BSc (Hons) Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation at University of Lancashire combines theoretical foundations with practical application across law and criminal justice.
Delivered by former high-ranking investigation experts, our Policing, Law Enforcement & Investigation, BSc degree prepares you for a career in law enforcement. From the provider’s course page.
BSc (Hons) Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation is a Bachelor's degree (BSc (Hons)) at the University of Lancashire, based in Main Campus. It runs 3 years, studied full-time.
For Sociology graduates from this provider, 80% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, 35% in highly skilled roles, typical earnings around £25,000. (HESA Graduate Outcomes / LEO, via Discover Uni.)
For the typical curriculum, specialisations, career paths and graduate earnings for Law, see the sections below.
The arithmetic mean of the official measures available for this course: NSS satisfaction, graduate activity and continuation.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Stronger evidence Published sample: 6,195. Cohort 2021-22. Graduate Outcomes work or further study 80% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Published threshold met Discover Uni suppresses continuation data below its publication threshold. Cohort 2022-23. Continuation 81% (2022-23; Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
Real modules published for this course, grouped only where the source gives a year, stage or level.
This module outlines the history of punishment and criminal justice in the UK. Showing how systems of criminal justice are, and have been, influenced by the social, political, religious, cultural, and theoretical trends and themes and cannot be understood outside that context.
This module will support the development of your academic skills that will be necessary to complete an undergraduate programme of study.
Digital technology is estimated to impact 98% of all reported crimes. This module is designed and delivered by experts in the field, who use their practical experience to supplement academic knowledge of cybercrime. You will learn about digital technology and how it can be used to commit and detect crime. You'll learn practical cutting-edge techniques that will help make you effective digital investigators. Real world scenario based assessments will test your ability to make an impact on digital
Study the processes of gathering evidence, analysis of criminal intelligence, planning of reactive and pro-active investigations and link the concept of criminal investigation to policing.
This module will introduce you to the concepts of policing, public safety, the role and powers of enforcement agencies, and basic principles of criminal law that underpin police powers.
Our module introduces you to the legislation, policy and investigative considerations to prevent and detect crime committed using digital technology. Digital Investigation is an increasingly important area in providing evidence to support investigations and prosecutions.
Develop transferable career skills to support the management, planning, and evaluation of research, data analysis, and data interpretation.
This module will introduce you to the principles, methods and concepts used in protecting and responding to the most vulnerable in society.
During this module you'll consolidate knowledge of evidence gathering, police powers and investigation skills learnt at Level 4. We'll introduce investigative interviewing skills and the presentation of evidence in a court of law.
Explore critical explanations of how the state responds to young people breaking, or at risk of breaking, the law or acting in an antisocial way.
This module aims to introduce you to key issues and debates relating to the justification and use of punishment following a conviction for a criminal offence.
Explore the range of multi-agency partnership arrangements and evaluate the effectiveness of different models of co-working in preventing crime.
This module aims to extend your investigative knowledge and practice to advanced-level procedures and processes, from reports to court applicable to serious and complex crimes.
Learn the professional skills required to independently investigate a digital incident within an appropriate legal framework.
On this module you'll independently plan, design, research, and produce an in-depth study of a real-world problem or issue. You'll develop academic research skills in an area based in, or closely related to, the course syllabus (Policing, Law Enforcement and Investigation or Cyber Investigation with Digital Forensics).
Understand the links between feminist thought and other critical academic approaches that examine power and knowledge production, in the context of explaining crime and criminal justice.
Critically explore a range of core ideas and debates around the use of contemporary imprisonment, both domestically and globally to support reflective thinking and analysis of the use of prison as a method of punishment.
The module will provide you with knowledge of the threat that fraud presents to the UK at national as well as local levels. In addition, it will explain how the use of Financial Investigation to recover assets acquired through acquisitive crime, makes committing such crimes less lucrative, and thereby less attractive.
The module develops your understanding of police approaches and critical appreciation of the historical roots of terrorism and counter-terrorism strategies within the UK setting. It helps you to build a critical understanding of the UK's Counter-Terrorism Strategy and legislative framework, together with practical issues concerned with countering terrorism.
You'll study the complexities of investigating criminal offences committed against vulnerable people. You'll look at how police and other agencies work together as well as the challenges of securing convictions against offenders.
Source: provider course page. Modules can change; required/optional status, credits, descriptions and assessment are shown only when explicitly published.
