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KCL vs Warwick for Cyber Security MSc

Any thoughts guys?

I have been offered a place at both, need to pay up for one of them. International student, in Asia. Warwick have offered a substantial scholarship (Cyber Security Management). Cheaper to live there too, but I'd prefer to be in London. I think King's will look better on CVs in Asia.

The courses.

Warwick :
* Proactive Cyber Defence: 15 x 1 hour lectures, 15 x 1 hr tutorials, 40 x 1 hr online independent learning (not really sure what this means),
80 hours coursework. "Case Study on Threat Identification and System Hardening" using "open source tools"
* Managing Cyber Risk, Audit and Compliance 15 x 1 hr lectures, 55x online independent learning, 80 hrs coursework on "Risk Management Report" to "include a comprehensive mitigation and response plan and strategy."
* Study, Professional & Analytical Skills - 10 x 1.5 hour seminars, 22 x online scheduled, 13 x online independent, 30 hrs private study, 5 hour 'study skills test' (online), 30 hours 'continuous learning assessment' (I assume quizzes etc.), 35 hours 'individual essay' (review and synthesis existing research relating to chosen course )
* Digital Forensic Investigation - 7 x 1 hour lectures, 23 x 1 hour practicals, 40 x 1 hour independent online, 1 x 4 hour practical test of digital forensics 1 x 76 hour report on topic such as 'forensic investigation of dashcams'
* Pentesting ditto, but the asssessment is 4 hour pen testing practical and 76 hours for planning/reporting on it
* Management of Cryptosystems 7 x 1 hour lectures, 23 x 1 hour practical, 37 x 1 hour online independent, 83 hours on 'configuring cryptosystem' with report
* Cyber Security Consultancy - final assessment is a cyber security consultancy report
* Data Science & Machine learning 12 x 1 hour lectures, 10 x 1 hour seminars, 8 x 1 hour practicals, 15 x 1 hour online learning, 105 hours practical machine learning program

Project: 600 hours throughout the year, 1/3 of the grade.

3 x 10 week terms between 2 October 2023 and 29 June 2024, nominal end date 2 October 2024

King's:

1 x 11 week teaching term followed by a teaching/revision week
then 1 x exam week before the second 11-week teaching term (end of March), followed by a 4-week break then a 1-week teaching/revision week, followed by a 5-week exam period. Coursework only for the final term, submission at end of August

For King's the modules:

Term 1
* Cryptography (1.5 hour exam)
* Security Management (1.5 hour exam, 20% coursework)
* Security Engineering (1.5 hour exam, 30% coursework)
* AI (1.5 hour exam, 20% coursework) - 3rd year undergraduate level module

Term 2:
* Network Security (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Forensics & Cybercrime (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Security Testing (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Either Big Data (exam only), or Machine Learning (2 hour exam, 10% coursework - this is 3rd year undergraduate level)

Term 3:
* Project 1/3 of the course
Kings definitely you'll find the top end of the jobs with a degree from there
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Original post by SweeterStudies
Any thoughts guys?
I have been offered a place at both, need to pay up for one of them. International student, in Asia. Warwick have offered a substantial scholarship (Cyber Security Management). Cheaper to live there too, but I'd prefer to be in London. I think King's will look better on CVs in Asia.
The courses.
Warwick :
* Proactive Cyber Defence: 15 x 1 hour lectures, 15 x 1 hr tutorials, 40 x 1 hr online independent learning (not really sure what this means),
80 hours coursework. "Case Study on Threat Identification and System Hardening" using "open source tools"
* Managing Cyber Risk, Audit and Compliance 15 x 1 hr lectures, 55x online independent learning, 80 hrs coursework on "Risk Management Report" to "include a comprehensive mitigation and response plan and strategy."
* Study, Professional & Analytical Skills - 10 x 1.5 hour seminars, 22 x online scheduled, 13 x online independent, 30 hrs private study, 5 hour 'study skills test' (online), 30 hours 'continuous learning assessment' (I assume quizzes etc.), 35 hours 'individual essay' (review and synthesis existing research relating to chosen course )
* Digital Forensic Investigation - 7 x 1 hour lectures, 23 x 1 hour practicals, 40 x 1 hour independent online, 1 x 4 hour practical test of digital forensics 1 x 76 hour report on topic such as 'forensic investigation of dashcams'
* Pentesting ditto, but the asssessment is 4 hour pen testing practical and 76 hours for planning/reporting on it
* Management of Cryptosystems 7 x 1 hour lectures, 23 x 1 hour practical, 37 x 1 hour online independent, 83 hours on 'configuring cryptosystem' with report
* Cyber Security Consultancy - final assessment is a cyber security consultancy report
* Data Science & Machine learning 12 x 1 hour lectures, 10 x 1 hour seminars, 8 x 1 hour practicals, 15 x 1 hour online learning, 105 hours practical machine learning program
Project: 600 hours throughout the year, 1/3 of the grade.
3 x 10 week terms between 2 October 2023 and 29 June 2024, nominal end date 2 October 2024
King's:
1 x 11 week teaching term followed by a teaching/revision week
then 1 x exam week before the second 11-week teaching term (end of March), followed by a 4-week break then a 1-week teaching/revision week, followed by a 5-week exam period. Coursework only for the final term, submission at end of August
For King's the modules:
Term 1
* Cryptography (1.5 hour exam)
* Security Management (1.5 hour exam, 20% coursework)
* Security Engineering (1.5 hour exam, 30% coursework)
* AI (1.5 hour exam, 20% coursework) - 3rd year undergraduate level module
Term 2:
* Network Security (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Forensics & Cybercrime (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Security Testing (1.5 hour exam, 15% coursework)
* Either Big Data (exam only), or Machine Learning (2 hour exam, 10% coursework - this is 3rd year undergraduate level)
Term 3:
* Project 1/3 of the course
Hi. What course did you decide on in the end?

Could you give some feedback and insight? Thanks.

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