Level 4 diplomas in IT, Data and Cyber Security
The largest section on the site. Start with the general information technology diplomas if you are new to computing; go straight to cyber security, networking or web design if you already know which way you lean. The artificial intelligence and Internet of Things programmes are newer and more specialised, and we have written about their limits as well as their appeal.
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Artificial Intelligence
A first year in machine learning that starts with the mathematics and ends with the ethics, for people who want to build rather than talk about AI.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 610/3934/2
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OTHM · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Cyber Security
A computer science first year with a security thread, for people who want to understand the machine before they defend it.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 610/5103/2
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Cyber Security
Security from the first unit to the last, for people who already understand computing and want to specialise now.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 7
- Ofqual
- 603/3331/5
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in IT – E-commerce
An IT diploma for the online trade: the standard first-year core, then the interfaces and apps that customers actually touch.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 603/4786/7
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in IT – Networking
For people who like the part of IT you can trace with a cable tester, and want the theory that makes the lights mean something.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 603/4782/X
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in IT – Web Design
Design and code for the web on a proper IT foundation, for people who want to make sites that work as well as they look.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 603/4783/1
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OTHM · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Information Technology
The broad computing diploma: a bit of everything a first-year IT student meets, taught so you can choose your specialism afterwards.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 6
- Hours
- 1,200
- Ofqual
- 610/1191/5
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Information Technology
The hardware-and-networks-first route into IT, for people who want to know how the machine and the wire work before they write for them.
- Credits
- 120
- Units
- 9
- Ofqual
- 603/4781/8
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Qualifi · Diploma
Level 4 Diploma in Internet of Things (Smart Home)
A short, practical Level 4 in connected-home technology, under half the size of a standard diploma and honest about it.
- Credits
- 52
- Units
- 6
- Ofqual
- 610/5031/3
Choosing between two of these? Tell us which two and what you do now; we will reply within two working days with a straight recommendation, and introduce you to LSPM only if you want to go further.