Course Overview

Our MSc Criminology offers you unique insights into crime, punishment, and justice in today’s world. It explores both cutting-edge criminological theory and current real-world phenomena related to crime and punishment. This criminology degree provides you with a multidisciplinary platform to:

• engage with the complexity of contemporary criminology

• understand and critically assess the complexity of political, economic, social, and cultural forces that affect crime and its control.

The MSc Criminology is ideal if you have a keen interest in crime and criminal behavior and wish to better understand the key issues facing criminal justice today. Not only will you gain advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary criminological theory, but you will also have the opportunity to specialize by pursuing one of four pathways. You will also learn cutting-edge research methods to enable you to complete a substantial, original research project.

General Eligibility

A second-class honors degree (2:2) or above in the humanities, social sciences, or law.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this program is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each of the sub-tests.