Overview

You will cover topics such as psychology applied to legal and investigative processes, forensic risk assessment, offending behaviour interventions, research methods, and personality disorders.

Teaching will comprise a blend of face-to-face and online delivery, and will be based on case examples from forensic and clinical practice.

Aims

On completion of the Forensic Psychology and Mental Health course from The University of Manchester , you will demonstrate a number of competencies and have enhanced knowledge and skills including:

a systematic and critical awareness of current knowledge, theory and evidence base relevant to the discipline of forensic psychology;
a comprehensive understanding of relevant ethical, legal and professional practice frameworks;
a critical awareness of current psychological approaches to the understanding of the development and treatment of offending behaviour and mental health conditions;
appreciation of approaches to working with different client groups in forensic practice (eg victims of crime, offenders, professional groups, organisations);
advanced research skills to develop and implement a forensic-related research project.

Each unit enables you to develop a range of core and transferable skills central to the role of a forensic/practitioner psychologist. The course promotes the development of critical thinking and student engagement.

Career opportunitites

Forensic psychologists work across all agencies within the criminal justice system, primarily in prison and probation services, secure hospitals, the police and the courts. These agencies and organisations will be your primary employers if you graduate from this MSc.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Psychology Applied to Investigative and Legal Processes

Offending Behaviour Interventions

Personality Disorder Assessment and Intervention (FP)

Clinical Risk Assessment, Formulation and Management (FP)

Dissertation
Forensic Psychology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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100

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Evidence of attaining a minimum Upper Second in BSc Psychology.
Evidence of attaining a minimum Upper Second in all BSc research taught units and dissertation.
Two academic references on letter headed paper or sent from work emails. Professional references can be provided in instances where you have been out of university for more than 3 years.
A 500 word (maximum [excluding references]) research proposal suitable to undertake for an MSc dissertation project.
Full CV including relevant voluntary and paid work experience.
A scanned copy of your passport.
proof of English language proficiency (if required).

Tuition Fees

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32000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

12500 GBP / year

≈ 12500 GBP / year

Additional Details

MSc (part-time)

UK students (per annum): £6,250

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 GBP / month

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