PG Cert Intelligence Analysis

United Kingdom

Brunel University London

Course Overview

The Intelligence Analysis course at Brunel offers you a unique opportunity for practical, policy-oriented graduate study of intelligence issues across the private and public sectors around the world. The course is taught over nine months through a range of online resources that include journals, e-books, specialized tools in intelligence analyst and other materials such as government declassified documents. You will connect to the team of supportive academic staff through online tutorials during their office hours and take part in a week-long residential course on campus consisting of workshops, presentations, and exercises. Highly committed and enthusiastic tutors combine broad-ranging expertise in areas such as cryptography, computer networking, imagery, intelligence analysis, economics, and law, with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to develop your academic and professional potential. You will be taught by one of the UKs most innovative scholars in intelligence and security studies: an expert on covert action and military intelligence doctrine, a specialist in structured analytic techniques, and a former senior military imagery analyst.

General Eligibility

A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree, or equivalent internationally recognized qualification, with an understanding of the realities of academic intelligence and security study and the frameworks within which intelligence and security operations work. Applicants with other qualifications or with relevant work-related experience will be considered on an individual basis.