Cabecera psicologia y criminologia Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada Madrid
Cabecera psicologia y criminologia responsive Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada Madrid

University Dual Degree in Psychology and Criminology

 OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY DEGREE* | IN PERSON MODALITY 

What drives someone to commit a crime? What is the mind of a criminal like? With this official university dual degree, you will become an expert in criminal and forensic psychology and will be able to accompany and help victims. In addition, you will delve into the human psyche to understand why an offender commits an act, as well as to prevent it and rehabilitate the offender.

  • icono flecha Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada MadridDo you want to understand human behavior and especially criminal behavior?
  • icono flecha Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada MadridWould you like to help victims rebuild their lives?
  • icono flecha Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada MadridDo you believe that mental health is as important as physical health?
  • icono flecha Psychology and Criminology Estudiar en Universidad Privada MadridDo they say that you are a communication skilled person and that you know how to put yourself in other people’s shoes?

If so... this is the university degree for you!

*THE DUAL DEGREE LEADS TO THE ATTAINMENT OF TWO OFFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS.

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    University Dual Degree in Psychology and Criminology in Madrid

    You will solve crimes and understand the human mind on a campus of excellence

    You will study in a very practical way in the Criminology lab and the Clinical Simulation Center, at one of the best campuses in Europe. You will have access to the biotechnology laboratories to investigate crime scenes, to the anatomical-forensic classroom to analyze every clue and rooms with Gesell cameras to understand human behavior. In addition, you will live the university degree in a unique environment, which hasa Sports Center, cafeterias, food trucks and hundreds of corners to share and enjoy. 

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    Syllabus University Dual Degree in Psychology and Criminology

    First year year groups from 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    BIOLOGICAL BASES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR 1st BT SEM 1 6
    FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 1st BT SEM 1 6
    FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT 1st OB SEM 1 6
    HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 1st OB SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF LIFE CYCLE I 1st OB SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES BASIC I 1st BT SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF AFFECTIVITY AND EMOTION 1st BT SEM 2 6
    METHODS AND DESIGNS OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY 1st BT SEM 2 6
    SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES 1st OB SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LIFE CYCLE 2 1st OB SEM 2 6
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    LEGAL ORGANIZATION, SOURCES AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 1st BT SEM 1 6
    THEORY OF LAW 1st BT SEM 1 6
    INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY 1st OB SEM 2 6

    Second year year groups from 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2 2nd BT SEM 1 6
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2nd BT SEM 1 6
    ANTHROPOLOGY 2nd OB SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MOTIVATION 2nd BT SEM 1 6
    SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2nd OB SEM 1 6
    CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 2nd BT SEM 2 6
    DATA ANALYSIS IN PSYCHOLOGY 2nd BT SEM 2 6
    SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS 2nd OB SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS 2nd OB SEM 2 6
    EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN FORMAL CONTEXTS 2nd OB SEM 2 6
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 2nd BT SEM 1 6
    CRIMINAL LAW 1 2nd OB SEM 2 6
    CRIMINALISTICS 2nd OB SEM 2 6

    Third year groups from 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY 3rd BT SEM 1 6
    INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN PSYCHOLOGY 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOMETRICS 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    THINKING AND LANGUAGE 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    COMMUNICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 3rd OB SEM 2 3
    FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 3rd OB SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 1 3rd OB SEM 2 6
    INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY 1 3rd OB SEM 2 6
    SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3rd OP SEM 2 3
    DIAGNOSIS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 3rd OP SEM 2 3
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY TERM ECTS
    FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE 1 3rd OB SEM 2 6
    CRIMINAL LAW 2 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    FORENSIC SCIENCE 3rd OB SEM 2 6
    HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY 1 3rd OB SEM 1 3

    Fourth year year groups from 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY SEM ECTS
    PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 2 4th OB SEM 1 6
    INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY 2  4th OB SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF THE COUPLE AND THE FAMILY  4th OB SEM 1 6
    PROFESSIONAL DEONTOLOGY AND BIOETHICS  4th OB SEM 1 6
    EXTERNAL ACADEMIC INTERNSHIPS  4th I.EXT SEM 2 12
    END OF DEGREE PROJECT 4th EDP SEM 2 6
    CRISIS AND EMERGENCY INTERVENTION 4th OP SEM 1 3
    ADDICTION INTERVENTION 4th OP SEM 1 3
    COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES 1 4th OP SEM 1 3
    INTERVENTION WITH MINORS 4th OP SEM 2 3
    PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION 4th OP SEM 2 3
    COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES 2 4th OP SEM 2 3
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT YEAR TYPOLOGY SEM ECTS
    INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION OF THE OFFENDER 2nd OB SEM 2 6
    PENITENTIARY LAW 2nd BT SEM 1 6
    INTRODUCTION TO PROCEDURAL LAW 3rd OB SEM 1 6
    HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY 2 3rd OB SEM 2 3
    INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY 1  4th OB SEM 1 3
    INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY 2  4th OB SEM 2 3

