Psychology and Criminology with Year Abroad

Our BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology will allow you to engage with both the psychological sciences and the field of criminology and help you to explore their application to a variety of contemporary challenges. The course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS), who have highlighted areas of particular strength in our course, including the emphasis on research-led teaching, our modules for developing employability skills, and the wide range of discipline-specific opportunities, placements and internships that are available for students at the world-leading Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN).

The BSc degree is available as a 3-year option or a 4-year option (with placement year or study-abroad year). The admissions criteria are identical for the 3-year and 4-year BSc programmes. You will decide about joining, and apply to, the 4-year programmes in your second year of study, should you wish. If you are a Home student it does not matter which UCAS code you apply through, and please only apply to one. The different course codes are useful for those of you who are applying from overseas. If you have international fee status and think you might want to stay for 4-years, please use a 4-year code so that you have the correct visa from the start of your degree.

Key benefits

• Our teaching is delivered by world experts, enriched by current research at the IoPPN and the Dickson Poon School of Law (DPSoL). The IoPPN is one of the world’s leading centres for interdisciplinary research in psychiatry and psychology. We have unique partnerships with the South London & Maudsley Hospital (SLaM) and clinician-scientists that allow placements and voluntary work for our students. DPSoL is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world.

• Our course offers a rich combination of research and interdisciplinary expertise. This is an innovative programme into which interactive teaching opportunities have been integrated throughout all years of the programme.

• Employability skills are embedded throughout the programme so that you can begin to prepare for the world of work from the very start of your studies.

• A robust personal tutoring system which has been commended by the BPS. Each student is allocated a personal tutor who supports them across their programme, providing pastoral support and practical skills training across several timetabled sessions each year.

• King’s provides extensive Student Services available to support our students which ranges from supporting their wellbeing and mental health, to accommodation and financial advice.

• Students have the opportunity to join a four-year course by completing a year’s professional placement or a year abroad. This opportunity is subject to achieving a certain grade average and being accepted at a partner institution.

Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate