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Key information
Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time
Institution code: R72
Campus: Central London
UK fees*: £14,900
International/EU fees**: £27,000
The course
Engineering Management with Cyber Security (MSc)
MSc Engineering Management with Cyber Security at Royal Holloway is ideal for future leaders who want to combine engineering and project management know-how with strategic cyber resilience.
In a world increasingly reliant on digital infrastructure, protecting critical systems from cyber threats is essential. The need for skilled professionals who understand both the technical and managerial sides of protection has never been greater.
This masters is designed to meet global demand in business for graduates with specialist cyber security awareness and a skillset to tackle the emerging threats in digital engineering and information security activities. You’ll learn how to assess and manage a broad range of risks in relation to industry processes, ready to advance your career in digital, AI and cyber security pathways within engineering and innovation-based environments.
A secure next step
- Build confidence to plan, budget, schedule, and deliver cybersecurity and engineering projects on time and on budget
- Explore technical, legal, risk-based, and human aspects of cyber security through case studies and enterprise-wide scenarios
- Enjoy studying at our well-equipped central London base with our experienced practitioners and academics from the digital engineering and cyber security sectors
Protecting what’s important
You’ll graduate with skills to collaborate with developers, engineers, and managers to build systems that are secure, robust, and commercially viable.
You’ll gain valuable commercial expertise to lead complex engineering and software projects and defend them against ever-evolving cyber threats.
Build a rewarding career in cybersecurity project management and digital engineering roles across industry sectors like finance, telecoms, logistics, or government.
We sometimes make changes to our courses to improve your experience. If this happens, we’ll let you know as soon as possible.
Course structure
Core Modules
Year 1
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This module provides an advanced and comprehensive review of current and future technological trends. Individual competence in enabling the processes of innovation and implementing change are essential for leaders and managers in today’s technology organisations. This module provides you with an opportunity to understand technology innovation and change – its drivers, risks, consequences, and people’s responses – and manage the interlinked processes of creativity, learning and critical thinking in the context of product and process innovation.
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The module aims to enable you to develop in critically assessing, reflecting, and taking appropriate decisions in the broad area of effective interpersonal skills and the personal commitment to professional standards, their obligation to society, the profession, and the environment. Some of the areas of professional practice development will include – effective interpersonal skills; professional standards and ethical conduct; health and safety at workplace; sustainable development goals and practices; continuous professional development (CPD); and developing and critically reviewing business proposals.
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This module will develop your understanding of the current cyber security landscape,considering not only technical measures and defences, but also the other subject areas that apply, including legal, management, crime, risk, social and human factors. The module examines the role of knowledge in the contemporary organisations and explore the ways it can be used for better data management. A central element of the module is the discussion of a number of case studies emphasising the cyber security and data analytics application within enterprise-wide approaches.
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This module aims to extend, and enhance your knowledge in the derivation, from corporate strategy, of business change programmes and their comprising projects, and then the chartering, structuring, and governance of those collections of projects and programmes within businesses. There is a strong emphasis on understanding the context of the project and programme and the extent to which this can be influenced or shaped by the initiation and agreed planning processes and outputs.
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This module covers the theory and standards of information security risk management in conjunction with governance principles underpinning the management and compliance of risk management. The knowledge of the frameworks is translated into compliance and compliance monitoring mechanisms for risk management standards and regulations. Alternative methods for the exploration of risks and their estimation including socio-technical aspects are analysed as well as interactions between risk perception and the incorporation of threat intelligence into risk assessments and risk management.
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This module precedes the dissertation and is aimed at allowing you to develop a plan for your research, resulting in a detailed proposal. As such, work done on the module contributes towards the first three chapters of your Dissertation. In this module you will acquire an understanding of the research context. You will learn how to develop feasible research objectives and an appropriate conceptual/analytical framework for your research.
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You will identify a significant subject area and problem faced by businesses and senior management in engineering. You will deploy business research methods, collect and analyse data, and produce a substantial written report of around 15,000 words to a professional standard.
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This module will describe the key principles of academic integrity, focusing on university assignments. Plagiarism, collusion and commissioning will be described as activities that undermine academic integrity, and the possible consequences of engaging in such activities will be described. Activities, with feedback, will provide you with opportunities to reflect and develop your understanding of academic integrity principles.
Teaching & assessment
Over the 12 months of this course, you’ll take six taught course units, attend various seminars and workshops and complete a final project by dissertation. Term 1 is made up of three taught course units, term 2 comprises three taught course units. The dissertation will be on a project management topic.
If you choose to study part-time the programme usually takes 2 years. However part time students may complete their programme of study over a period of up to 5 years.
Teaching and learning are delivered by a mix of academic and professional practice staff supporting the course in research and commercial areas of businesses. This consists of lectures, small group seminars and debates, individual tutorial sessions, and where applicable company focused case studies and guest speakers from industries.
