Law with Criminology with Foundation Year

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, you'll study on campus, joining our undergraduate community from the outset, with access to all the facilities and support that you'd get as an undergraduate student at Keele.

International Students

For International Students, Foundation Years are delivered through our dedicated on-campus provider, Keele University International College. Applications for International Foundation Years are also handled by KUIC; please do not apply via UCAS as the University will not be able to process your application and you may still be charged the UCAS application fee. To find out more and to apply for an International Foundation Year, visit https://kuic.keele.ac.uk/

Law with Criminology

Are you looking for a degree that provides a firm foundation in law whilst also developing your understanding of criminal justice, prisons and probation? Law with Criminology LLB at Keele is designed to equip you with a theoretical and practical understanding of crime and its contemporary issues, building key skills in investigation, problem-solving and critical analysis. You will delve into hands-on learning, preparing you for a career in law or related fields.

Why choose this course?

• Gain practical legal skills through Keele’s hands-on learning opportunities

• Tailor your degree programme to your interests and career aspirations through an enriched curriculum and professional networks

• Study the Foundations of Legal Knowledge: Contract Law, Tort Law, Public Law, Criminal Law, European Law, Land Law, and Equity & Trusts

• Global Top 250 for Law (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2023)

• Global Top 100 for International Outlook, Law (Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings, 2023)

Laws are rules that regulate a society, but are also the product of that society. This course brings together two complimentary disciplines of Law and Criminology to provide a theoretical and practical understanding of crime, the influence of law, and contemporary issues in criminal justice.

Pioneers of undergraduate teaching of Criminology in the UK, Keele introduces you to criminological theories to build a clear understanding of crime and investigate contemporary ‘crime problems’ facing society. You will develop crucial critical analysis skills, investigative qualities, and team working abilities, as well as a strong sense of social responsibility, whether you wish to pursue a career in criminal law or hope to drive social change.

At Keele, you will build a solid foundation in the seven essential areas of legal knowledge: Contract Law, Tort Law, Public Law, Criminal Law, European Law, Land Law, and Equity & Trusts.

About Keele

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.

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.

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.

For a list of indicative modules please visit the course page on the Keele University website.