Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Criminology, Professional Placement Year

A four year honours degree in crime and justice including a professional placement year, covering criminological theory, justice systems, research methods and applied work.

Charities, research bodies and compliance teams all host placement students, which are the realistic destinations for this degree.

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Criminology, Professional Placement Year is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the criminology placement degree is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the criminology placement degree, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the criminology placement degree plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the criminology placement degree does not support a family move.

Entry to Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Criminology, Professional Placement Year is a recognised post-secondary certificate or equivalent at 50 percent or above. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the criminology placement degree is recorded at GBP 17,310. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the criminology placement degree. The criminology placement degree lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the criminology placement degree application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.