The Internet of Things MSc at Royal Holloway University of London

The course

Please note the MSc Internet of Things is closed for 2020 entry
 

The digital revolution is changing our world in deep and lasting ways. The Internet of Things – networked devices that are capable of sensing, transmitting and acting on data to improve our quality of life – is an area of development that is widely expected to require the services of millions of new developers over the coming years. Study the Internet of Things at Royal Holloway, University of London and you’ll acquire the skills and experience you need to become a part of an exciting, fast-expanding area of computer science with excellent graduate employability prospects.

This programme is designed to help you break into a rapidly expanding area of computer science, providing you with advanced knowledge and skills in data analytics techniques, technical and methodological aspects of distributed and networked systems, and aspects of cyber-security such as privacy and safety.

Skills that you will acquire include the ability to:

• design and implement middleware services for reliable communication in unreliable networks, and storage solutions for wireless, sensor, and ad-hoc networks
• detect sources of vulnerability in networks of connected devices and deploy
• the appropriate countermeasures to information security threats
• enforce privacy in “smart” environments
• work with open source and cloud tools for scalable data storage (DynamoDB) and coordination (Zookeeper)
• design end-to-end IoT solutions involving interconnected edge devices and clouds
• work with modern network management technologies (Software-Defined Networking) and standards (OpenFlow)
• work with low-power wireless and mesh networking standards and technologies such as IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee and XBee
• work with state-of-the-art microcontroller devices and kits, such as Arduino and Tessel, and miniature computing technologies, such as RaspberryPi
• work with methods and techniques such as clustering, regression, support vector machines, boosting, decision trees, and neural networks

You’ll study in a department renowned for cutting-edge research-led teaching and be able to contribute your own findings during your Individual Project. You will be taught by world-leading academics, actively engaged in research across all aspects of distributed computing and systems, including design and analysis of algorithms, large-scale and cloud-based systems, fault-tolerance, distributed storage, cloud computing, peer-to-peer, concurrency control, and multi-core computing. You will also have access to a range of advanced facilities including a laboratory for experimenting with networked physical devices, and a cluster facility for processing and analysing real data sets.

Study The Internet of Things at Royal Holloway and you’ll graduate with a Masters degree in a field with excellent graduate employability prospects. You'll develop a range of skills and knowledge that will make you a highly employable candidate to many new and established businesses.

• Gain invaluable skills and experience with a year in industry at one of the country's leading tech organisations.
• Benefit from strong industry ties, with close proximity to ‘England’s Silicon Valley’.
• Graduate with a Master's degree offering excellent graduate employability prospects.
• Tailor your learning with a wide range of engaging optional modules.

Your future career

According to Cisco, the number of 'connected devices' (including vending machines, electricity meters and refrigerators, as well as phones and computers) will exceed the number of people on the planet by a factor of two. By 2020 some 27 billion unique objects will be connected wirelessly to the internet, and the Internet of Things will double in size every five years, with VisionMobile estimating that 4.5 million IOT developers will be needed.

Study The Internet of Things at Royal Holloway, University of London and you can expect excellent graduate employability prospects in an exciting, fast-expanding area of computer science. You’ll develop a wide range of transferable skills, including cybersecurity, botnet detection, cloud computing, data mining and network analytics. You’ll also benefit from Royal Holloway’s proximity to the M4 corridor – also known as ‘England’s Silicon Valley’ – offering fantastic networking and placement opportunities with some of the country’s leading tech companies. 

Recent alumni have gone on to enjoy rewarding careers in areas such as financial analytics and Big Data, while others have gone on to do a PhD. We bring several companies to our campus throughout the year, both for fairs and for delivering advanced topics seminars, which are an excellent opportunity to learn about what they do and discuss possible placements or jobs.

• Strong industry ties help to provide placement and networking opportunities with some of the country’s leading institutions.
• Together with our on-site Careers and Employability Service, we run one-to-one coaching sessions and workshops, helping you to find a placement or job and lead a successful career.