Course contact details
Student Recruitment Team
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Open University
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
Advance into the rapidly expanding field of cyber security by building specialist knowledge and professional confidence through this postgraduate diploma. You’ll explore core topics such as information security and digital forensics, developing your technical, analytical and investigative skills in real-world contexts. Ideal for security professionals, engineers, or analysts aiming to enhance their credentials and strengthen their impact, the qualification offers a pathway into advanced roles or a route to top up to an MSc. You’ll gain a recognised postgraduate qualification and the capability to drive security initiatives and respond to evolving threats.
Key features of the course
Bring together theory and practice, drawing on your background and experience
Build a platform for further research studies
Study a broad range of cyber security topics relevant to career needs and professional interests
To gain this qualification, you'll study four compulsory 30-credit modules.
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Although this qualification has no entry requirements, we recommend you have:
a UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a computing discipline or relevant industry experience
minimum IELTS (International English Language Testing System) scores of
Reading: 5.5
Writing: 5.5
Speaking: 5.5
Listening: 5.5
Overall: 6.0.
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
As fees for individual modules can vary, the total cost you pay for your qualification depends on the modules you choose to study. For further information about fees, please refer to the course description on The Open University website.
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
At Open University