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Criminology, Bachelor

Deakin University, Australia

 
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Subject ranking

Overall
Australia / ARWU 2024
10th
Overall
Australia / THE 2025
11th
Overall
Australia / QS 2025
15th

Costs

Course feesS$27.9K / year
Entertainment, books
food & rent
S$27.1K / year
Beer S$10
MacDonalds S$12
Cinema S$18
Coffee S$4
TotalS$55K / year

Entry requirements

A Level DDD
Diploma 1.8
International Baccalaureate 25

Scholarships

Deakin Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship
Up to 100% for tuition
Limited quantity
Deakin International Scholarship
Up to 25% for tuition
Limited quantity

Information

Course
Code
057849B
Upcoming
Intakes
Mar 2026
Jul 2025
Course
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Information
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+65 9650 3225
HOTLINE
+65 6333 1300

Duration

3 years
Graduate
2028
About the course

Discover why crime occurs, how it is perceived and how we can address it – and graduate with the skills to make a real difference in the criminal justice system.

Gain a deep understanding of the causes and impacts of a range of individual and organised criminal activities, from environmental crime to illicit digital surveillance. Learn how to use this knowledge to develop effective responses to harmful behaviours.

Deakin’s criminology course is the most established in Australia. Our curriculum has been developed and designed in conjunction with professional bodies including Victoria Police, the Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria and the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers, ensuring your study experience closely reflects the needs of the industry. If you like to learn by doing, work-integrated learning opportunities challenge you to apply your skills in real-world contexts and provide the perfect preview to your future role.

Do you want to help ensure fairer outcomes and a better criminal justice system?

Our criminology experts will take you behind the thinking and research surrounding a breadth of criminology topics, while you build a portfolio that showcases your critical thinking and ability to meet complex questions of criminal justice with empathy and confidence.Discover how justice and criminality is defined and by whom, how our courts and correctional processes operate, and the desirable outcomes of criminal justice processes. You will also get hands-on experience through our work-integrated learning opportunities, which allow you to bridge theory with practice and gain insight into how the study of criminology applies across different industries and sectors. You may even take your learning overseas and gain a global perspective on how other countries approach criminology*.Need more flexibility in your studies? You can choose to study part-time or full-time, on campus or 100% online. You can also take advantage of Deakin’s trimester system to fast-track your degree and complete your Bachelor of Criminology in just two years.Complement your studies by pairing the Bachelor of Criminology with another degree. From arts to cyber security, you will graduate with a unique course combination valued by employers that will further expand your career opportunities.*Overseas study programs to be confirmed in 2022 and beyond, subject to government travel restrictions.

A local representative of Deakin University in Singapore is available online to assist you with enquiries about this course.