PhD Criminology and Criminal Justice at Bangor University

Programme overview

Research PhD in criminology and criminal justice with a comparative focus across national, international and rural-urban levels, delivered in small groups with close working relationships between students and supervisors and a full research training programme.

Duration: 3-6 years (PhD 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time; MPhil 1-2 years full-time or 2-3 years part-time; MARes 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time) | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Supervised research in areas such as youth homelessness and crime, institutional child abuse, sociology of law, penal policy, rural criminology, procedural justice, victimology, terrorism, lay participation in criminal justice and postcolonial societies and crime. Students without a relevant Masters complete a taught research training programme in the first year.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A good honours degree in a related discipline. Applicants without a relevant Masters degree take a taught research training programme in their first year. Applicants submit a research outline approved by the Course Director. English language for those whose first language is not English or Welsh: IELTS 6.5 with no component below 6.0; Pearson PTE 62 with none below 58; Cambridge English Advanced 176 with none below 169. Applicants for research degrees submit a research proposal and name the member of academic staff whose expertise matches the project, with academic references.

Duration: 3-6 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/apply

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