Before you apply
Class schedules follow the syllabus; confirm the batch timetable with admissions.
Complete Programme Map
14 modules across 5 learning phases. Select a module to read its full curriculum.
Guided laboratories, practical activities and a Student Project Book build evidence of your learning.
14 modules · Full syllabus
Explore every phase of the programme, then expand the modules below for the complete syllabus, outcomes and practical work.
Builds the IT-support and infrastructure foundation — hardware, operating systems, the service desk, and TCP/IP networking basics — that every later module builds on.
Syllabus alignment: CompTIA A+ / Network+ foundations
Delivers the full Cisco CCNA 200-301 pathway — addressing, switching, routing, security and automation — the networking core of the diploma.
Syllabus alignment: Cisco CCNA 200-301
Builds virtualisation skills on VMware and Hyper-V — the platform for the servers built later.
Syllabus alignment: VMware / AZ-800 (Hyper- V)
Develops Windows Server infrastructure end to end — AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file, WSUS, WDS and RDS — plus a structured domain migration.
Syllabus alignment: AZ-800 / AZ-801 Windows Server Hybrid
Secures the network and email — firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, and email security with SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
Syllabus alignment: CompTIA Security+
Introduces the Microsoft cloud — Azure fundamentals (AZ-900) and Microsoft 365 fundamentals — as the base for the cloud-engineering phase.
Syllabus alignment: AZ-900 · Microsoft 365 fundamentals
Builds Azure administration and hybrid infrastructure (AZ-104) — identity, compute, storage, networking, monitoring and hybrid connectivity.
Syllabus alignment: AZ-104 Azure Administrator
Administers the modern workplace — Windows endpoints with Intune and Autopilot (MD-102) and Microsoft 365 with Copilot and agents (AB-650).
Syllabus alignment: MD-102 Endpoint Administrator · AB-650 M365 & AI Services
Engineers cloud security — identity protection, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, Purview and Microsoft Sentinel.
Syllabus alignment: SC-900 · AZ-500 / SC-500 pathway
Builds AWS engineering skills — IAM, VPC, EC2, storage, databases and resilient architecture — for true multi-cloud work.
Syllabus alignment: AWS CLF-C02 · SAA-C03
Develops authorised ethical security assessment — reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation and web-application testing — inside an isolated lab.
Syllabus alignment: CEH · PenTest+
Builds defensive cyber-security operations — hardening, firewalls, IDS/IPS, web and endpoint security, and phishing and malware defence.
Syllabus alignment: CompTIA Security+ / CySA+
Builds SOC and incident-response skills — SIEM, log analysis, the incident lifecycle and digital forensics.
Syllabus alignment: CySA+ · SC-200
Applies AI across engineering and security — Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents, Azure AI, AI in cyber security, and responsible AI.
Syllabus alignment: AB-900 · AI-901
Industry certification alignment is syllabus guidance. External examinations are separate; course completion does not award vendor certification.
Learning outcomes
Career Outcomes
Potential roles to work towards, depending on your practical portfolio, experience and employer requirements. Some roles require further training or certification.
Tools & Platforms
Labs & practicals
Admission requirements
G.C.E. O/L with Mathematics and English passes, or equivalent, plus basic computer literacy. No prior networking experience is required.
You will need a computer and reliable internet for online classes and LMS activities.
Next Courses
Discuss entry requirements and your next study options with an academic advisor.
NextGen Campus support
Put your learning into practice
Build and defend an enterprise reference network connecting a Head Office, Disaster Recovery site and Azure. Develop the system throughout the year and present it across five physical capstone days.
Complete the required practical work and project submissions. The handbook sets out attendance, pass requirements, grading and re-sit arrangements.
The diploma is anchored by one major final project: the NextGen Campus enterprise reference network (Final Project V1.9). It has a Head Office (HO) site behind a proxy/firewall, a Disaster-Recovery (DR) site with a replica domain controller, and a Microsoft Azure site connected by a site-to-site VPN. The HO site runs the full server estate from the architecture diagram — domain controller (AD/DNS), additional domain controller, file server, SCCM, DHCP, WDS, WSUS, SQL database server, Exchange, a member domain controller, an endpoint-protection (COP/Virus Guard) server, a backup server, a VPN server, core and access switching and wireless. Learners build this environment progressively through the year, then defend it against a simulated external hacker in an attack-and-defend exercise. The 40-hour capstone is delivered over five physical poya days at the NextGen Campus Head Office, Nugegoda, each scheduled after the phase it builds on, with the panel defence on the final day. Weekly capstone tasks in the Project Book feed the build all year.
The Student Project Book is a guided professional record developed throughout the year (about 2.4 hours a week). It documents laboratory work, design decisions and project outcomes, and contains the seven-unit Management Module.
Payment Options
Course tuition and the one-time registration fee are listed separately. Confirm payment dates and installment availability with admissions. External professional certification examination fees are separate unless NextGen Campus specifically states otherwise.
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