You will have access to a personal tutor, along with support from module tutors, and a final dissertation supervisor during your studies.
Assessment is carried out by a variety of methods, including coursework, group and team projects, industry focused case studies, online tests, final written examinations, business case preparations and presentations.
Entry requirements
2:2
UK 2:2 Bachelor honours degree degree or equivalent in any subject.
Relevant professional qualifications and relevant experience in an associated area will be considered.
International & EU requirements
Bachelor degree from the American University of Armenia or a Specialist diploma with 80% or a GPA of 3.5 overall.
Bachelor degree (Honours) with a 2:2 or a Bachelor degree (Ordinary) with a Pass with 58% overall.
Bachelor degree or Fachhochschuldiplom/Diplom (FH) with a Grade 3.9 overall.
Bachelor degree (Bakalavr) or Specialist Diploma with 3.5 out of 5 or 70% overall.
4 year Bachelor degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) with a First Class Division or a Masters Degree following a 3 or 4 year degree.
Bachelor degree with grade 12 overall or the Licentiaat or Licence and other two cycle diplomas with grade 12 overall.
Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja Diploma Visokog Obrazovanja / Diplomirani with Grade 8
Bakalavar or Diploma of Completed Higher Education with a Grade 4 out 6 overall.
4 year Bachelor degree with 62%, a GPA 2.5 out of 4, Grade 6 out of 12 or grade C+ overall OR 3 year Bachelor degree with 73%, a GPA of 3.1 out of 4, Grade 8 out of 12 or grade B overall, depending on the grading scheme.
4 year Bachelors degree with an overall 70% to 75% or GPA of 2.8 to 3.0 out of 4.0 depending on the institution.
3 out of 5 overall in the Baccalaureus Prvostupnik or Visoko Obrazovanja/Level VII/1 (second level degree obtained on completion of 4-6 year course).
Overall 6.5 out of 10 or a GPA of 2.85 out of 4 in a Bachelor degree from a public university, Ptychion (from University of Cyprus) or Bachelor degree awarded by a private institution (the programme must be accredited by the Ministry of Education and Culture).
Bakalar with dobre (good), score of 2 or Grade C overall.
7 from 13 points grading system or 4 from 7 points grading system in a Bachelor degree, Candidatus Philosophiae or Professionbachelor.
University bachelors degree with a GPA of 2.4 overall or 65% overall
75%, 2.5 or C overall in a Bakalaurusekraad/Diploma, Magister or Magistrikraad
GPA of 1 where marks are in 1 - 3 system or GPA of 2.3 where marks are in 1 - 5 system in a Kandidaattii/Kandidat or Maisteri/Magister
Licence awarded from 2009 with grade 12 or Maitrise (pre-Bologna) with grade 11
Grade 3 overall in a Bachelor, Fachhochschuldiplom or Magister Artium
Bachelor degree with a Second Class Lower Division overall.
6 out of 10 overall in a Diploma from the Faculties of Engineering and Agriculture or a Ptychion (Bachelor degree) awarded by an AEI.
Bachelors degree degree with a Second Class Honours, Lower Division.
Egyetemi Oklevel /Foiskola Oklevel/ Alapfokozat with 3 out of 5 overall.
Baccalaurreatus with grade 6.5 out of 10 overall or Kandidatsprof / Cadidatus Mag with 6 out of 10 overall.
Bachelor degree with 55% to 60% overall or a CGPA of 5.5 to 6 out of 10 overall depending on the institution.
Bachelor degree or Diploma IV with overall GPA of 2.8.
Bachelor Degree/Professional Doctorate with 13 out of 20 overall.
Bachelor’s degree (four years) with 70% overall.
Bachelors degree with at least 75% overall depending on the mark scheme.
Diploma di Laurea or Licenza di Accademia di Belle Arti with 84 out of 110 overall.
Bachelor degree (Gakushi) with a B overall, dependent on the mark scheme.
Bakalavr or Specialist Diploma with 3.5 out of 5, 70% or 3.0 out of 4.33 overall.
Bachelor degree with a Second Class Honours (lower division) overall.
Bachelor degree with B or a GPA of 3.0 overall.
Bakalaura Diploms or Professional Bakalaura Diploms with Grade 6 overal.
Dipl Ing (FH) or Dipl Arch (FH) from Liechtenstein Technical College with a Grade 4 overall.
7 out of 10 overall in a Bakalauras or Specialist Diploma.
Bachelor degree, Diplome d?Ingenieur Industriel or Dipl?me d'?tudes Sup?rieures Sp?cialis?es with 40 out of 60 or 14 out of 20 (Bien) overall.
Bachelor degree with Class 2 Division ii, B or 2.8 out of 4.0 overall.
Honours degree with a Second Class (Lower Division) overall.
Bachelor degree or Doctoraal with Grade 6.0 out of 10 overall.
