Distance Learning (Online) MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Information Security
   
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Royal Holloway - University of London

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MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Information Security

Royal Holloway

Founded in 1885, Royal Holloway is one of the six largest colleges of the University of London and is home to the Information Security Group which is one of the largest academic security groups in the world.

The Group regularly hosts international visitors and has close links to leading companies in the area of Information Security. The Department has been awarded a grade 5 rating in the UK Higher Education Research Assessment Exercise and in 1998 received a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education. This prize recognises and rewards the outstanding contribution that universities and colleges in the United Kingdom make to the intellectual, economic, cultural and social life of the nation. The Prize Citation was as follows:

Why Students choose Royal Holloway

  • Ranked in the top 10 Universities in the UK
  • A University of London degree; a qualification recognised the world over leading to excellent career opportunities
  • Degree in the Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences
  • Accommodation guaranteed for all first year students in halls of residence
  • A cosmopolitan community with students from over 120 countries
  • A beautiful Surrey campus set in 120 acres of parkland
  • Easy access to London but a relaxed - and less expensive - environment
  • A thriving campus with a very active Students' Union
  • The University of London's best sporting college
  • Good availability of part-time work on and off campus.

Academic Staff

An introduction from Professor Fred Piper
Director of External Relations, Information Security Group

Launched in 1992, Royal Holloway’s MSc in Information Security was the first of its kind in the world. Since then, the number of degree programmes has grown rapidly, concentrating either on academic research or specific topics such as forensics. From the start, the Royal Holloway programme has covered the entire breadth of the subject: from the management of security, to computer crime, to cryptographic mechanisms and how they are used in the protection of computers and their networks.

Given our strength in depth across the programme and the active contribution of security professionals to its continuing review and development, we are uniquely well placed to maintain the programme’s relevance within a fast-moving industry.

The content of the distance learning MSc, launched in 2003, is identical to that for campus-based students at Royal Holloway. Delivered online, you are fully supported by a Virtual Learning Environment throughwhich you can interact with tutors and fellow students worldwide. We look forward to welcoming you to our online security community.

We look forward to welcoming you to the programme.

Professor Fred Piper

In acknowledgement of his major contributions to Information Security, Professor Fred Piper was elected to the InfoSecurity Europe ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2008. He has also been recognised as a Fellow of (ISC)2, the elite network of certified information security professionals.