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Criminology at University of Manchester - UCAS

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Course summary

The Department of Criminology has specialists in research around five key themes:

  • Fraud, white-collar and organised crime;
  • Prisons, punishment and policing;
  • Inequalities connected to offending and victimisation;
  • Violence and its aftermath;
  • Drug markets, consumption and policy.
The School welcomes applications that fit with the particular specialisms of our research staff. For example, we currently have grants in the areas of desistance, fraud, drugs, cryptomarkets, modern slavery, corruption, organised crime, policing and punishment, amongst others. In addition, there is extensive expertise in a range of methodologies including:
  • biographical and narrative approaches to interviewing;
  • ethnography;
  • psychosocial case analysis;
  • network analysis;
  • deliberative methods;
  • qualitative and quantitative longitudinal research;
  • survey design and applied statistical analysis;
  • programme evaluation;
  • historical and policy analysis.
You will therefore have access to cutting edge approaches to researching criminological issues.


Entry requirements

Applicants must have minimum qualifications of a good upper second class honours degree with minimum grade average of 65% (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant discipline, and a Masters degree at Merit level in a relevant discipline with minimum grade average of 65% in taught modules and a minimum mark of 65% in the dissertation/research element, no mark below 55%. Students whose first language is not English are required to hold either an overall IELTS IBT score of 7.0, with a minimum writing score of 7.0 and no further score below 6.5, or an overall TOEFL IBT score of 100-106 with a minimum writing score of 24. The certification must have been awarded within two years prior to entry.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Fees for entry in 2023 have not yet been set.
Criminology at University of Manchester - UCAS