Course summary

Foundation Year Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele. International Students For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/ Criminology Keele was at the forefront of offering a named Bachelor's degree in Criminology in the UK and has many years experience of teaching Criminology to undergraduate students. Our research-led programme combines theoretical understanding of crime with practical application of this knowledge. You will explore various areas of the criminal justice system including policing, prisons, and rehabilitation. You will delve into the contemporary issues and challenges around why people commit crime and how we respond to it. Your knowledge and critical approach will help to prepare you for a career in policing, criminal justice or other related fields. Why choose this course?

• No. 1 in the UK. Britain's best university, ranked by students (Student Crowd University Awards, 2022)

• Keele was the first UK university to offer a named undergraduate degree in Criminology

• Global Top 300 for Social Sciences (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2022)

• Option to study abroad to experience a different culture at a partner university