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Criminology at University of Bath - UCAS

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2026 - 2027
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Open days

22Oct
University of Bath - Postgraduate Discovery Day
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12Nov
University of Bath - Postgraduate Virtual Open Day
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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 projects 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. Working with a relevant organisation, 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 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

English Language Requirements

https://www.bath.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-2026/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

Once you have started your studies, you should budget for an increase each year for every further year of study. Those who started from 2025/26 onwards should budget for up to 8% fee increase each year. Those that started before 2025/26 should budget for up to 5% increase each year. The amount will be set out on our fee pages by June for the following academic year. If you defer your entry, you will pay the fees for the year that you start your course and these may be higher than the annual increase for your original academic year. For information on tuition fees visit our web pages: https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/tuition-fees/
Criminology at University of Bath - UCAS