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Criminology (Research)

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  • Postgraduate
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2025-20262026-2027
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Course summary

The Department of Criminology has specialists in research around five key themes:

  • Fraud, white-collar and organised crime;

  • Prisons, punishment and policing;

  • Violence, abuse, exploitation and intersectionalities;

  • Quantitative measurement and evaluations of crime and deviance;

  • Drug markets, consumption and policy.

The School welcomes applications that fit with the particular specialisms of our research staff. For example, we currently have grants in the areas of desistance, fraud, drugs, cryptomarkets, modern slavery, corruption, organised crime, policing and punishment, amongst others.

In addition, the department has extensive skills in diverse methodologies, including:

  • biographical and narrative approaches to interviewing;

  • ethnography;

  • psychosocial case analysis;

  • network analysis;

  • deliberative methods;

  • qualitative and quantitative longitudinal research;

  • survey design and applied statistical analysis;

  • programme evaluation;

  • policy analysis.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

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Study options

  • PhD • Full-time • 3 Years
  • PhD • Part-time • 6 Years

Start dates

  • 09/2026

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Sponsorship information

There are a range of scholarships, studentships and awards available to support both UK and overseas postgraduate researchers, details of which can be found via the links below.

To apply University of Manchester funding, you must indicate in your application the competitions for which you wish to be considered. The deadline for most internal competitions, including School of Social Sciences studentships is 1 December 2024.

All external funding competitions have a specified deadline for submitting your funding application and a separate (earlier) deadline for submitting the online programme application form, both of which will be stated in the funding competition details below.

You will need to be nominated by your proposed supervisor for a number of our scholarships. Therefore, we highly recommend you discuss these funding opportunities with your supervisor first, so they can advise on your suitability and ensure you meet nomination deadlines.

For more information about funding, visit our funding page to browse for scholarships, studentships and awards you may be eligible for.

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