**Foundation Year**
Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset...
**Foundation Year**<br/><br/>Our Foundation Year provides an excellent alternative route to Keele, providing a unique opportunity to better prepare for your chosen degree, and with guaranteed entry onto your undergraduate course once you successfully complete your Foundation Year. This extra year of study can improve your academic skills, expand your subject knowledge, give you a better understanding of higher education and, perhaps most importantly of all, build your confidence. On the Keele Foundation Year, youll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that youd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.<br/><br/>**International Students**<br/><br/>For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. To find out more, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/ <br/><br/>**Forensic Science Integrated Masters**<br/><br/>Accelerate your career in forensic science with our 4 year integrated masters. From gathering evidential traces at a crime scene and analysing DNA to understanding forensic strategy and how joint investigations are managed. Our accredited programme will provide you with the skills and techniques needed for an advanced career in Forensic Science. <br/><br/>**Why choose this course?**<br/><br/><br/>- Top 10 in the UK for Forensic Science (Guardian University Guide, 2024 and Complete University Guide, 2025)<br/><br/><br/>- Gain the advanced skills to effectively plan, develop, fund and budget your own research project<br/><br/><br/>- Accredited by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences Society<br/><br/><br/>- Use a wide variety of industry-standard instrumentation in Keeles Central Science Laboratories<br/><br/><br/>- Specialise on a pathway depending on your career of choice<br/><br/><br/>Our contemporary programme has been designed to provide you practical and hands-on experience to set you up for a career in Forensics. What sets this programme apart is its emphasis on real-world application and hands on training in all aspects of forensics. You will gain experience with professional equipment and techniques in well-equipped teaching laboratories and modern forensic science facilities. Our dedicated crime scene simulation areas cover indoor and outdoor scenarios including vehicle and fire examinations, our Crime Scene House and more.<br/><br/>In your first three years you will train on the entire forensic process, from evidence collection, analysis, interpretation to court reporting. In your final year you will gain the professional and expert skills needed to become an effective researcher within an academic or commercial environment. You will study a specific research topic in depth and undertake experimental work to investigate fundamental aspects of that topic or to develop and evaluate new methods of investigation or analysis. You will leave Keele with the skills youll need for a variety of exciting careers in forensics.<br/><br/>**About Keele**<br/><br/>Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. <br/><br/>We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. <br/><br/>Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
5 Years
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
F413
Institution Code
K12
Points of Entry
Foundation
UCAS Tariff56 56 UCAS Tariff points from at least 1 A Level/Level 3 qualification. We will also consider applicants who may not have traditional academic qualifications but have work experience or vocational qualifications. Access to HE Diploma56 UCAS points International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme56 UCAS points Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)56 UCAS points GCSE/National 4/National 5GCSE English Language at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills in English AND GCSE Maths at grade C (or 4) OR Level 2 Functional Skills Maths A level56 UCAS points T LevelP Pass overall (D&E). |
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