Programme + Advanced Certificate Bundle

BEng (Hons) Software Engineering – 12 Months (Top-Up degree) with Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing

Earn your BEng (Hons) Software Engineering – 12 Months (Top-Up degree) and add the employer-focused Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing on top — a double credential from one enrolment, for just £25 extra.

Why Combine These Two Credentials?

The BEng (Hons) Software Engineering – 12 Months (Top-Up degree) gives you the full, accredited foundation — and the Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing sharpens it into a specialism employers search for. You study both together, in one flexible online enrolment with LSBR.

You will learn to simulate cyber attacks, extending the computer networks and security module in the BEng (Hons) Software Engineering programme, to become a skilled penetration tester.

Complete both and your CV carries two named credentials: the BEng (Hons) Software Engineering – 12 Months (Top-Up degree) and the Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing.

What You Will Study

Core modules of the BEng (Hons) Software Engineering – 12 Months (Top-Up degree):

  • Software Development Methods
  • Computer Systems Architecture
  • Database Management Systems
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Web Application Development
  • Computer Networks and Security
  • Software Testing and Validation
  • Data Analysis and Modeling
  • Computer Graphics and Animation
  • PLUS: Advanced Certificate in Penetration Testing — your focused specialisation on top of the main programme

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