MSc/Masters

Continuing Professional Development

The modules of the Royal Holloway MSc in Information Security are now available for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Professional bodies such as (ISC)2 accept our modules for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) purposes.

The award of Royal Holloway MSc in Information Security may be earned via the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) route. Credit towards the award of the MSc may be accumulated over a seven year period.

The modules are available in three modes of delivery: Weekly lectures on campus during an 11 week teaching term; Block Mode delivery in one week (5 day) courses; and by Distance Learning . Note that Block Mode courses are available on campus but may also be delivered, by arrangement, at a company’s own site.

Royal Holloway Information Security Group CPD students will be given a Certificate of Attendance but may also choose to enter for the examination to earn credit towards the MSc in Information Security. A student who elects to enter for the assessment of the modules and successfully follows the study programme of the MSc within a period of 7 years will qualify for the award of the MSc in Information Security.

Those interested in any aspect of CPD with the Information Security Group should contact Pauline Stoner (p.stoner [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk) . Applicants entering for the assessment of the modules at Royal Holloway for the first time should apply on-line via the Graduate School .

  • Choose ‘Part-time’ as mode of study and write ‘CPD route’ in the Research Area text box.
  • Write ‘Day Release Delivery’ or ‘Block Mode Delivery’ in this box according as you wish to attend lectures one day a week during the 11 week teaching term or in a one week (5 day) blockmode course.
  • Include a list of the course codes IY5xxx of the modules you wish to attend in the current session.

As well as submitting the application on-line, please preview and produce a pdf of the first page of your application and send it directly to the ISG Administrator, Pauline Stoner (p.stoner [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk) . The fee for individual modules taken by CPD students in 2009/10 is £1,100 for Home/EU students and £1,600 for Overseas students. The fees are reviewed each year.

An applicant who has already earned credit via Distance Learning, or intends to do so, should provide details of this to Pauline .