MSc Forensic Psychology at Keele University

The MSc Forensic Psychology programme provides a comprehensive pathway to a career in forensic psychology, offering unique opportunities by exploring psychological practice in the legal and criminal justice context, working with client groups such as offenders, victims, and individuals across the life span. You will benefit from direct learning with forensic lecturers, participate in an employer panel assessment, and have the option to undertake a work-based placement, ensuring practical, real-world forensic psychology experience. This course is currently seeking accreditation from the British Psychological Society (BPS)

Faculty: Faculty of Natural Sciences  |  Department: School of Psychology  |  Duration: Full time - 1 year, Part time - 2 years, Modular - Up to 5 years  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Keele, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our MSc Forensic Psychology programme can be studied as either a one-year full-time or two-year part-time course, with a September start date. It is also possible to study more flexibly part-time on a modular basis, accumulating degree credits by taking individual modules over a period of a maximum of five years.

Career pathways

Our programme will equip you to advance your professional career, working across a variety of sectors such as policing, criminal justice or the NHS. You may wish to work within social services, supporting families and young people, or explore careers in health services, rehabilitation units, secure hospitals or governmental organisations such as Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, or Home Office.

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