Double Major- Criminology and Law

About the Department

Belonging to the branch of Legal Sciences, the simultaneous studies of the Degree in Criminology and the Degree in Law cover a wide field of knowledge that defines the aptitudes, competencies, and abilities that future professionals must gather.

Ability to analyze the social agents related to crime, adaptation to change and the environment, as well as flexibility and critical sense.

The student of both degrees must be a creative and dynamic person who, in turn, shows interest in social and legal aspects at a national and international level.

Career Opportunities

The simultaneous studies of the Graduate in Criminology and Law open up new professional horizons, with a wide field of professional tasks that can be developed by the graduate. The student will be trained both to carry out their personal project and the development of their functions in public bodies.

In the current labor market, they can focus on various professional profiles linked to these studies:

• Manager in private security companies.
• Access to the Security Forces and Bodies and internal promotion.
• Criminologists are experts in courts of justice and criminalists in different specialties.
• Probation officer.
• Director of legal and criminological consulting teams.
• Criminal and family mediators.
• Member of treatment teams in penitentiary institutions.
• Advisor to lawyers, politicians, and security companies.
• Crime prevention (primary, secondary, and tertiary).
• Designer and manager of prevention and intervention programs.
• State Attorney.
• Lawyer in office.
• Legal adviser.
• Fiscal.
• Labor inspector.
• Judge.
• Lawyer of the Council of State.
• Notary.
• Property registrar.
• Merchant recorder.
• Attorney.
• Individual liberal professional or business associate.
• Judicial secretary.