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Cybersecurity at NUTM

B.Sc · Faculty of Computing & Science

Cybersecurity

Defending systems, gathering evidence and hardening the infrastructure a modern economy runs on.

Award
B.Sc
Duration
8 semesters
Teaching
Live incident response
Entry
Through UTME

The programme.

The B.Sc. Cybersecurity equips students to mitigate threats, gather forensic evidence, and raise the security posture of computers and the systems built on them. It shares a foundation year with the faculty's other computing degrees before specialising from the second year.

Nigeria's financial and logistics sectors are among the most attacked in West Africa, and the shortfall in qualified defenders is the reason this degree exists. Teaching is exercise-driven: students run live incident-response scenarios in a purpose-built lab on the Apapa campus.

Graduates leave able to reason about an adversary rather than merely operate a tool, which is the difference between a security analyst and a security engineer.

Undergraduate students working together at a laptop
Four years, full-time, on the Apapa campus.

What you study.

4 terms. Full-time, on campus.

7 courses

Foundation year, shared across the Faculty of Computing & Science

  • Introduction to Programming
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • General Physics
  • Calculus and Linear Algebra
  • Communication in English
  • Nigerian Peoples and Culture
  • Personal Mastery

7 courses

First mandatory SIWES placement at the close of the session

  • Data Structures and Algorithms
  • Computer Architecture and Organisation
  • Foundations of Information Security
  • Cryptography
  • Database Systems
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Professional Skills Studio

6 courses

Second mandatory SIWES placement at the close of the session

  • Network Security
  • Operating Systems and Systems Security
  • Digital Forensics
  • Secure Software Development
  • Risk, Governance and Compliance
  • Research Methods in Computing

5 courses

Final-year project, supervised and examined

  • Offensive Security and Red Teaming
  • Incident Response and Threat Intelligence
  • Cloud and Infrastructure Security
  • Cyber Law and Professional Ethics
  • Final-Year Project

Getting in.

  • A UTME score that meets the cut-off for the programme you are applying to.
  • Your O'Level results. Credits may be combined across two sittings.
  • A JAMB result slip. Applications submitted without one are rejected.
  • A short personal statement.
  • A telephone screening followed by a panel interview, both by video.
  • Subject combinations are confirmed with our admissions office at application.

What it costs.

Tuition
₦2,000,000Per academic year. Payable annually or by semester.
tuition
200000Per academic year. Payable annually or by semester.

Intake · September, annually

Where it leads.

  • Security operations and incident response teams
  • Digital forensics and financial-crime investigation
  • Application and cloud security engineering
  • Governance, risk and compliance across banking and telecoms

Related programmes.

Other routes in the same faculty, or at the same level.

B.Sc4 yearsComputer ScienceProgramming, systems and applied intelligence, from first principles to a supervised final-year project.Programme detail
B.Sc4 yearsInformation TechnologyRunning the computing infrastructure organisations depend on, and improving it once it runs.Programme detail
B.Sc4 yearsAccountingTechnical accounting expertise, analytical judgement and the digital fluency the profession now assumes.Programme detail

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