Forensic Science with Criminology

About this programme

With the opportunity to work alongside experts from the Criminal Justice System and emergency services, choosing Greenwich gives you a head-start for careers in forensic sciences. Our Forensic Science degree gives you hands-on investigative experience in our dedicated crime scene facility, complete with a purpose-built vehicle examination garage and modern laboratories. You’ll carry out research in specialist decomposition and entomology spaces and work through realistic crime scenes, mass disaster simulations and Disaster Victim Identification exercises in our mock mortuary. To further enhance your employability, exciting sandwich placement opportunities are available, allowing you to gain invaluable real‑world experience and industry insight as part of your degree. We have introduced new criminology modules that will enhance your learning in areas of criminal justice and the media and our new scenario-based investigation offers an authentic style of teaching spanning all years of the programme aligning theoretical knowledge to practical skills for forensic scientists, bringing to life the “Crime Scene to Court” approach with industry support from our partners at Forensic Access Limited. Gain the confidence to report and present your findings in keeping with the Forensic Regulators Codes of Practice. Teaching is delivered by industry professionals with extensive practical expertise, and you’ll collaborate with specialists from Kent Fire Brigade, the Metropolitan and Kent Police Services, Counter Terrorism, UKDVI and the Natural History Museum. The degree is accredited b