Online postgraduate courses in Social Sciences – scholarships available

At the University of Essex Online, student success is at the heart of everything we do. As one of the UK’s longest-running providers of 100% online degrees, all our courses are specifically designed for online delivery, enabling you to gain a top-class education from anywhere in the world.

Discover our social science postgraduate courses

• MSc Criminology and Criminal Psychology

Develop your skills in leading complex criminal investigations, making reasoned arguments and rational decisions, and learn how to improve your potential impact within a policing, prison, probation or other criminal justice setting.

• MSc Psychology

Explore a range of theoretical ideas and practical applications across psychology, perfect whether you have a personal or professional interest in the field.

• MSc Organisational Psychology

Delve into interesting real-world scenarios such as the concept of psychological assessment at work and how to conduct this process as a practising organisational psychologist.

All courses are also available as an eight-month, or 16-month PG Dip. Study at your own pace and accelerate your career 100% online, part time.

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Fees and funding

We’re pleased to offer a range of discounts and scholarships to online students including:

• Full payment discount of 5%
• Alumni discount of 10%
• Corporate discount of 10% available when three or more of your employees study with us
• 2024 marks 60 years of the University of Essex – and to celebrate this milestone, we’re offering a 10% anniversary scholarship on all our Masters programmes. Please note, the deadline for this scholarship is 31 July.
• Enhanced Regional Scholarship: International students residing in specific regions outside of the UK may be eligible for a partial scholarship for our undergraduate and postgraduate online courses. Students residing in Africa can also enjoy a 20% scholarship on an eligible undergraduate and postgraduate courses until the end of the 2023-2024 academic year. 

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