MSc Forensic Psychology and Mental Health

Our MSc Forensic Psychology and Mental Health course is aimed at graduates who want to pursue a career as a Chartered Psychologist and/or register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Forensic Psychologist.

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.

This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

The BPS outlined five commendations following the January 2018 BPS accreditation visit:

The Programme Director, programme team and administrative team have worked extremely hard to develop a high quality programme that meets all of the Society's standards.
The programme has been designed to have a fully embedded mental health flavour which makes the programme distinctive.
The programme team is approachable and supportive to the students and this is greatly valued.
The pilot of the reflective log for understanding the professional skills that the programme embeds is innovative and well thought-out.
The senior management team has shown commitment in supporting the programme and its team in their development for the future.