PhD programmes in Criminology in Europe

Criminology at the University of Leicester offers research supervision for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

In the Criminology programme from Queen's University Belfast, you'll be a social scientist committed to multidisciplinary research that builds knowledge and capacities in the communities around us, and that has a positive impact on wellbeing.

This Crime, Policy and Security programme from London Metropolitan University make a difference to the criminal justice, national and international security sectors, while having the opportunity to enhance your career.

By choosing Criminology as a postgraduate at University of Hull you will be joining a vibrant and supportive research community covering a wide range of specialisms, from the links between alcohol and violence and the history of crime and punishment to surveillance, green crime, and restorative justice approaches - among others. 

The objective of the PhD Criminology programme from University of Nicosia is to provide students with a coherent and intellectually challenging degree that prepares them to conduct research among the many aspects of criminology and criminal justice, varying with individual interests and areas of specialty.

A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Criminology - Criminal Justice programme from University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

The School provides a stimulating and supportive environment for postgraduate training. The emphasis is on small groups, close working relationships between students and supervisors, and development towards full professional participation in the subject area. The Criminology and Criminal Justice programme is offered at Bangor University.

If you want to take your existing knowledge in Criminology into postgraduate research, Portsmouth is the perfect place to do it. The nature of crime and the ways in which we prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute it are evolving. When you study for a postgraduate research degree with us, you'll play your part in delivering vital research that tackles major issues of crime and punishment.

Our research in Criminology at University of Portsmouth  covers subjects including cybercrime, counter fraud, policing, penology forensics, forensic interviewing, security and risk management, missing persons, criminal psychology and victimology.

Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy programme at Loughborough University has long been recognised as an international centre of academic excellence and for our cutting-edge interdisciplinary work.

Criminology research at the University of Brighton addresses challenges of social, health, psychological, spatial, and environmental injustice, seeking to transform policy and practice on global and more local scales.

Do you want to advance or change your career, deepen your expertise in a topic, or expand your research and practical skills? Then the Sociology and Criminology programme at Manchester Metropolitan University is for you!

Abertay University has been a key partner in a number of large European grants specifically examining the interaction between technology, society and social innovation, as well as exploring social network dynamics for collective awareness. The university offers this PhD in Criminology.

Criminology programme at University of Essex are hosted within our Department of Sociology.  We offer supervision that covers a wide range of topics and we take a global approach to the subject, with particular expertise in diverse regional settings.

Our PhD research programmes at Anglia Ruskin University will allow you to explore your own interests in Criminology, supported by the expertise of our staff.

Criminology candidates at University of Cambridge, benefit from close links with the Institute's six dedicated research centres, providing them with unrivalled opportunities and the support to develop as independent researchers, while being part of an integrated community of criminologists working at different levels and through multidisciplinary approaches. 

This Criminology course at University of Lincoln draws on a range of perspectives relating to crime looking at sociology, psychology, and law, and as such provides new opportunities for scholarship and advanced research.

The Criminology group at the Centre for Social Policy from Keele University is dedicated to the advancement of research in the fields of crime, punishment and criminal justice, grounded in sociological, theoretical, public policy and systematic empirical approaches.

The doctoral program in Criminology at Stockholm University aims to provide the student with in-depth knowledge of the subject's theory, method, current research in the field and other skills that are necessary to make the student a critical and independent researcher with the ability to perform scientific work.

The Social Policy and Criminology - Crime, Harm, Criminalisation and Criminal Justice research group at The Open University UK is recognised for critical scholarship, that challenges assumptions about ‘crime’, ‘the criminal’ and/or ‘justice’ and critically interrogates criminology as a discipline.