Master of Arts - Criminology

If students want to explore crime and answer difficult questions with innovate solutions, this MA in Criminology is how they can get there. Criminology at Kent takes a 360 approach to investigating all aspects of crime, criminal behaviour, policy and justice systems in both UK and International contexts. Students will learn from a team of scholars and researchers internationally renowned for their world-class teaching and publications, but they don't just need to take their word for it. Criminology at Kent was ranked 3rd in the UK Times Higher Education Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. This means students be kept up to date with all the latest developments in the field by the very people making them.

The atmosphere is informal and friendly and there is a lively and diverse postgraduate community. Regular staff/graduate seminars introduce students to the work of academic staff and research students as well as academic visitors, and provide opportunities both for sociability and for intellectual stimulation. The large number of academic staff and their favourable staff/student ratios mean that academic staff are readily accessible so students can get the support they need to do their best work.

A key feature of the MA Criminology is its involvement in a Common Study Programme. The Common Study Programme in Critical Criminology is a biannual student-centred conference at which students are invited to present papers, meet students and staff from other countries and exchange ideas.