Criminology with Forensic Psychology MSc at Middlesex University

This degree combines core modules in criminology and forensic psychology with optional modules on topics including drugs, transnational crime and conflict, policing, terrorism and the major institutions of criminal justice.

Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law  |  Department: Department of Law and Social Sciences  |  Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time available)  |  Intake: January 2027  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The programme is constructed of five core modules covering, in turn, contemporary criminological theory, methods, issues and debates and psychological approaches towards the causes and management of offending behaviour. Modules include Global Criminology: From Theory to Practice, Research Strategies in Social Sciences, Forensic Psychology and Psychological Interventions, Criminal Justice, Courts and Prisons, Policing and Investigative Psychology, Dissertation, Work Based Project, Cyber Safety, Security and Practice, Climate Justice, AI, Ethics, and Digital Society.

Career pathways

The course aims to equip you with the necessary skills to excel in a wide range of careers, such as; employment in posts working directly with offenders both in prison and within community-based reducing re-offending projects; roles concerning prisoner rehabilitation plans and prisoner health and well-being; charitable organisation-based roles supporting those on release from prison; community-based drug and alcohol project roles; domestic violence perpetrator project roles; and careers working on offender rehabilitation and therapeutic projects applying cognitive-thinking techniques.

Official programme page