Teesside University

Professional Policing (with Foundation Year) BSc (Hons) course

Teesside UniversityMiddlesbrough, UK

Course overview

This degree equips you with the knowledge, skills and professional understanding needed to serve and protect communities through effective, evidence-based policing. Based on the National Policing Curriculum, it prepares you for careers across the police service, military police and wider criminal justice sector. With access to first-class facilities and taught by experts with real-world policing experience, you’ll graduate ready to take the next step in your policing journey.

The degree has a currency of five years following graduation for recruitment into policing.

Key highlights

  • Based on the National Policing Curriculum
  • Prepares you for police, military police and criminal justice careers
  • Taught by experts with real-world policing experience
  • Access to first-class policing facilities
  • Degree valid for police recruitment for five years after graduation
  • Focuses on effective, evidence-based policing to protect communities

Entry requirements

  • Other English test — English language qualification, and any sponsor or financial documents required.

Scholarships

  • Creative Assembly Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £9,000 if you study games design and are facing financial difficulty, and / or identify as a woman, and / or are from a minority ethnic background.

    Up to £9,000
  • Global Excellence Scholarships

    The Global Excellence Scholarship value is £2,000 for your first full academic year of study (all successful applicants on a foundation, undergraduate or postgraduate programmes).

    Up to £2,000
  • Hill Scholarship

    You may be eligible for £6,000 if you study accounting and finance, and you have been educated at a Tees Valley school or college for at least three years.

    Up to £6,000
  • Santander Brighter Futures

    You may be eligible for £1,000 if you study an undergraduate or postgraduate course.

    Up to £1,000
  • Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

    There are up to 30 Vice-Chancellor's Scholarships available, of £7,000 each, allocated as a fee waiver in the first year of study.

    Up to £7,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Police constable
  • Military police officer
  • Police detective
  • Criminal justice practitioner
  • Police staff investigator

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,000 per year

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 Teesside University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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