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 and Criminal Justice Our undergraduate programme in Criminology and Criminal Justice allows you to explore crime, perpetrators, victims and the operation of the criminal justice system. You will delve deep into the various theories and research methods which provide an evidence-based understanding of this complex, developing field, and there will be a very strong focus on the application of this knowledge to real-world situations and challenges in crime and criminal justice. You will be taught by criminologists who work closely with a range of criminal justice agencies, and will have opportunities to engage directly with agency representatives, plus build awareness of criminal justice in the real world. Why choose this course?

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

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

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

• Opportunity to take a placement year or international year, and to engage with external partner agencies as part of your studies

• Focus on the application of knowledge to real-world challenges and issues in Criminal Justice