Learn from world-leading researchers, tackle challenging projects, boost your career prospects and gain a globally-respected postgraduate degree from UCL. A top-ranked university and the UK's University of the Year 2024*, UCL's security and crime science MSc degree programmes can help you shape your future, and the future of the world around you.
Academic Excellence. Mastered.
With over 175 years' history of teaching and research, UCL is ranked 1st** in the UK for teaching security and crime science. UCL Security & Crime Science is a department of our Faculty of Engineering Sciences, where 97% of our assessed research was ranked "world leading" or "internationally excellent" (REF 2021).
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MSc Countering Extremist Crime and Terrorism
This MSc introduces students to evidence-driven methodological tools required to analyse, prevent and disrupt extremist crime and terrorism.

MSc Crime Science with Serious Organised Crime
This programme equips students students scientifically-based techniques to tackle challenges in serious and organised crime.

MSc Policing
This MSc focuses on developing an evidence-based approach to addressing modern challenges of policing diverse communities and dealing with evolving security threats.

MSc Crime and Forensic Science
This multidisciplinary MSc programme offers students a unique opportunity to gain forensic science skills and methods within a holistic crime science framework.

This MSc provides students with a thorough understanding of how science and scientifically based techniques can deliver immediate and sustainable reductions in crime.

MSc Crime Science with Cybercrime
This MSc provides students with the opportunity to learn about the drivers, motives and dynamics of cybercriminal operations, and the actors involved in carrying them out.

MSc Crime Science with Data Science
This MSc will equip students with the skills for developing strategies to effectively respond to real-world problems using data-driven approaches.
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