    Fifth year year groups from 2024-25

    First year Year groups before 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY BT 1st SEM 1 6
    FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH BT 1st SEM 1 6
    BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES 1 BT 1st SEM 1 6
    FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING OB 1st SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LIFE CYCLE 1 OB 1st SEM 1 6
    BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2 BT 1st SEM 2 6
    HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY OB 1st SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION OB 1st SEM 2 6
    FUNDAMENTALS OF GENERAL ANATOMY AND NEUROANATOMY BT 1st SEM 2 6
    COMMUNICATION, PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES OB 1st SEM 2 6
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    LEGAL ORGANIZATION, SOURCES AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS BT 1st SEM 1 6
    THEORY OF LAW BT 1st SEM 1 6
    INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY OB 1st SEM 2 6

    Second year year groups before 2024-25

    Third year year groups before 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    BIOETHICS OB 3rd SEM 1 3
    PSYCHOLOGY OF THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP OB 3rd SEM 1 3
    PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING OB 3rd SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF LIFE CYCLE 2 OB 3rd SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY OB 3rd SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN DIFFERENCES OB 3rd SEM 1 6
    PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OB 3rd SEM 2 6
    MODELS, TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTS OF PSYCHODIAGNOSIS OB 3rd SEM 2 6
    PSYCHOMETRY OB 3rd SEM 2 6
    SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OP 3rd SEM 2 6
    DIAGNOSTICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OP 3rd SEM 2 6
    From the list of optional subjects that make up the syllabus, students will be able to choose among the subjects offered by the University each academic year, which will be published in the Syllabus book for registration. Likewise, the University, once the enrolment period is over, reserves the right to open these optional subects depending on the number of students enrolled.
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    FORENSIC MEDICINE 1 OB 1st SEM 2 6
    CRIMINAL LAW 2 OB 2nd SEM 1 6
    FORENSIC SCIENCE OB 2nd SEM 2 6
    HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY 1 OB 3rd SEM 1 3

    Fourth year year groups before 2024-25

    PSYCHOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    PROFESSIONAL DEONTOLOGY OB 4TH SEM 1 6
    MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION MODELS AND PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL OB 4TH SEM 1 3
    BIBLIOTHERAPY OB 4TH SEM 1 3
    COUPLE AND FAMILY INTERVENTION OB 4TH SEM 1 6
    INTERVENTION MODELS: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCHOOLS OB 4th SEM 1 6
    EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS OB 4th SEM 2 3
    EXTERNAL INTERNSHIP EXT I. 4th SEM 2 12
    END OF DEGREE PROJECT EDP 4th SEM 2 6
    COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES 1 OP 4th SEM 1 3
    COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES 2 OP 4th SEM 2 3
    INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS 1 OP 4th SEM 1 3
    INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS 2 OP 4th SEM 2 3
    From the list of optional subjects that make up the syllabus, students will be able to choose among the subjects that the University offers each academic year and that will be published in the Syllabus book for enrolment. Likewise, the University, once the enrolment period is over, reserves the right to open these elective subjects depending on the number of students enrolled.
    CRIMINOLOGY
    SUBJECT TYPOLOGY YEAR SEM ECTS
    INTERVENTION AND SOCIAL REINTEGRATION OF THE OFFENDER OB 2nd SEM 2 6
    PENITENTIARY LAW BT 2nd SEM 1 6
    INTRODUCTION TO PROCEDURAL LAW OB 3rd SEM 1 6
    HISTORY OF CRIMINOLOGY 2 OB 3rd SEM 2 3
    INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY 1 OB 4th SEM 1 3
    INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY 2 OB 4th SEM 2 3

    Fifth year year groups before 2024-25

    Do you have doubts about the University Dual Degree in Psychology and Criminology?

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    Why is UFV the best place to study Psychology and Criminology?

