Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: Full-time route, over 12 months, or a part-time route over 24 months
This innovative award focuses upon the use of new technologies to digitally document crime scenes, analyse digital evidence as well as understand concepts of digital law. This emerging area is aligned with the rapidly changing face of forensic investigations around the world.
You’ll gain up-to-date knowledge for a career in this fast-moving area of forensic investigation. By using innovative software you’ll be equipped with the skills needed to collect, document, and interpret digital forensic evidence. In the final term, you’ll undertake an independent research project on a topic of your choice relating to this award.
Using real-world scenarios, you’ll apply theoretical understanding and knowledge to practical exercises in computer laboratories and at our crime scene house.
The entry requirements for the award are normally: An undergraduate degree (2:2) in Forensic Science, Forensic Biology, Forensic Investigation, Policing and Criminal Investigation, Computing, STEM, or a related discipline.
If students do not have the required qualification but have professional experience, we would encourage you to apply as we consider all applications on their individual merit. Similarly, if you are unsure whether your degree would be appropriate, please contact our enquiries team who will be able to assist you
After completing the Digital Forensic Investigation MSc, you’ll be qualified to work in the following roles:
Digital forensic analyst
Digital investigator
Technical manager
Intelligence officer
Eager for more knowledge? Upon completion, you’ll be ideally placed for further academic study at PhD level.
Year 1 compulsory modules
⦁ Digital Forensics
⦁ Forensic Multimedia
⦁ Independent Research Project
⦁ Statistical Approaches To Forensics
Your place of possibility.At University of Staffordshire, our postgraduate community is built around ambition, personalised learning and career transf...
