Undergraduate Degrees

Cyber security careers begin with confidence — confidence to solve problems, understand systems, and respond creatively to threats. Our undergraduate programmes develop these capabilities from day one.

BSc Cyber Security

This specialist degree provides deep technical and practical grounding in:

  • secure systems design
  • penetration testing and ethical hacking
  • incident response and threat intelligence
  • digital forensics
  • applied cryptography
  • cyber-physical systems

Delivered in our new cyber labs, the programme has been submitted for NCSC certification and prepares students for roles in both industry and national-security environments.

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Cyber across all computing degrees

Every computing student at Lancaster graduates with strong security foundations. We embed cyber principles across modules including:

  • programming and algorithms
  • operating systems
  • networking
  • distributed systems
  • software engineering
  • web and mobile computing

Students apply cyber thinking in group projects, case studies and secure-by-design assessments.

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Practical, real-world experience

  • Challenge days with employers
  • Guest lectures from cyber professionals
  • Exposure to real incident data in the Data Immersion Suite
  • Optional placements with regional partners
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