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Diploma in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence

with Integrated Cybersecurity Technologies

Build practical expertise across Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Programming, Data and Artificial Intelligence through a comprehensive 12-month academic programme.

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Diploma
Awarding body / certification
NextGen Campus Certificate / PSB University Certificate
Duration & study mode
12 MonthsOnline
Fees
LKR 120,000Course fee only. Check payment options below for registration, exam and certificate charges.
Entry requirements

Direct entry: A/L completed or equivalent; Alternative entry: O/L students progress through FIT Foundation before entering the Diploma

All entry requirements
  • Minimum age: 17
  • Basic computer familiarity and functional English reading ability
  • Access to a suitable laptop
  • No previous programming, networking or IT qualification required
  • Mature entry for applicants aged 23+ is considered through documented experience and an admissions interview
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Programme Overview

A Broad, Practice-Based Technology Diploma

The Diploma in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence with Integrated Cybersecurity Technologies is a 12-month practice-based programme designed to build a broad foundation across modern IT, cloud computing, cybersecurity, programming, data, artificial intelligence and digital technologies.

The programme progresses from computing fundamentals and workplace digital skills into networking, cloud, cybersecurity, web technologies, databases, Python programming, machine learning, generative AI, responsible AI, digital marketing and Power BI. It concludes with a dedicated supervised capstone project phase.

Entry Routes

Direct Or Foundation Entry

  • Direct entry: A/L completed or equivalent
  • Alternative entry: O/L students progress through FIT Foundation before entering the Diploma
  • Minimum age: 17
  • Basic computer familiarity and functional English reading ability
  • Access to a suitable laptop
  • No previous programming, networking or IT qualification required
  • Mature entry for applicants aged 23+ is considered through documented experience and an admissions interview

Key Programme Information

A Structured 12-Month Academic Journey

Teaching, guided practice and project supervision are organised across a complete diploma-year schedule.

12 MonthsTotal programme duration
15Integrated modules
78Taught sessions
13 WeeksSupervised capstone phase
234 HoursLecture hours
273 HoursTotal contact hours

Programme Structure

Seven Phases From IT Foundations To Capstone

A progressive curriculum connects infrastructure, security, software, AI, data and professional project work.

Phase 01

IT Foundations

Computing, operating systems and digital workplace productivity.

Phase 02

Networking & Cloud

Internet foundations, addressing, cloud services and cloud identity.

Phase 03

Cybersecurity

Ethical hacking, identity, endpoints, data protection and online security.

Phase 04

Web, Databases & Programming

Responsive web technology, relational data and Python automation.

Phase 05

Artificial Intelligence & Data

Machine learning, generative AI and prompt engineering.

Phase 06

Digital Business & Responsible AI

Digital marketing, AI security, privacy, ethics and Power BI.

Phase 07

Career Portfolio & Capstone

A supervised individual project integrating IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

Programme Modules

Explore The Complete Diploma Curriculum

All 15 modules and their principal topics are shown below.

DITA-101 Digital and IT Foundations

  • Computer systems
  • Hardware, software and firmware
  • Digital data
  • Binary, decimal and hexadecimal
  • File systems
  • Command-line fundamentals
  • IT careers and professional documentation

DITA-102 Computer Hardware and Operating Systems

  • Computer hardware
  • CPU, memory and storage
  • Windows operating systems
  • Linux introduction
  • User accounts and permissions
  • Virtual machines
  • Troubleshooting
  • System administration fundamentals

DITA-103 Digital Workplace Productivity and Social Media

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Formulas and functions
  • Pivot tables and charts
  • Professional presentations
  • Cloud collaboration
  • Social media content planning
  • Engagement analytics

DITA-104 Networking and Internet Fundamentals

  • LAN and WAN
  • Network devices
  • OSI and TCP/IP
  • MAC addressing
  • IPv4 addressing
  • Subnetting and VLSM
  • IPv6 awareness
  • DHCP, DNS and NAT
  • HTTP, HTTPS and TLS
  • Wi-Fi security
  • Packet capture
  • Network troubleshooting

DITA-105 Cloud Computing

  • Cloud fundamentals
  • IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
  • Public, private and hybrid cloud
  • Shared responsibility
  • Cloud identity
  • Users, groups and roles
  • MFA and Single Sign-On
  • Cloud storage
  • Virtual networking
  • Availability
  • Cost management
  • Cloud security risks

DITA-106 Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking

  • CIA triad and defence in depth
  • Threat actors, malware and phishing
  • Social engineering
  • Cryptography, hashing, certificates and PKI
  • Firewalls, IDS / IPS and segmentation
  • VPN and Zero Trust
  • Security monitoring and SOC fundamentals
  • Incident response
  • Reconnaissance and OSINT
  • Network scanning and vulnerability identification
  • Introductory web security
  • Security reporting

Offensive-security activities are supervised and performed only against authorised laboratory targets.

