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Undergraduate Criminology

Eager to make a difference? Criminology at Edge Hill is a great place to start, whether you want to focus on this area alone or combine it with another related subject. You’re sure to have all the support and resources you need to succeed – we’re 3rd in the North West for Student Experience (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 – Criminology).

Working with our law and policing students, you’ll learn what it takes to team up to solve society’s problems. With the freedom to pick from a range of modules, you’ll be able to specialise too. Prepare for careers in youth justice, welfare rights, law enforcement, research and more. Become the next Edge Hill graduate to secure a rewarding job – 95.0% of our Criminology students are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes data released 2023 from 2020/21 graduates).

Tailor your course to suit your interests by choosing from our range of optional modules, taught by specialist tutors.

Learn how justice links to policing, politics, terrorism, gender and more on our cross-discipline modules.

Develop the skills you need to kickstart your career - in youth justice, welfare rights, law enforcement and more.

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Discover Criminology at Edge Hill University

Eager to make a difference? Criminology at Edge Hill is a great place to start, whether you want to focus on this area alone or combine it with another related subject. Working with our law and policing students, you’ll learn what it takes to team up to solve society’s problems.
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The course has ignited a true passion for the things that interest and excite me. I’ve become inspired to explore and consider issues that I hadn’t thought about before.

Ellis Brennan

BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology

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Molly Myers

Every time I go to a lecture I learn something new - your mind just opens up and the world becomes a bit bigger.

Mollie Myers

BA (Hons) Criminology

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University helps you discover who you really are and what you really believe in.

Nathan Ryding

BA (Hons) Politics and Criminology

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"Before joining Edge Hill, I had a fairly narrow-minded view of the world. Being able to change and grow as a person has been so important for a career where I support victims and survivors."

Nicole Murphy

BSc (Hons) Psychosocial Analysis of Offending Behaviour

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Vanya Krystyna law with criminology

My degree has given me the opportunity to meet inspirational people from the legal sector and to create connections within my chosen field.

Vanya Krystyna

LLB (Hons) Law with Criminology

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Facilities

The £6m Law and Psychology building provides contemporary teaching and learning facilities for students in the School of Law, Criminology and Policing.

The three-storey building includes a 250-seat lecture theatre, seminar and tutorial rooms, and social learning areas which encourage a more informal and interactive style of learning.

Elsewhere on campus, there is a mooting room (a mock courtroom) and the EHU Police Training and Simulation Facility, part of which is furbished as a police station, which simulates a wide range of crime scenes.

Law and Psychology

Mooting Room

Police Training and Simulation Facility