BSc (Hons) Cyber Security

The programme is suitable for you if you are a high school graduate from any discipline with satisfactory English language skills and aspire to pursue a career in the IT industry.

The required English language level for the bilingual programme is equivalent to IELTS 4.5 (B1), and for the English-language programme, it is IELTS 6.0 (B2). If you don’t have a language proficiency certificate, you will participate in the College’s English diagnostic test.

Additionally, you will be asked to submit a recommendation letter from a teacher and be invited to an academic interview with the programme coordinator.

If you hold a diploma from an IEK, or you are a university or college student in a related field, you may be eligible for advanced placement in the programme through a course recognition process.

The School of Computer Science at Mediterranean College, with 30+ years of experience, offers fully updated study programmes designed in collaboration with leading IT and Telecommunications companies. The BSc (Hons) Cyber Security is provided by the University of Derby, a TOP 20 British University according to the Guardian University Guide 2020.

Organizations are required to ensure that the information they possess and transmit through networks is secure and confidential. However, numerous security breaches and network intrusion incidents have shown that this is a continuous battle for businesses, creating a need for graduates specialized in networks, programming, and their security.

As an industry-standard programme, the new Cyber Security programme combines modern knowledge and skills from Computer Science and Data Networks into a unified programme with a focus on Infrastructure and Data Security, enriched with Programming and Networks.

What Will You Learn
The programme prepares you to become an expert in computer networks, security, and specialized programming techniques in cybersecurity. You will gain the technical skills to design and implement physical network infrastructure, as well as software development skills to ensure that the solutions you implement are robust and secure.

You will study advanced topics such as network switching and routing, wide area networks, Cisco and Microsoft networks, and internet programming with Java, data management with Python, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity. You will acquire the tools to understand security issues, critically analyze and evaluate solutions to such problems. Additionally, you will engage with the theory and implementation of wired and wireless networks, network management, security, development of network applications, and security protocols at both hardware and software levels.

As part of the programme, you have the opportunity to attend the Cisco CCNA programme at Mediterranean College’s official Cisco Certified Academy.

The programme is delivered through lectures, some of which are given by guest professors, as well as laboratories, tutorials, and rich e-learning materials. Emphasis is placed on developing practical programming skills using cutting-edge software development tools in our industry-standard laboratories, as well as configuring network devices. Assessment is primarily based on individual assignments, with group projects, presentations, and online tests also included. The Cyber Security programme includes numerous projects where students design, implement, and test cybersecurity systems. In the final year’s dissertation project, you will develop your own implementation of a cybersecurity system based on programming languages as well as network and infrastructure design.