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 Are you intrigued by criminal justice in the real world? Build an advanced awareness of the challenges associated with crime, applying your knowledge to real-world scenarios, demonstrating key analytical skills and an evidence-based understanding of this complex, developing field. 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, as well as investigating theories and practical research methods. Why choose this course?

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

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

• Keele pioneered the teaching of undergraduate Criminology in the UK

• 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