University offers two streams of study at Masters level, a specialist route and a conversion course. The specialist course leads to one of the “MSc Advanced Computer Science” programs and is designed for students with an academic background in Computer Science. The conversion course is designed for students from a range of academic backgrounds leading to the MSc Computer Science.

Successful completion of this pathway will lead to Advanced Computer Science, MSc from Swansea University.

Cyber Security, MSc

The MSc in Cyber Security covers critical modern technology issues from the security and privacy of personal data to cyberterrorism, cybercrime and mobile security.

Our course is the first in Wales to be fully and completely certified by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

Swansea University has been recognised by the NCSC as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education. Within this context, the Department of Computer Science delivers this distinctive MSc programme that takes a holistic and interdisciplinary approach, bringing together modules on penetration testing, formal modelling, information security management, cryptography, and artificial intelligence.

In this branch of Computer Science at Swansea, a holistic and interdisciplinary approach brings together modules on penetration testing, formal modelling, information security management, cryptography and artificial intelligence.

Our £32.5m Computational Foundry lies at the heart of this course. Sophisticated teaching and research equipment includes a Vision and Biometric Lab, a Maker Lab, a Theory Lab, a Cyber Security/Networking Lab, a User Lab and a Visualisation Suite.

The cybersecurity lab enables you to explore the security landscape, undertake experiments in network security, mobile security, and investigate threats in the context of the Internet of Things.

You will complete this course with an informed and alert mindset suitable for a career in cybersecurity.