What this course covers, who it suits and where it leads.
This course is delivered by former high-ranking investigation experts and prepares you for a career in law enforcement. You'll usually start with foundations in contract law, public law and criminal law, establishing how legal liability arises and how the courts apply remedies. In your second year, you'll progress to tort law, land law and broader international frameworks, building practical understanding of civil wrongs and property. By year three, you'll study equity and trusts, then move into specialist options such as commercial law, human rights, criminal justice, family law or employment law, alongside independent legal research or supervised work in a law clinic. A course like this normally moves from core principles to applied specialisation, equipping you with both doctrinal knowledge and investigative acumen relevant to policing and law enforcement.
This course suits those interested in law enforcement, criminal justice and investigative work. Most accepted students entered with A-levels or equivalent qualifications; the typical UCAS tariff among entrants was 112–127 points. You'll need to study in English. The University of Lancashire has around 28,850 students, offering a substantial academic community.
The BSc (Hons) is delivered full-time over 3 years at the University of Lancashire's Main Campus, taught in English. The University of Lancashire was founded in 1828 and is a UK degree-awarding body; this degree is nationally recognised. The course holds Silver status in the Office for Students' TEF 2023 assessment of teaching quality.
How students on this course answered the National Student Survey, by theme.
Share of students responding positively.
Published threshold met NSS publication requires sufficient responses; small differences are not a rank. NSS mean of 7 published themes (Discover Uni snapshot 2026-06-21)
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What recently admitted students actually held, official admissions data, not a stated requirement.
Grades are the A-level equivalent of each points band. Tap a band to check your own chances below.
| Qualification | Share |
|---|---|
| A-levels or equivalent | 90% |
| a previous degree | 5% |
| an Access course | 5% |
| No / unknown prior qualifications | 5% |
An honest read from the official entry data, plus your personal match.
Entry is set by the university and based on your offer. Use your predicted grades to see how you compare, then check the university's stated requirements.
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Each bar is the share of admitted students in that UCAS-points band (lower → higher). Grades show the A-level equivalent.
Based on the official admitted-student tariff distribution. Many universities make contextual (reduced-grade) offers, so a result below the range doesn’t rule you out.
Undergraduate applications go through UCAS. Here’s what matters for this course, the right deadline, the grades to aim for, and the steps in order.
Create your UCAS application and add this course (code FM49). One application covers up to five choices.
A single statement covers all your choices, so keep it broad enough for similar courses while showing genuine interest in this subject.
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for most undergraduate courses. Source: UCAS 2027 dates.
When decisions are in, pick a firm (first) choice and an insurance (back-up) choice with slightly lower grades.
On results day (mid-August) your place is confirmed if you meet the offer. Just missed? Talk to the university, or find a place through Clearing.
What this course costs and how UK student finance covers it.
Provider fee page (England 2026/27 cap where not stated).
Check fees at University of Lancashire →2026/27 Student Finance England figures. Maintenance support is means-tested and this two-point view is not an entitlement calculator. The course total uses its published length and home fee where both are available; a missing full-time fee uses the clearly labelled England-cap scenario, while part-time fees and unknown lengths are never guessed. Use the official calculator. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland use separate systems: SAAS, Student Finance Wales, and Student Finance NI.
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement is a separate system. A new learner’s tuition entitlement is currently stated as £39,160 (about 480 credits at 2026/27 fee levels), subject to prior study and eligibility. Check the official LLE guide.
England figures shown; Scotland, Wales & NI run their own schemes, check gov.uk.
Named awards published by the university. Compare the eligibility and application route before budgeting for one.
Undergraduates from low-income households, subject to eligibility
Eligible undergraduate students with experience of care
Eligible undergraduate or taught-postgraduate unpaid carers
Forced migrants who are not eligible for student finance
Amounts, exclusions and deadlines can change. An award is not guaranteed unless the university confirms it.
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What Law graduates actually earn, from real outcome data, 15 months, 3 years and 5 years after graduating.
| When | Median | Typical range | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 months after | £25,000 | £22,500 – £29,000 | 6195 |
| 3 years after | £20,000 | £15,500 – £25,000 | 155 |
| 5 years after | £25,500 | £19,500 – £30,500 | 150 |
Nominal earnings for graduates of this course/subject at this provider. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 6,195. Cohort 2021-22.
