Program Overview

As an international student, you might need, or benefit from, a pathway course before you start to a degree. A pathway course is often necessary because of different education systems of UK and your home country.

A Graduate Diploma will prepare you for direct entry to a postgraduate degree. During the program you will develop academic and postgraduate research skills while improving your English language abilities.

Graduate Diploma in Social Sciences is a 4-Terms program offered by INTO Group. It prepares students for direct entry to a postgraduate degrees such as History, Law, Politics and Translation at Queen's University Belfast.

 Criminology and Criminal Justice

This exciting, stimulating and topical postgraduate degree programme in Criminology and Criminal Justice is taught by internationally-recognised scholars and researchers who offer students a wide introduction to the study of crime and criminal justice in contemporary society. Staff members have strong links with local criminal justice agencies and community organisations as well as extensive comparative and international expertise, providing for a unique student experience. Key research strengths of the teaching staff lie in the following areas:

• Community Safety and Crime Prevention
• Policing
• Prisoner Reintegration
• Restorative Justice
• Sex Offending
• Victimology
• Anti-Social Behaviour
• Crime and the Life Course

The LLM in Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to appeal to prospective students with an academic or professional interest in criminology or criminal justice. It enables students to understand the motivations for offending as well as the practical operation of criminal justice and how the state responds to criminality and victimisation. This degree will be of considerable relevance and interest to those who are already employed in criminal justice-related work in fields such as legal practice, government, non-governmental organisations, as well as equipping those who have just completed undergraduate degrees to develop the knowledge and skills to pursue criminal justice-related careers or undertake advanced level study.