MSc Advanced Policing Practice at Anglia Ruskin University

Programme overview

Take your policing career to the next level with our fully online MSc in Advanced Policing Practice. If you're a professional looking to progress in your policing career and create meaningful change, this course is for you. You'll broaden your knowledge of policing, criminology, and the justice system, while strengthening your ability to lead in an ethical, inclusive, and evidence-driven way.

Duration: 2 years part-time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: September 2027, January 2027, May 2027 | Location: Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Explore the latest thinking in policing, criminology and criminal justice. On this course, we'll focus on evidence-based practice, ethical leadership, vulnerability and risk, equality and inclusion, and research methods. Whole course: Ethical Leadership, Debates in Contemporary Policing, Research Methods - Evidence-Based Policing, Postgraduate Major Project - Advanced Policing; options include Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Theory, Transnational and Organised Crime, Vulnerability and Safeguarding in the Digital Space.

Career pathways

Prepare to advance your policing career. This Master's degree is ideal if you're a serving professional in UK policing or an aligned industry considering your next steps.

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Application information

Entry requirements

class="utopian-course-section target utopian-course-section__entry-requirements no-js no-js_hide"> Applicants will normally hold a first or second-class Honours degree in a relevant policing-related subject. Graduate applicants from an unrelated field, but who can demonstrate substantial relevant professional experience, will also be considered. You will have normally worked for over 3 years in a relevant professional environment. In addition, applicants should be currently or previously employed within policing or an aligned sector. If English is not your first language, you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent English Language qualification as recognised by ARU. As a distance learner, you'll also need a suitable computer with internet connection, together with sufficient IT competence to make effective use of our online Learning Management System (LMS) with high-speed internet and email. If English is not your first language, you'll need to make sure you meet our English language requirements for postgraduate courses. Check the section 'English language requirements' for IELTS requirements.

GBP 9,450 for the whole programme (2027/28). Tuition fee: Distance learning students starting 2027/28 (total cost) Source

Intake: September 2027, January 2027, May 2027

Duration: 2 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.aru.ac.uk/study/apply-online?course=&route=p1316

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