Forensic Science Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)

Learn the science behind solving crimes and get the chance to do real projects with police forces through our highly practical degree course.

From day one, you’ll learn real-world skills to help become a forensic scientist. We teach the fundamentals of programming and the underpinning chemical and biological concepts. You’ll receive strong support from our academic and technical team.

Using our £2m immersive facilities, you’ll process mock crime scenes and analyse samples in our specialist labs. You’ll cover everything from DNA analysis to toxicology and will also undertake your own scientific research.

You’ll get hands-on doing microscopy and alternative light source testing of clothing to look for body fluids. Other trace evidence includes analysing hairs, glass marks and documents, and using our automated fingerprint ID system.

Opportunities include working with our Staffordshire Forensic Partnership. You could be analysing real drug samples for Staffordshire Police and providing intelligence on purity levels.

Students can also join our Cold Case Unit, where they support investigators on live missing person cases.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: *BSc (Hons) Forensic Science*