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Criminology at University of Bath - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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5Feb
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Postgraduate
4Jun
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Postgraduate

Course summary

Enhance your criminal justice knowledge and develop your criminological imagination. You’ll focus on global contemporary crime and justice-related challenges. This is a master’s degree with a strong global focus. You’ll critically analyse some of the biggest crime, deviance and criminal justice issues affecting society right now. By doing this, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by policymakers and law enforcement organisations, and the mechanisms that prevent and manage these. Throughout the course, you’ll learn to enhance your research skills. This will allow you to assess topical issues and develop convincing arguments for change. Upon successful completion of the degree, you’ll be equipped with the skills to progress or begin your career in the criminal justice sector in the UK or further afield. You will study topics such as:

  • international criminal justice and law
  • contemporary criminological theory
  • criminological ethnography
  • technological developments in criminal justice
  • state crime, human rights, and transitional justice
  • violent crime
This course is suited to both recent graduates of undergraduate criminology degrees and people with social science or humanities undergraduate degrees. Consultancy project The consultancy project is a practical alternative to a dissertation. It’s your chance to work on a project with an external organisation, using the skills and knowledge you’ll gain during your studies. As part of a group, you’ll conduct appropriate research, analyse data (if necessary) and share your solution as a written report and presentation. You will benefit from our well-established business connections across the sports industry, both in the UK and overseas. Consultancy project numbers are limited each year. You’ll apply for a suitable project with one of our external partners and will receive support from us during this process. If a suitable project can’t be secured, you will complete a dissertation instead. Industry insight to enhance your learning Through a mixture of field trips and guest speakers, you’ll gain important first-hand insights into how criminal justice agencies function, how criminal justice policy is created, and how modern challenges are being addressed. Gain key skills You will leave the course with:
  • a critical understanding of some of the most pressing, urgent criminological issues and challenges in the 21st century
  • practical skills in research, analysis and communication, and an understanding of how these can be applied within the fields of criminal justice and practice
  • rich experience gained from working with people from a wide range of disciplinary, professional and national backgrounds
Graduate prospects This course will prepare you for a variety of roles with organisations in the following areas:
  • prison and probation services
  • victim support
  • offender management
  • rehabilitation
  • drug taking and drug policy reform
  • young offenders and youth justice reform

Assessment method

  • Dissertation
  • Essay
  • Examinations
  • Reflective assessment
- Set exercises

Entry requirements

You should have a bachelor's honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above. To apply for this course, you should have an undergraduate degree in a social science, humanities or arts discipline. We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree. If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt form our English language requirements.

English language requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components You will need to get your English language qualification within 24 months prior to starting your course. If you need to improve your English language skills before starting your studies, you may be able to take a pre-sessional course to reach the required level.

English Language Requirements

https://www.bath.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-2025/taught-postgraduate-courses/msc-criminology-full-time/#entry-requirements

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Tuition fees can be found on our web pages and are liable to increase annually. UK and Islands fees are regulated by the UK government and are subject to parliamentary approval. For all other fees, you should budget for an increase of up to 8% for every further year of study. For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Criminology at University of Bath - UCAS