Department of Forensic Evidence
College of Science
- Degree
- Bachelor
- Duration
- 4 years
- Study mode
- Morning & evening
Overview
The Department of Forensic Evidence prepares scientists who serve justice through evidence: examining crime scenes, recovering and preserving traces, analysing them in the laboratory, and writing the technical reports presented to investigators and the courts.
After a grounding in chemistry, biology and physics, students study fingerprints, toxicology and drugs, firearms and ballistics, questioned documents and forgery, forensic DNA analysis, digital evidence and forensic photography, together with criminal law and investigative procedure.
Training includes simulated crime scenes and analytical laboratory instruments, with strong emphasis on chain of custody, impartiality and scientific integrity — evidence is only as good as the way it was handled.
Vision
To produce forensic specialists whose knowledge and impartiality can be relied upon in the service of justice and the rule of law.
Mission
To prepare scientists skilled in scientific investigation and in collecting and analysing evidence with modern methods, committed to impartiality, integrity and chain of custody, to work with the security, judicial and forensic-medicine institutions.
Objectives
- Train students to examine and document crime scenes and to recover and preserve evidence.
- Develop skills in analysing fingerprints, toxicology, DNA, documents and digital evidence.
- Introduce the legal framework of forensic evidence and expert-witness procedure.
- Instil impartiality, confidentiality and scientific integrity.
- Raise public awareness of the value of scientific evidence.
Career prospects
- Criminal evidence directorates and related security agencies.
- Forensic medicine departments and laboratories.
- Toxicology and drug-testing laboratories.
- Document examination and fraud detection in banks and government offices.
- Verification and investigation roles in insurance and information-security firms.
- Expert testimony before the courts, as the law provides, and postgraduate study.
