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Psychology with Criminology (4 years full time with Professional Placement)

Kingston University

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Kingston University

Course options

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

  • Location

    Penrhyn Road Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    21-SEP-26

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Reasons to choose Kingston

- The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).- This course combines two complementary subjects, examining why crimes arise and how they affect individuals and society.- You’ll use purpose-built laboratories with high- specification equipment (EEG, eye-tracking, a driving simulator, an observation lab for interviews and behavioural recordings and specialised cognitive and physiological testing).- Employability is embedded throughout the course to ensure you have with the skills needed to succeed after graduating.- You will have a personal tutor and a small tutor group of peers that you meet with regularly to support your transition to university and your academic success.- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.


About this course

On this course, you'll tackle some of society's most pressing issues and discover how the fields of psychology and criminology can contribute to our understanding of these challenges. Most importantly, this course sets you on the path to find solutions to these issues and gives you knowledge and skills that you can apply in a variety of occupational roles.During your studies, you'll explore key theories and ideas of psychological science and criminology. You'll gain a deeper insight into the human mind and behaviour and study how we respond to crime, criminal behaviour and victimisation. You'll find out why individuals offend, how their crimes affect society and how the criminal justice system operates.Throughout the degree, you'll develop skills valued by employers, such as teamwork, communication, time and task management skills, statistical analysis of data, problem-solving and the ability to critically evaluate evidence.


Professional Placement Year

This course has a professional placement year which takes place between Year 2 and your Final Year. During this year, you will take a placement within a relevant setting, ensuring you gain essential experience to add to your CV and help you secure a graduate job.


Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.


Career opportunities

You'll be ideally placed to pursue careers in crime prevention, criminal and youth justice, community development, local government, security, social research and the police.After graduation, our students obtain employment in a wide variety of settings. They range from health and social occupations, such as care assistants and assistant psychologists, to commercial, professional and managerial jobs, such as events and media organiser, sales executive, recruitment. Graduates have also entered clinical courses, teacher training, counselling courses and other postgraduate training.Many students of Psychology with Criminology have continued their educational journey at Kingston University by joining one of our flagship MSc courses. These include MSc Clinical Applications of Psychology and the BPS-accredited MSc Forensic Psychology.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 15,848per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Kingston University

Kingston University

  • University League Table

    88th

  • Campus address

    Penrhyn Road Campus, Penrhyn Road, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, United Kingdom

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A global learning environment with students from more than 140 countries, developing cross-cultural awareness and the skills needed for international careers.
Industry-connected education that embeds enterprise, applied learning and employer insight to prepare graduates for a rapidly evolving global workplace.
Continued investment in campuses, digital learning and the Future Skills curriculum to equip students with adaptable, career-ready expertise.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Psychology

    103rd out of 118

    92nd out of 103 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 205
    103 50%

    91st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    51.0 51%

    111th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.04 76%

    94th

    8

  • Entry standards

    / Max 200
    103 51%

    65th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    46.0 46%

    94th

    3

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.09 77%

    63rd

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