Bachelor degree Honours or Ordinary with an overall Grade C+ or Grade 3 out of 9 points grading system.
Bachelor degree with a Second Class Honours, Lower Division or overall GPA of 2.5 out of 5.
Visoko Obrazovanja with 7 out of 10 overall.
Overall 6.5 out of 10 or a GPA of 2.85 out of 4 in a Bachelor degree from a public university, Ptychion (from University of Cyprus) or Bachelor degree awarded by a private institution (the programme must be accredited by the Ministry of Education and Culture).
Bachelor degree, Candidatus Magisterii, Sivilingeni-r (siv. ing.) (Engineering degree ) or Sivil?konom (siv. ?k.) (Economics degree) Grade D or 2.6 to 3.2.
Bachelor degree with an overall GPA of 2.6.
4 year Bachelor degree or combined bachelors degree and Master degree for the duration of 4 years with 58% - 65% or a CGPA of 2.8 - 3.2 overall depending on your institution.
Licencjat, Inzynier or Bachelor with grade 3.71 overall.
Diploma de Estudos Superiores Especializadoswith grade 14 overall or Licenciado with grade 13 overall.
Bachelor degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 overall.
Diploma de Licenta, Diploma Inginer or Diploma de Arhitect with 7.0 out of 10 overall.
Bakalavr Bachelor degree or Specialist Diploma with 3.5 out of 5 or 70% overall.
Bachelor degree with 70%, 3.0 out of 5.0 or 2.8 out of 4.0 overall.
Diplom Visokog Obrazovanja (second-level degree obtained on completion of a four to six-year course) with 7.5 out of 10 overall.
Bachelor degree (from a public university) with a Class II (lower) overall.
Bakalar or Magister / Inzinier with vel'mi dobre (very good) or Grade 2 overall.
Diplomirani / Diplomirani Inzenir from Visoko izobrazevanje, University Diploma or Visoko Obrazovanja (until 1999) with 7 out of 10 (8 for Visoko Obrazovanja) overall.
Bachelor (Honours), Bachelor or Professional Bachelor degree with 60% or Second Class Lower Division.
Bachelor (Haksa) degree with 3.0 out of 4.5, 2.9 out of 4.3 or 2.8 out of 4.0.
Licenciado, Titulo de Ingeniero or Titulo de Arquitecto with 6 out of 10.
Bachelor degree from National University or Private University with 68% to 73% or GPA 2.8 to 3.0 depending on your institution.
Bachelor degree with a 2nd Class Honours (Lower) overall.
Bachelor degree GPA 2.6 to 2.8 depending on your institution.
Bachelor degree GPA 2.6 to 2.8 depending on your institution.
Bachelor degree (post 2007) or Specialist Diploma (after 1991) with a Grade 3, 9 out of 12 or 4 out of 5 overall.
Bachelor degree with 80%, a GPA of 2.8 out of 4, C+ or Good overall.
Bachelor degree with a GPA of 2.6 overall.
Kandidatexamen with at least a Pass (godkand) overall.
Bachelor degree or Bang tot nghiep dai hoc with 6.5 out of 10.
English language requirements
- IELTS: 6.5 overall. No subscore lower than 5.5.
- Pearson Test of English: 67 overall. No subscore lower than 59.
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.
- TOEFL iBT: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 17.
- Duolingo: 120 overall and no sub-score below 100.
Your future career
Develop the tools to succeed in today’s digital workplace. Upon graduating you will have knowledge of how cyber security projects are planned, developed and delivered and the ability to deliver a project over a full project lifecycle.
Our Engineering Management with Cyber Security masters offers a practical and project-based approach to learning and follows a syllabus designed in partnership with national and global businesses to enable and apply the skills they are seeking, enabling our students to make an impact when they graduate.
Some of the industries our past graduates have secured employment are:
- Telecommunications Sector
- Security Consultancies
- Digital Start-up Companies
- Transportation, Logistics and Global Supply Chains
- Retail Sector
- Utilities and Service Sector Businesses
- International Banking and Financial Services
- Further Research and Development in Private and Public Sector
Fees, funding & scholarships
Home (UK) students tuition fee per year*: £14,900
EU and international students tuition fee per year**: £27,000
Other essential costs***: There are no single associated costs greater than £50 per item on this course.
How do I pay for it? Find out more about funding options, including loans, grants, scholarships and bursaries.
* and ** These tuition fees apply to students starting their course on a full-time basis in the academic year 2026/27. Students studying on the standard part-time course structure over two years are charged 50% of the full-time applicable fee for each study year.
Royal Holloway reserves the right to increase all postgraduate tuition fees annually. For further information, see fees and funding.
** These estimated costs relate to studying this particular degree at Royal Holloway during the 2026/27 academic year, and are included as a guide. Costs, such as accommodation, food, books and other learning materials and printing, have not been included.
