Criminology (Cybercrime and Cybersecurity) MSc

What you will study

The course is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of both cybercrime and the cybersecurity response to this. It will also provide you with the expertise to apply some of the key criminological theories to explain issues in crime and the criminal justice system. Along the way, you will also acquire skills in conducting social research and will benefit from being trained to use some of the most important social research methods used by practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in the area.

Our course offers you the opportunity to work with leading theorists in the field of cybercrime and with experts from the Surrey Centre for Cyber Security. The Centre is one of only 14 research hubs recognised as Academic Centres of Excellence by GCHQ and the UK government.

MSc conference

This course includes a yearly postgraduate one-day conference which provides an opportunity, in an informal atmosphere, for discussing current research issues and debates, technologies and methods at the forefront of cybercrime and criminological research, and other related themes. The event includes presentations from guest speakers, members of staff and PhD students.