Programme details
This is a 4-year programme with a challenge-led, interdisciplinary, user-informed and holistic approach to all training throughout the four years.
With an emphasis on challenge-led learning, the programme launches with an introductory Induction Residential Week where leading academics and industry figures deliver talks and deep dives to CDT students and our industry partners . By combining collaborative teamwork with flipped classroom mode, students from different backgrounds learn and develop together as a cohort.
Our specially designed taught first year is delivered through teaching, masterclasses, placements, sandpits and guided self-study including peer-supported learning and group work. Taught modules include:
- Fundamentals of cyber security
- Cyber threats and risks
- Human and Organisational Factors
- Security of Industrial Control Systems
- Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT)
- Secure Software Engineering
- Futures Thinking and Responsible Innovation
- Research Methodologies
- Masterclasses
- Industrial and Research Sandpits and Placements
In Years 2 to 4, students conduct world leading challenge-led research projects under the guidance of supervisors based at the University of Bristol and/ or at the University of Bath. You will continue to attend enhanced training opportunities and therefore further develop a wider learning base on a full-time or part-time basis, as best suits your commitments.
- Inter-disciplinary research projects validated via real-world testbeds and in-the-wild deployments
- Cross cohort (across years) programme of master classes, seminars, sandpits and summer schools
- One internship in industry or international research centre
- Responsible innovation challenges in collaboration with Bath Innovation Centre and EngineShed
- Impact fellowships for working with professionals in-situ