MSc Criminology & Criminal Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University

Programme overview

Shape the future of justice with the MSc Criminology & Criminal Psychology, an interdisciplinary degree designed to help you understand, analyse, and influence responses to crime and justice. Combining criminological theory with psychological insight, this MSc will equip you with the advanced knowledge and practical skills needed to address complex issues across criminal justice, rehabilitation, and social policy.

Faculty: School of Business, Law, and Policing | Department: Law, Policing and Criminal Justice | Duration: 1 year (Full-time); 2 years (Part-time) | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Analyse criminal behaviour through psychological and criminological perspectives. Evaluate justice systems and policies with a focus on ethics, rights, and evidence-based practice. Core modules include Conceptualising Criminal Justice, Criminal Psychology in Context, Research Methdologies and Analysis, Research for Policy and Practice, Human Rights, Criminology and Criminal Psychology Dissertation.

Career pathways

This course is an excellent launchpad for an exciting range of career pathways and can also lead to further academic study or research. Recent students have included working professionals looking to deepen their understanding or refresh their knowledge of criminology and criminal psychology, as well as those just beginning their careers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Our standard offer for accepting students onto this programme is a good honours degree (2.2 or above). Applicants from a range of undergraduate subjects will be considered. This is in addition to a brief personal statement outlining interest and areas of specialism being considered, as well as a complete CV. The University has a well-established Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning (APCL) and Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) structure in operation. Students without previous qualifications may be accepted as part of this process. If you are unsure whether your qualifications are appropriate, you can contact our postgraduate admissions team. If English is not your first language, you require an IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no element below 5.5 for most standard undergraduate and postgraduate courses. There are some exceptions and if the IELTS requirement differs, it will be specified on the course page.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year (Full-time); 2 years (Part-time)

Apply through the official page: https://studentrecords.canterbury.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=D09PFCCRIM001&code2=0002

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