MSc Cyber Security at Warwick: Engineering or Management, Entry and Fees
Warwick teaches cybersecurity at WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), and it offers two different one-year master’s: Cyber Security Engineering and Cyber Security Management. They are aimed at different people and carry different NCSC listings. Here is what Warwick and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) publish for September 2027 entry.
The two courses side by side
| Cyber Security Engineering | Cyber Security Management | |
|---|---|---|
| Length and start | 1 year full time; starts 27 September 2027 | 12 months full time; starts 27 September 2027 |
| Aimed at | The more technical route | Graduates who want to apply cybersecurity in a consultancy, strategic, business or management context; Warwick says it also suits non-STEM graduates with a specific interest in cybersecurity |
| Entry | A 2:1 undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in IT, computer science or a related subject | A UK 2:1 undergraduate degree, or equivalent |
| English | IELTS 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0 (Warwick Band A) | The same Band A requirement |
| NCSC status (list reviewed 7 September 2026) | Fully certified, expiry 30 September 2027 | Fully certified, expiry 25 October 2027; Warwick also says the course is certified by the NCSC |
| Application deadline | See Warwick’s page | 31 August 2027 on the WMG page |
| International fee | Quoted at £39,330 for 2027/28 by a counselling site citing Warwick’s fee table, and £37,460 for 2026 by a listing site | Listing sites quote £37,450 to £37,460 for 2026 entry |
Which one, in our reading
Choose Engineering if you want the technical route and your degree is in computing. Choose Management if your goal is consultancy or security management, or if your degree is not in a STEM subject. If you have a lower degree class, the published entry line is a 2:1, so contact admissions before assuming experience will substitute.
Placement and deadlines
Warwick says the course does not include a formal work placement, although postgraduate taught students can look for one themselves. Two sources give different deadlines: the WMG page gives 31 August 2027 for Management, while a counselling site quotes 2 August 2027 as Warwick’s general on-time deadline for taught courses. Apply well before either date, because your visa timeline may need the earlier one.
Fees and visa funds
We could not read Warwick’s own fee table, so treat the fees above as directory figures and confirm them on Warwick’s page. Coventry is outside London, so the outside-London living-cost figure applies: £1,171 a month for up to nine months today, rising to £1,203 for applications from 30 November 2026 under Statement of Changes HC 584, as reported by immigration law firms. Use our calculator, and see our guide to NCSC-certified masters to compare.
Correction, November 2026
An earlier version of this guide said international fees were in the region of £27,000 to £30,000 and that a 2:2 would be considered with professional experience. Listing sites and the fee table quoted by a counselling site show higher fees, and the course pages we read do not mention a 2:2 route, so both statements were removed.
What we could not confirm
We could not read Warwick’s own fee table or the Engineering course’s deadline, and we found no independent graduate outcome figures, so this guide gives none.
Sources and checks
- University of Warwick, MSc Cyber Security Management (September 2027 start), read on 5 November 2026
- WMG, University of Warwick, Cyber Security Management, read on 5 November 2026
- IDP, Cyber Security Engineering at Warwick (a listing site, 2026 fee), and Nbyula, Warwick Cyber Security Engineering (a counselling site quoting Warwick’s 2027/28 fee table), read on 5 November 2026
- National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC-certified degrees (reviewed 7 September 2026), read on 5 November 2026
- GOV.UK, Student visa: money you need and Richmond Chambers, commentary on HC 584
Figures checked: November 2026. This is general information, not admissions or immigration advice, so confirm fees, entry and certification on Warwick’s pages.