Forensic Psychology - MSc

Key highlights

• Accredited by The British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Covers academic stage of training for chartered forensic psychologist status
• Only MSc offering an entire module on offender cognition
• Explores relapse prevention and sex offenders with learning disabilities
• Develops basic and advanced contemporary statistical and methodological skills
• Prepares graduates for doctoral study or NHS psychologist roles

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Chevening Scholarships

• Christine and Ian Bolt Scholarship

  Scholarship value up to £10,000.

• Kent Business School Beaconhouse PG Progression Scholarship

  Tuition fee discount scholarship of £6,000.

  Up to £6,000

• Kent Business School Dean's Excellence Scholarship Award

  Awards of up to £3,000

• Kent Business School MBA Scholarship

  50% off Tuition Fee.

  Up to 50% of fees

• Kent Graduate Scholarship

  20% fee reduction for post-graduate taught programmes at the University of Kent.

  Up to 20% of fees

• Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught

  Scholarship value - £5000

  Up to £5,000

• Kent International Scholarship Postgraduate Taught (KBS)

  Scholarship value £3000

  Up to £3,000

• Kent LLM Solicitors’ Practice Scholarship (Canterbury)

  £2,000 tuition fee discount (Home Students); £2,000 tuition fee discount (Overseas Students).

  Up to £2,000

• Sasha Roberts Scholarship

  £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

  Up to £3,000

• The “Ambition” Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

  £1,500 for Full Time UK students; £750 per year for Part Time UK students; £3,000 for Full Time Overseas students.

• The CAMEMS Scholarship

  £3,000 stipend per annum split into two payments of £1,500 in October and January.

  Up to £3,000

• The Widening Participation Ambition Scholarship for University of Kent Graduates

  £5,000 for UK students (£2,500 per year for part time students).

Careers this course leads to

• Forensic psychologist
• Trainee forensic psychologist
• NHS psychologist
• Academic researcher
• Psychology lecturer

Cost of study

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Kent, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.