National figures for Law graduates, HESA Graduate Outcomes (15 months) and the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset (3 & 5 years). These are national, not university-specific; actual pay varies by employer, region, role and experience. Different cohorts, so the bars are not one group over time.
Headline figures hide a lot. Calculate realistic take-home pay for this field by role, region and experience, then check your CV before you apply.
Choose an outcome to translate the published percentage into a simple 100-person view. Each dot represents one percentage point, not an individual tracked student.
15 months after graduation
Source: Discover Uni, using Graduate Outcomes and continuation data. Cohorts: 2022-23. Stronger evidence. Published sample: 6,195. Cohort 2021-22. Each tab is a separate published measure; categories can overlap and should not be added together.
How this course’s 5-year median earnings compare with Law courses at the same study level.
Compared with 1,352 courses with compatible official earnings data. This is a course-value comparison, not a quality ranking.
Published graduate destinations, joined conservatively to UK SOC 2020, ONS pay and Skills England demand.
Discover Uni JOBLIST/JOBTYPE; ONS ASHE 2025 provisional, all employee jobs; Skills England Occupations in Demand 2025. SOC is shown only for an exact normalised label match; demand is shown only at exact four-digit SOC. Published sample: 65; response rate: 55%. Pay describes the occupation across workers, not a guaranteed graduate salary.
How Law graduates fare in the labour market, and how AI is reshaping the work.
AI doesn't replace the profession, it shifts it: routine tasks get automated, while judgement, working with people and using AI well become more valuable.
The strongest graduates pair subject depth with the ability to use AI tools critically.
Where Law graduates typically go, indicative destinations from graduate career data. Each role links to live openings on the StudySmarter job board.
Current roles from the StudySmarter job board that suit Law graduates.
Law Firm Associates of all Practice Areas: Discuss your Overseas Relocation with Duke and Rawson – Australia/Asia/Middle East/Europe/Offshore/UKDuke and RawsonLaw Enforcement Success SpecialistAurorLaw Firm HR & Operations Lead - 12-Month ContractCharalle GroupLaw Firm Finance & Practice Manager, Leadership & OpsMcKinlay LawLaw Internship: Disputes & IBC – In-OfficeCanon SphereLaw Firm Front Desk & Guest Services (Oxford)Owen ReedThe essentials UK applicants ask about: finance, outcomes, entry and quality.
For comparison, the standard full-time England tuition cap is up to £9,790 per year in 2026/27; the actual fee varies by course and provider. If you normally live in England, eligible students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan, plus a Maintenance Loan for living costs. Under Plan 5 you repay 9% of income above £25,000, nothing below that, and the balance is written off after 40 years.
80% were in work or further study 15 months after graduating, with a median salary of £25,000. See the full breakdown in Careers & earnings above.
Use the UCAS points calculator above to see how your predicted grades compare with admitted students, and whether a contextual offer could apply.
Averaging the official measures published for it, this course scores 8.3 out of 10: NSS 87.6% · in work or study 80% · continued 81%.
Provider- and UK subject-level context.
HESA student record 2024/25. Counts are rounded.
A neutral snapshot around the published teaching location.
2,263 street-level reports returned within roughly one mile across 2026-04 to 2026-06.
Police.uk street-level API. Approximate locations, not confined to campus. England, Wales and Northern Ireland; not Scotland.
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What applying to University of Lancashire from outside the UK involves: fees, English, visa, funding and living costs.
International tuition is £17,325 / year for this course (from the provider’s fee page). You’re not eligible for UK Tuition Fee or Maintenance Loans, so plan for fees plus living costs upfront.
Most UK undergraduate courses ask for around IELTS 6.0–6.5 (no band below 5.5–6.0), or an accepted equivalent. If you’re just short, most universities run a pre-sessional English course that counts towards the requirement.
You’ll usually need a Student visa (Student Route). After you accept an offer the university issues a CAS; you then show funds for fees plus about £1,023–£1,334/month living costs and pay the Immigration Health Surcharge for NHS access.
Many universities offer international/global scholarships (often £2,000–£6,000/yr), check University of Lancashire’s funding pages.
Budget roughly £1,100–£1,400/month outside London and £1,400–£1,800/month in London for rent, food and travel; the figure also matters for your visa.
A Student visa usually allows up to 20 hours/week in term time and full-time in holidays, useful alongside study, though not something to rely on for fees.
Visa rules and fees change. Always confirm the current requirements with University of Lancashire and gov.uk before you apply.
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