Forensic Investigative Psychology

Forensic investigative psychologists bring evidence-based approaches to enhance police investigations and improve the wider criminal justice system. Their work is about enhancing all aspects of the legal process, from interview techniques and line-up decisions, to detecting deception and juror decision making. Studying Forensic Investigative Psychology at Winchester opens a broad range of career opportunities. We focus on your future from the start and are committed to helping you find and work towards an exciting career. Our approach to your employability is personalised, successful, and unique to us.

Join us to discover the science behind how we think, feel and behave, with an emphasis on how it applies to the criminal justice system. You will work with experienced lecturers and forensic investigative psychologists in our supportive learning community that puts your future first.

Why study Forensic Investigative Psychology at Winchester

You will learn in a supportive environment with all your teaching provided by a friendly team of experienced lecturers and qualified applied psychologists.

• We favour small group teaching and personal tutoring to help you build your academic confidence and transferable skills.

Your future is at the centre of everything we do. Our ‘Psychology Futures’ employability programme takes you on a transformative journey of self-development that will help you maximise the value of your degree and find a personally meaningful career.

• Developed by our Chartered Occupational Psychologist, our unique, award-winning employability programme is embedded throughout your degree and has been applauded nationally.

You will be joining a vibrant research community. Your lecturers are active researchers and experts in their field. Your course is designed to craft your research skills and you will have unlimited access to all our research labs and software.

• We have extensive research facilities. For example, our alcohol research lab is one of only eight in the world and we are helping police improve how they collect eyewitness testimonies from people under the influence.

You will be guided throughout your degree by a member of our forensic investigative psychology team.

• They will be your personal tutor to provide subject specific guidance and will supervise your final year project on a forensic investigative psychology topic.

You will study specialised modules in forensic investigative psychology in your final year.

• You will learn how psychology applies to the investigative process and offender rehabilitation.

Where your degree could take you

Our BSc (Hons) Forensic Investigative Psychology is fully accredited by the British Psychological Society, so your degree could be the first step in your training as a chartered psychologist working in an applied field such as forensic, clinical, health, educational, or occupational psychology. You could further your training with us on our MSc Forensic Psychology, fully accredited by the British Psychological Society. Alternatively, it could take you into a career in criminal justice, research, teaching, social work, marketing, human resources, or any job that involves working with other people.

What our students say

• 95% of students say the IT resources and facilities provided support their learning well. • 90% of students say staff are good at explaining things. • 90% of students say it’s easy to contact teaching staff when they need to. • 90% of students say the course is well organised. • 90% of students say the course often challenges them to achieve their best work.