Master's Degree in Applied Criminology Online
DURATION
11 Months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
27 Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
Introduction
Our online Master's Degree in Criminology offers you up-to-date and comprehensive training in the different areas and fundamental concepts that make up criminology so that you can become an expert in crime prediction and prevention.
This program is the perfect opportunity to specialize in new forms of crime, risk assessment, treatment of offenders, victim studies, crime prevention, and analysis and understanding of crime.
Studying our Master's Degree in Criminology is the perfect option for both those professionals or recent graduates who want to start their career in the field of criminology, as well as for those professionals whose work is related to crime and its prevention and who want to take a further step in their academic training.
Why study our Master's Degree in Criminology?
- Formaciรณn completa
- Updated approach
- Proyecciรณn profesional
Ideal Students
Recommended profile
The master's degree is focused on students with the following entry profile:
- Graduates in law
- Graduates in criminology
- Graduates in psychology
- Graduates in sociology
- Graduates in information sciences or other qualifications in the field of information and communication
- Graduates in social education
- Graduates in social work
- Graduates in political sciences
- Graduates in medicine or other qualifications related to the health field
- Graduates/licensees with accredited professional experience in the field of criminology of at least 1 year's duration, such as private detectives, private security or penitentiary professionals or professionals in the Administration of Justice
- Members of the state security forces and bodies
- In addition, other degrees issued by a higher education institution that authorize access to postgraduate education in the country issuing the degree and that are related to the field of knowledge of this degree will be considered acceptable.
Admissions
Curriculum
- Structure of the curriculum
- Module 1. Criminological theories and crime prevention (6 ECTS)
- Module 2. Applied Criminology (6 ECTS)
- Module 3. Forensic victimology (6 ECTS)
- Module 4. Criminal Law and Penitentiary Law (6 ECTS)
- Module 5. New forms of crime (6 ECTS)
- Module 6. Research in Criminology and Victimology (6 ECTS)
- Module 7. Criminalistics and judicial expertise (6 ECTS)
- Module 8. Risk treatment and management (6 ECTS)
- Module 9. Professional internships (6 ECTS)
- Module 10. Master's Thesis (6 ECTS)
- Title implementation schedule
- School calendar
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities for the Master's Degree in Criminology
This Online Master in Criminology will prepare you to work and advance in different areas and institutions related to the prevention and fight against crime:
- Criminal political advice
- Penitentiary centers
- Forensic expert / Criminal expert
- State Security Forces and Corps
- Children's centers
- Social workers
- Crime prevention
- Victimology