Forensic Science postgraduate courses

Our Masters in Forensic Science allows you to advance your scientific analysis skills and apply these to a forensic science context, as well as develop knowledge in a specialist area and undertake research on a topic of interest. 

• Expert teaching team: Learn and work alongside academics with a real passion for the subject, active researchers and members of professional bodies recognised within the industry, regularly presenting at scientific conferences and publishing in peer-reviewed journals
• State-of-the-art facilities: Conduct your research in field sites and a range of specialised laboratories such as an imaging laboratory, a molecular laboratory and a dedicated microbiology laboratory, as well as an insectary with adjoining entomology laboratory, an analytical suite housing GCMS, SEM, HPLC, and a UV Vis spectrophotometer
• Tailor your degree: Take advantage of multiple specialist areas in which you could develop your skills and knowledge. You will carry out a research project focusing on a specific area such as forensic anthropology, entomology, microbiology, photography and imaging, wildlife forensics, drugs of abuse and chemical analysis, ballistics, fingerprint analysis or single molecule explosive detection systems
• A bridge to take you further: Use your scientific knowledge in practical ways, working closely with our expert lecturers to undertake research and gain insight into industry to enhance your career prospects

Inspiring research

Sanita Nezirovic, Leader in Forensic Science with Criminology, discusses her involvement, as an anthropologist, in profiling a Bronze Age skeleton recently discovered in Northumbria:

Facilities

Our state-of-the-art facilities, complete with cutting edge technology help you produce groundbreaking research into the forensic science discipline of your choice and prepare for your future career:

• an osteology lab for skeletal study
• ninhydrin and cyanoacrylate fuming chambers for fingerprint development
• a wet forensic lab
• a darkroom for specialised light searching
• an entomology lab and insectary for insect investigation
• a clandestine burial site
• a ballistics laboratory
• replica courtroom for presenting evidence
• two crime scene cars, and
• forensic imaging facilities.

What our Forensic Science graduates do

Postgraduate education extends your knowledge, skills and confidence in ways which enhance your employability and open doors to new career prospects. Studying this course will enable you to pursue other career paths within the analytical sciences, such as in:

• chemical and biomedical sciences
• pharmaceutical analysis
• clinical and forensic toxicology
• food safety and environmental analysis
• doctoral research
• teaching and lecturing.