Middlesex' course is designed to equip students to deal with the ever-changing needs of the business world and ever-developing threats to security – combining both theory and intensive practical experience with a strong emphasis on professional skills.

Middlesex makes the most of their strong links with companies like Microsoft and Siemens and work hard to ensure the course remains highly relevant to the workplace. Practical work is an important part of every module, staff will help students find a work placement for up to 12 weeks, during which they'll work on their independent research project.

Middlesex' award-winning technology centre has five specialist laboratories equipped with the latest industry-standard hardware and software, including OPNET, Wireshark, MATLAB, Simulink, OpNet Modeller 17.0, OMNeT++ , National Instruments and Cisco technology such as Packet Tracer. While studying for this qualification students will work with Middlesex' LTE test bed and Blade Server, and they will learn how to access and configure cloud-based networks.