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CISCO qualifications in UCAS

I'm doing my UCAS application but I'm having trouble knowing where to put my qualifications. It says in the education part that all qualifications should go there, but there's no options for cisco qualifications or anything like it. The only forum I could find on it was from 15 years ago as well sooo, anyone know what I should do?
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by benjihyu
I'm doing my UCAS application but I'm having trouble knowing where to put my qualifications. It says in the education part that all qualifications should go there, but there's no options for cisco qualifications or anything like it. The only forum I could find on it was from 15 years ago as well sooo, anyone know what I should do?


Ah a fellow networks person - always nice to see us around in the wild :smile:

Cisco qualifications are not regulated level three qualifications in the UK and so they don't attract UCAS points. This means you can't add them as a qualification. Technically, they're certifications and so wouldn't fit there anyway.

Where you can put them in is in your personal statement - it definitely shows how passionate you are about networks and the like. What course are you applying for?

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by mesub
Ah a fellow networks person - always nice to see us around in the wild :smile:
Cisco qualifications are not regulated level three qualifications in the UK and so they don't attract UCAS points. This means you can't add them as a qualification. Technically, they're certifications and so wouldn't fit there anyway.
Where you can put them in is in your personal statement - it definitely shows how passionate you are about networks and the like. What course are you applying for?

I'm not too sure yet! Interested in cybersecurity (specifically ethical hacking in abertay), cloud computing or some kind of networking degree :biggrin:

i have a few cisco certs in networking, network security and cybersecurity and hopefully planning to get a few more before I send my application away, so I'm sure I can add them in somewhere in my personal statement. Do you have any reccomendations of unis or such? I'm honestly having trouble finding ones that have good modules
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by benjihyu
I'm not too sure yet! Interested in cybersecurity (specifically ethical hacking in abertay), cloud computing or some kind of networking degree :biggrin:
i have a few cisco certs in networking, network security and cybersecurity and hopefully planning to get a few more before I send my application away, so I'm sure I can add them in somewhere in my personal statement. Do you have any reccomendations of unis or such? I'm honestly having trouble finding ones that have good modules


I couldn't find any perfect network ones so I'm doing a CS degree that has quite a few network modules in year 2 and 3. I will have a look for cyber security ones and get back to you 👍🏿👍🏿
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by benjihyu
I'm not too sure yet! Interested in cybersecurity (specifically ethical hacking in abertay), cloud computing or some kind of networking degree :biggrin:

i have a few cisco certs in networking, network security and cybersecurity and hopefully planning to get a few more before I send my application away, so I'm sure I can add them in somewhere in my personal statement. Do you have any reccomendations of unis or such? I'm honestly having trouble finding ones that have good modules


If you're looking at cybersecurity-oriented degrees, then check out the ones that are certified by the NCSC here.

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