When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you'll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society's most challenging issues.

A research degree in Criminology gives you the chance to pursue a project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields.

Your research degree will typically last from three years (full-time) to six years (part-time) for a PhD, or two years (full-time) to four years (part-time) for an MPhil.

PhD, MPhil Award
October, January, April, July Start
Full-time, Part-time Study Mode
2 - 6 years Duration

Entry Requirements For This Course

Note for international and European applicants: details of how your qualification compares to the published academic entry requirements can be found on our Country Specific Entry Requirements page.

PhD./M.Phil

Applicants for Ph.D./MPhil study must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University, and a master’s degree with an overall grade of ‘merit’.
See Postgraduate European Entry Requirements and our Country Specific Postgraduate Entry Requirements.


English Language
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 6.0) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.

As well as academic qualifications, Admissions decisions may be based on other factors, including (but not limited to): the standard of the research synopsis/proposal, performance at interview, intensity of competition for limited places, and relevant professional experience.

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