Gain the skills you need to kick-start your career with the Networking & Data Communications MSc. Pick from the accredited cyber pathway or the Management Studies option. Whichever route you choose, you will have the opportunity to use our state-of-the-art laboratories, with up-to-date computers and Local Area Networks (LAN).The Network & Data Communications MSc course provides you with the practical knowledge and a critical appreciation of the principles of data communications. You'll learn how to analyse a system and design an appropriate, custom solution. There is also the opportunity to combine the course with Management Studies to allow you to develop key business and management skills.A project/dissertation will enable you to study an area of interest in depth and gain valuable research skills. Your project is usually relevant to your career, so it provides an excellent selling point when you are looking for a job or promotion. If you are an overseas student, we will help you to carry out a project either based in your home country or that will be of specific relevance when you return home.Plus, our industry contacts provide demonstrations of current technology for you to explore. We also organise vendor seminars to expose you to current and emerging technologies.Many of our staff in the Faculty are research active. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies. Computing research activities are focused around the following main research centres:Digital Imaging Research Centre – offering expertise in computer vision, medical imaging, visual surveillance, ambient intelligence, machine learning and computer graphics.Wireless Multimedia and Networking Research Group – The research group carries out fundamental and applied research on wireless communications and networking, media streaming and closely related fields.