Awarding Body:
Award: Honours Bachelor’s degree awarded after successful completion of the third year
Credits: 60 ECTS – 120 CATS
Level: MQF L5 – EQF L5 – UK L5
Study Mode: Full-Time / Part-Time
Full-Time Schedule:
Start: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026
End: Friday, 4th June 2027
Lectures: 3 times a week
Lecture Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Part-Time Schedule:
Start: Tuesday, 22nd September 2026
End: Friday, 9th June 2028
Lectures: 1 to 2 times a week
Lecture Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Duration:
Full-Time: 1 Academic Year
Part-Time: 2 Academic Years
Future Intakes: September 2026
Assessment Method: Examinations and Assignments
Delivery Method: Face to Face Lectures
Administration Fee: €150
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BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity – 2nd Year
This Cybersecurity Degree aims to give students a fundamental understanding of how to protect organisations, networks, IT systems and individuals against cyber attacks and cyber threats. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of cyber threats, criminal cyber activity, and information risk management. Students learn practical control measures and secure system design principles that help organizations reduce risk and remain resilient against cyber attacks.
The course also includes aspects of Cryptography and Forensic Computing, and students will have the opportunity to engage with the latest software and forensic approaches.
Gain an understanding of cybersecurity architecture and operations by making use of specialist tools and equipment to develop your knowledge of computer networks and gain technical understanding of how to protect computer systems and networks. Students will gain experience within ethical hacking and in the final year, further develop and apply their knowledge in different applications and technologies, techniques, tools and methods in relation to cybersecurity.
Students who successfully complete this year progress directly to the third year of their Cybersecurity degree.
The entry requirements for the BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity – 2nd year of the degree are as follows:
Academic Pathway
- Higher National Certificate in Computing (HNC)
- NCC Diploma in Computing Level 4 (MQFL5)
English Qualifications
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall Score of 6.0 with no component less than 5.5
- TOEFL – Overall Score of 60 with no component score less than 20
- Cambridge: Advanced English, First English – Overall score of 169 with no component scores less than 162
- Cambridge: English Proficiency (Online Verification Required) – Overall score of 169 with no component scores less than 162
Relevant work experience is considered.
Visa Requirements
All students who are not from EU/EEA countries or Switzerland will require a visa to study in Malta. For all information related to visas, please visit the Identità Malta page directly by clicking here.
Important Notice
Kindly note that students must complete a health screening within the first two weeks of arrival in Malta, ideally before the course begins. If any issues are identified during screening, the application for residency approval cannot be finalised. For further information, please refer to the following link: Foreign Students Studying in Malta | HPDP
- 5CI021 Data Mining (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- 5CS018 Cybersecurity Architecture and Operations (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- 5CS024 Collaborative Development (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- 5CS032 Computer Networking (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- 5CS031 Network Security (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- 5CS035 Ethical Hacking (Credits: 10 ECTS – 20 CATS)
- Apply appropriate theory, tools and techniques (e.g. theory and practice of programming, object-oriented design and analysis, design and construction of data systems, concurrent and distributed systems) to the analysis, design and synthesis of solutions to requirements in the domain of Cybersecurity.
- Demonstrate mastery of the essential facts, concepts, principles, theories and practices enabling graduate employment in applications of Cybersecurity (e.g. Software development, media computing, systems analysis).
- Demonstrate a range of transferable skills in: problem solving; communication; project management; working individually and in teams; self-management; and the ability to gather, evaluate and reflect on information from relevant sources and synthesize new knowledge and solutions to requirements in the domain of applications of Cybersecurity.
- Demonstrate a range of social, legal, ethical and professional skills required for continuing professional development in Computing and Information Technology disciplines within a world-wide context.
This course is eligible for government funding under the Students’ Maintenance Grants (Stipends) and/or the Get Qualified Scheme.
If you would like to learn more about these schemes, please click here.
Upon successful completion, learners may progress to the BSc (Hons) Cybersecurity – 3rd year of the degree.
