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BSc (Hons) Forensic Sciences
Study BSc (Hons) Forensic Sciences at Scotland’s Top Modern University (Guardian University Guide 2026).
Go beyond the police tape with this fascinating and highly practical Forensic Sciences degree. Learn the techniques that underpin the recognition, identification, recovery, analysis and evaluation of information which can be used as evidence in court.
Are you naturally inquisitive with a passion for chemistry and biology? Do you like to solve problems for fun? Put these traits to work on this Forensic Sciences degree that equips you with the valuable skills you need to help support the legal process.
It’s a hands-on degree, where you will analyse crime scenes in our purpose-built facilities and learn forensic analysis techniques in our state-of-the-art laboratories. You’ll go on fact-finding field trips to places like the mortuary and bomb disposal sites. There are work placement opportunities in year two, plus you’ll be taught by academics who’ve come directly from industry and forensic researchers at the cutting edge of their fields.
If you have any questions about Forensic Sciences, or applying to Abertay, please give us a call on +44(0)1382 308080 or send an email to international@abertay.ac.uk.
4 reasons to choose Forensic Sciences at Abertay
1. We're the Top Scottish Modern University: According to the Guardian University Guide 2026.
2. Our course is professionally-accredited: Studying with us means you're on a degree that's accredited by The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.
3. Access our state-of-the-art facilities: Learn your craft by putting theory into practice throughout the course in our modern and industry-standard £3.5m science laboratories and crime house facilities.
4. You'll leave with career prospects - not just a degree: Did you know 90% of our forensic sciences graduates are in work or further education within 15 months of graduating? We're a modern university focused on the kind of industry-relevant learning that'll land you a job after you graduate.
What do our Forensic Sciences graduates say?
Our Forensic Sciences graduates will always be our strongest advocates, so check out what Laura Green, Scene of Crime Officer, had to say about her time at Abertay University.
Abertay is a fantastic university with some of the best lecturers I have come across through the many open days I attended and even events I have attended since leaving Abertay. My degree and the lecturers who taught me prepared m by showing me that there is a lot more to Forensic Science than you see on CSI and NCIS. It taught me fundamental skills which I have been able to build on over the years in order to secure myself the job I have now.
Why Dundee?
Dundee is going through something of a cultural rebirth.
It was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s hottest destinations, helped greatly by the £80m V&A Dundee, the stunning design museum, which opened its doors in 2018.
Dundee is a little pot of gold at the end of the A92 - The Guardian
It’s an extremely friendly city, which is small enough to get from A to B by foot, but large enough to have great shopping and vibrant nightlife.
Dundee is a contemporary city full of energy and vision—it has one of the highest student population ratios in the UK—and it’s the perfect environment for a forensic sciences student to learn their trade.
