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Criminology PhD

UK

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What will I learn?

In studying for a PhD in Criminology at the University of Brighton, you will enter an academic community that addresses challenges within the criminal justice system and beyond, considering social, health, psychological, spatial, and environmental injustice, seeking to transform policy and practice on global and more local scales. We supervise critical approaches to the traditional concerns of criminology and criminal justice with research interests in the justice system, social control, surveillance and security, violence and abuse, politicised criminalisation as well as forms of deviance, protest and resistance. 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.

Which department am I in?

University of Brighton

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£15,500.00 (US$ 20,017) per year
Accommodation - Rents and Bills - The average weekly rent in 2026 for a studio flat/one-bedroom flat is £300 (Range £230 to £484, bills not inclusive).

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2027

Venue

Falmer

Village Way,

Brighton,

Brighton and Hove,

BN1 9PH, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£15,500.00 (US$ 20,017) per year
Accommodation - Rents and Bills - The average weekly rent in 2026 for a studio flat/one-bedroom flat is £300 (Range £230 to £484, bills not inclusive).

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2026

Venue

Moulsecoomb Campus

Lewes Road,

Brighton,

Brighton and Hove,

BN2 4HQ, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

The entry requirements for the PhD are: 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.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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