Key information
Duration: Full-time: 36 months; Part-time: 84 months (part-time option only available for UK students)
Start dates & application deadlines: You can apply for and start this programme anytime. It is common for PhD students to begin in the October following their application, fitting to normal academic term calendars.
Language: English
Delivered: On Campus
Campus Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
Disciplines: Criminology
Overview
The Criminology research at the University of Brighton’s strengths in co-productive research methods, applied and impactful research and its cross-disciplinary frameworks allow for Criminology PhD students to make academic contacts from researchers across a wide range of methodologies, for example through membership of our Law, Society and Justice Research Excellence Group.
Key facts:
- Career opportunities for Criminology PhD graduates include the justice system, central and local government, non-governmental organisations, social research, teaching, journalism and the media.
- Students have also stayed in academia and research at the University of Brighton and elsewhere.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Police/public relationships, policing and security
- Crowd control and public order
- The prison system, punishment and the death penalty
- Interviewing in the criminal justice system, justice-involved individuals
- Political perspectives on criminalisation and criminality
- Criminal violence and abuse, identity-based violence, bullying and hate crime, including sexuality and gender-focused research
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: Upper Second Class
English requirements
Duolingo English Test: 135
TOEFL® IBT: 97
PTE Academic: 76
IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements:
- a recognised Masters degree with a significant research component, for example MPhil from another university, or similar qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
- or substantial appropriate research or professional experience at postgraduate level which resulted in published work, written reports or other appropriate evidence of accomplishment. An application made by someone with this experience will be considered on its merits and will normally require independent academic references
- or, unless a school exercises their right to specify more stringent entry requirements, we may consider a first or upper second honours degree or other qualification which is regarded by the University of Brighton as being equivalent and relevant
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
International: 32,343 AUD / year (≈ 16,980 GBP / year)
Domestic: 9,977 AUD / year (≈ 5,238 GBP / year)
Additional Details: £2,619 - UK Part-time fees
Living costs
Brighton, United Kingdom: 1,552-2,634 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships are available for this programme.
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