Advanced Research in Criminology - MSc
University of Kent
Key Information
Campus location
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
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Introduction
This interdisciplinary, full-time Program attracts many top international students to the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR) at Kent. The Program brings together experts in the field of international criminology in one joint international educational Program. It is the only existing two-year mobility Program in criminology that focuses on border crossing, security, and social justice from a European and global perspective.
The course is designed to respond critically, scientifically, and in a policy-oriented manner to social questions that have dramatically changed the agendas of crime, harm, and control. Both from a theoretical and practical perspective, IMARC covers a range of themes, including theory and methodology, geopolitics, cities, and urban transformations, inclusion and exclusion, power relations, migration, human smuggling and trafficking, culture and hybrid identities, radicalization and extremism, European Union law and policy on justice and home affairs, and regulation and control. The added value of the IMARC Program is that you can do extended and in-depth research.
IMARC brings together learning, research, and practice through collaboration with a range of academic and non-academic partners. You have opportunities for research, internships, and impact via connections with organizations in the field, including governmental bodies and NGOs.
Throughout the Program, you participate in intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange. The role of informal and peer-to-peer learning is especially important through participation in twice-yearly student conferences (Common Sessions) as part of the Common Study Program in Critical Criminology.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The University of Kent has a long-standing relationship with Chevening, which has successfully placed scholars worldwide at the university for many years. Kent is proud to be a Chevening partner and offers three partner scholarships and the standard Chevening Scholarships. The University of Kent welcomes applications from all Chevening-eligible countries for any one-year taught master’s degree starting in September 2024, based at our UK campuses. Find out how to apply.
We have several scholarships for students starting a postgraduate course in September 2024 at one of our UK campuses. Check if you are eligible to apply and get more information on our scholarship's web pages.
Here are Scholarships that might be of particular interest:
- British Council GREAT Scholarship: China, Ghana, Greece, India, Kenya, Thailand, Turkey (link: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FNADBCG0601)
- International Scholarships for Taught Masters students (International) (link: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FNADINMASA02)
- Kent Law School LLM Global Welcome Scholarship (Canterbury) (International) (link: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FNADGLOWEL01)
- MBA Woman in Leadership Scholarship (Home & International) (link: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FN35WILS0002)
Curriculum
Modules
The following modules are indicative of those offered in this Program. This list is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. You will be required to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules. You may also have the option to take modules from other Programs so that you may customize your Program and explore other subject areas that interest you.
Duration: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
The Program is divided into four semesters and begins with a first common semester of study at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). In the first semester, you gain a broad and in‐depth knowledge of criminology from a historical and global economic perspective. This is followed by advanced training in methods and research. The modules are geared toward doing research in an international setting. You learn how to put theoretical insights into practice, while also being able to critically evaluate political and ethical issues in connecting policy, practice, and research.
In the second semester, you choose a specialization track at one of the three universities. The specialization track at Kent focuses on Theory, culture, power, and the global. Here the contemporary world is understood in the context of late modernity, with its particular forms of power relations and cultural processes. When the phenomena of crime, harm, violence, control, and transgression are considered, the problems of inequality, injustice, and social and legal exclusion also come into view.
Such a criminological approach demands policy responses with greater attention to social justice, democracy, equality, and rights.
The third and fourth semesters focus on developing your research, through research-related modules, fieldwork, data‐collection, optional internship, and writing the master's thesis. You may undertake your research abroad or in the country where you are attending the semester.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
As a graduate you will have considerable expertise in the field of border crossing, security and social justice. What is your ambition? Would you like to be a policy maker at the EU? Or do you prefer to do academic research on issues of global social justice? Maybe become a policy maker at an NGO or a human rights organisation. With an IMARC degree you will have numerous options to build a great career. As an interdisciplinary expert and a skilful researcher, you will contribute to answers to the current social and political challenges of crime, harm and crime control.