Forensic Science, BSc (Hons), with industry placement

Course summary

With purpose-built facilities and links to local emergency and counter-terrorism services, choosing Greenwich for a forensics degree is the best decision you will make for your forensics future.Our Forensic Science degree is the ideal opportunity to experience real-life forensic science. Explore an exciting discipline in our new crime scene facility, with a purpose-built vehicle examination garage and modern lab spaces. Conduct your research in our decomposition and entomology facilities. Let us guide you through practical crime scenes and mass disaster scenarios or try out your Disaster Victim Identification skills in our mock mortuary.You'll be taught by industry experts with years of hands-on practical experience. You'll work alongside experts from Kent Fire Brigade, the Metropolitan and Kent Police Services as well as Counter Terrorism, UKDVI and the Natural History Museum to put your learning into practice. This degree is accredited by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, and you'll receive free membership throughout your studies.Whether your passion is for homicide investigation, blood pattern analysis, molecular biology, fingerprints, toxicology, ballistics or beyond, our Forensic Science course gives you a head-start in your future career. Gain the scientific training and transferable skills you need to become a professional scientist.What you should know about this course

• We offer specialist forensic provision, outstanding laboratory and crime scene facilities

• Practical facilities allow you to practice scenarios you will find in the workplace, including crime scene examination rooms and vehicles and an entomology facility

• This course is taught at our Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent.

All degree courses are made up of modules – individual units of study on different topics. Some modules are compulsory; others can be chosen from a list of options. Our website has full details of your degree structures, module content, and how each module is assessed. The direct link to this course on our website, can be found at the bottom of this page.