BA (Hons) Crime and Criminal Justice (HE6 top-up) at University of Greater Manchester

Programme overview

The University of Greater Manchester’s BA (Hons) Crime and Criminal Justice (Top-up) degree investigates the approaches applied to crime, deviance and victimisation. Our industry-experienced academic staff will support you to develop Honours-level skills in safeguarding the public, supporting victims, protecting the vulnerable, and helping to rehabilitate offenders.

Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time, top-up (final-year entry) | Intake: January 2027, September 2027 | Location: Bolton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules (a mix of compulsory and optional) include Rehabilitation: Theory and Practice, Exploration of Safeguarding: Zemiology and Criminal Typologies, Criminal Justice Project, Penal Policy: System and Practice, Global Surveillance in Society.

Career pathways

Our BA (Hons) Crime and Criminal Justice (Top-up) course has been designed to meet the needs of the criminal justice sector, which includes a wide range of public, private and not-for-profit organisations that provide crime prevention, victim support, and offender management and rehabilitation services.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally, you'll have successfully completed a recognised criminal justice, crime or criminology-related qualification comprising at least 120 credits at HE4 and 120 credits at HE5. For example, you might have a Foundation Degree, Higher National Diploma (HND) or Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) in a subject such as Police Studies, Public Services, Sociology, or Psychology & Criminology. We'll be delighted to consider your application if you have a relevant professional qualification and/or substantial experience in a relevant field of practice. You may be required to attend an interview and/or provide a portfolio of work. To successfully complete the course, you'll be required to undertake voluntary work with relevant organisations. The timing and amount of voluntary activity is flexible, but as a guideline, we'd expect you to undertake 4-10 hours per week, in addition to the employability module elements of the course. These voluntary activities will involve regular unsupervised access to children, vulnerable adults and/or sensitive data, also known as regulated activity.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Home/EU tuition fee, first year of study Source

International applicants: GBP 17,500 a year (2026/27). International tuition fee, first year of study Source

Intake: January 2027, September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

Apply through the official page: https://evision.bolton.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login?process=siw_ipp_app&code1=L305-D&code2=0017

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