    From day one, you will work with the criminologist’s case, analyze fictitious crime scenes in the laboratories or in the anatomical-forensic classroom, make facial composites of criminals and learn about ballistics and fingerprinting. 

    You will learn in the field with visits to NGOs and institutions, as well as to police headquarters, penitentiaries, juvenile institutions and victim care centers. In addition, you will do social internships that will help you understand the needs of others. 

    Only at UFV, you will be able to carry out clinical practices at the Center for Integral Support to the Family (CAIF), located on the same campus, and in which you will observe, with Gesell camera, how a psychologist works and what are the keys to human behavior. 

    By combining both university degrees, you will take a journey through psychology to understand the whole human being and will study disciplines such as forensic biology, criminalistics and criminal law. In addition,, you will specialize in clinical, occupational, educational and social psychology. 

    Your professors will be active professionals, experts in the latest trends in the sector, and you will attend seminars and conferences on jihadist terrorism, artificial intelligence, drug trafficking, missing persons, cybersecurity, etc.  

    You will have the opportunity to study abroad, you will be able to take international academic trips and you can study simultaneously the Research and Innovation in Psychology (INICIA) program, endorsed by the University of Cambridge. 

    You will carry out internships in companies and institutions such as Instituto Centta, Fundación Anar, the Mediation association for the pacification of conflicts, the Professional Association of Criminologists of Spain, Inditex, etc. 

    And the best part! You will live an unforgettable university experience . You will be able toparticipate in sports teams, conferences, volunteering, missions and in student societies such as Be The Change or the Debate Society, among many others.  

    94.3% employability rate!

    You will study at the university with the highest employability rate in the Community of Madridfor the university degree in Psychology (94.3%) and with a prescription rate of our students of 8.67 out of 10. Criminology is one of the most demanded university degrees and, by combining it with Psychology, your chances of employment increase exponentially since you can work in all specialties of psychology, as well as in the criminal field 

    Internships in institutions and companies

    You will carry out professionalinternships in the health, community, legal/forensic and educational fields in places such as Instituto Centta, Fundación Anar, the Mediation association for the pacification of conflicts, the Professional Association of Criminologists of Spain, Inditex, etc. In addition, at UFV you will also carry out social internships at NGOs and associations such as the Ronald McDonalds Foundation and Entreculturas, among others. Thanks to these internships, 85% of ourstudents receive a job offer from the same place where they have been working.   

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    INTERNATIONAL
    AGREEMENTS

    8,4 / 10

    in international
    experience of
    our students

    Source: 2024 undergraduate student experience report.

    We have exchange agreements so that you can study at a university in America, Europe or Asia, In addition, you can participate in the Research and Innovation in Psychology (INICIA) program, endorsed by the University of Cambridge, with which you will take an intensive course in a foreign country and then will work in research groups to present tyour work at a congress in Cambridge.

    We train human psychologists who transform society

    Psychology and criminology require professionals who have a human and comprehensive training to understand people as a whole, both victims and aggressors, and be able to help them. This is the only way to understand the origin of behavior and help prevent crimes. For this reason, at UFV we are committed to providing you with a human training that will change your outlook and, at the same time, train you in the skills that are in such high demand in your profession: critical and analytical thinking, social intelligence, research, etc.

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    Price of the University Degree in Psychology and Criminology, Academic Year 25/26

    Any questions?

    TITLE OF THE DEGREE
    UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIMINOLOGY
    INITIAL FEE
    €2,000
    MONTHLY FEE
    €990
    TOTAL
    €11,900

    Scholarships and Grants

    We know how important it is to study a university degree that makes you feel fulfilled. UFV is one of the universities with the highest percentage of students with scholarships, since one out of every three students has a scholarship or study grant.   

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    Career Opportunities

    This university dual degree offers you all the professional opportunities of the University Degree in Psychology and allows you to access the University Master’s Degree in General Health Psychologyto work as ahealth psychologist in the private sector. In addition, it prepares you for new professional areas within the forensic environment and allows you to obtain a global and complete vision of victimology. Youwill be able towork in places such as penitentiaries, police stations, crime laboratories, in the judicial field or in rehabilitation and reintegration of the aggressor. 

    Some other opportunities are: 

    • Victim psychologist 
    • Criminal psychologist 
    • Private detective (Private Detective qualification required) 
    • Social intervention specialist 
    • Forensic data analyst 
    • Forensic expert 
    • Mediator (Mediator qualification required) 
    • Crime prevention specialist 
    • Risk analyst 
    • Prison security officer (public examination required) 
    • Law enforcement (public examination required)  

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