DITA-107 Identity, Endpoint, Data and Online Security

  • Strong authentication
  • Password managers, MFA and passkeys
  • Access control and privileged access
  • Endpoint protection and patch management
  • Disk encryption
  • Backup strategies, RPO and RTO
  • Ransomware resilience
  • Data classification and secure deletion
  • Social media privacy and digital footprint
  • Deepfakes and identity abuse

DITA-108 Web Technologies and Databases

  • Client-server architecture and HTTP
  • HTML and CSS
  • Responsive design
  • Relational databases
  • Database normalisation and ER diagrams
  • SQL and CRUD operations
  • Joins
  • APIs, REST and JSON
  • OWASP awareness
  • SQL injection defence
  • Cross-site scripting awareness

DITA-109 Python Programming and Automation with AI

  • Python fundamentals
  • Variables, data types and conditions
  • Loops, data structures and functions
  • Files, CSV and JSON
  • pandas introduction
  • Error handling and debugging
  • Git and GitHub
  • AI-assisted coding and code verification
  • Automation and scheduled scripts

Students are expected to understand and explain AI-assisted code rather than simply submit generated output.

DITA-110 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals

  • AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning
  • Datasets, cleaning and features
  • Training and testing
  • Regression and decision trees
  • Random forests and K-nearest neighbours
  • K-means and neural-network concepts
  • Accuracy, precision, recall and F1 score
  • Overfitting, bias and explainability

DITA-111 Generative AI and Prompt Engineering

  • Large Language Models
  • Tokens, embeddings and transformer concepts
  • Context windows and AI hallucinations
  • Prompt structure
  • Zero-shot and few-shot prompting
  • Structured prompting
  • AI-assisted writing, coding and data work
  • Image generation awareness
  • RAG and AI agents awareness
  • Verification of AI output
  • Responsible professional AI use

DITA-112 Digital Marketing

  • Digital marketing channels
  • Audience segmentation
  • Campaign planning
  • Meta and search advertising
  • SEO fundamentals
  • Landing pages
  • Lead generation
  • WhatsApp conversion
  • Campaign analytics
  • AI-assisted content production

DITA-113 AI Security, Responsible AI, Privacy and Ethics

  • Prompt injection and AI data leakage
  • AI-enhanced phishing
  • Training-data poisoning
  • Deepfakes and voice cloning
  • Shadow AI and supply-chain risks
  • Privacy and data minimisation
  • Bias, fairness and explainability
  • Responsible AI and human oversight
  • AI policies and incident response

DITA-114 Data Visualisation with Power BI

  • Power BI Desktop and Service
  • Excel, CSV and database connections
  • Power Query and data cleaning
  • Data modelling and star schema
  • DAX fundamentals
  • Dashboards
  • Filters and slicers
  • Publishing and sharing
  • Access control and data governance

DITA-115 Career Portfolio and Capstone Project

The final 13 weeks are dedicated to a supervised individual project and career portfolio integrating Information Technology Infrastructure, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.

  • Project proposal
  • Requirements and scope
  • Architecture and security design
  • AI component design
  • Working implementation
  • Technical documentation
  • Career portfolio
  • Presentation
  • Viva examination

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Be Able To Do

Troubleshoot hardware and operating-system issuesConfigure small-office networks and perform subnettingWork with cloud identity and productivity environmentsRecognise and defend against common cyber threatsApply identity, endpoint and data security controlsBuild responsive web interfacesDesign and query relational databasesWrite, debug and automate with PythonBuild and evaluate basic machine-learning modelsUse generative AI and prompt engineering effectivelyEvaluate AI security and privacy risksPlan digital-marketing activityBuild Power BI dashboardsDesign and defend an integrated IT, security and AI project

Delivery Schedule

Designed For Consistent Progress

  • Tuesday and Thursday classes
  • 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
  • Online learning mode
  • Sinhala and English delivery
  • Technical terminology presented in English
  • 91 total sessions including project supervision

Assessment

How You Are Assessed

Practical Laboratory WorkModule QuizzesTimed AssessmentsAssignmentsMini ProjectsAttendance & ParticipationCapstone ProjectPresentation & Viva

The award conditions require an overall pass, a passing capstone project, minimum attendance and minimum performance across assessment clusters.

Practical Learning

Build Across Multiple Disciplines

  • Hardware and operating-system troubleshooting
  • Networking and cloud configuration
  • Cybersecurity and authorised ethical-hacking labs
  • Responsive web and database activities
  • Python programming and automation
  • Machine-learning and generative-AI exercises
  • Digital marketing and Power BI

Final Component

Career Portfolio & Capstone

The supervised project phase uses milestones across proposal, requirements, architecture, security, AI component design, implementation and documentation.

It concludes with final submission, presentation and viva.

Integrated Focus

Three Areas, One Capstone

Information Technology InfrastructureCybersecurityArtificial Intelligence

Programme Certificates

Complete The Diploma With Two Certificates

Students who successfully complete the applicable programme and assessment requirements receive:

NextGen Campus CertificateIssued by NextGen Campus after successful programme completion.
PSB University CertificateUniversity certificate artwork supplied for this programme.PSB University Cambodia and Times Higher Education 2026 ranking artwork

Your Academic Progression

Foundation → Diploma → BSc Degree

The Diploma is the central academic stage in the complete NextGen Campus Degree Pathway.

01FIT – Foundation in Information Technology + AIAlternative entry route after O/L
02Diploma in Information Technology and Artificial Intelligencewith Integrated Cybersecurity Technologies
03BSc in Cloud Computing and Cybersecuritywith Integrated Artificial Intelligence
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Course Fee

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LKR10,000 × 12
Total of twelve installments: LKR 120,000

Twelve installment payments across the applicable programme payment schedule.

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  • Online learning mode
  • Tuesday & Thursday classes
  • 13-week capstone phase
  • NextGen Campus Certificate
  • PSB University Certificate

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