Have you ever watched TV’s ‘Silent Witness’ or seen a blue police tent at a crime scene and fancied yourself as a Forensics’ officer?
If you have, Dundee is the city to learn the trade because it’s just topped a UK university league table for the subject.
There were further strong showings in Medical Technology and Bioengineering, where Dundee came second in the UK, and eighth for Dentistry.
The data was revealed in the 2023 edition of the Complete University Guide league tables.
Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at Dundee University, said: “To be named top in the UK for Forensic Science once again confirms the University of Dundee as the premier destination to study and undertake this crucial subject.
“Forensic science is integral to the justice system and wider society, and it is a testament to the efforts of everybody associated both with the Centre and our colleagues in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, who provide excellent teaching in forensic archaeology, anthropology and facial reconstruction, that we have been recognised with this ranking.”
Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the work of the centre questions the robustness of the science used in the investigation of crime science, laboratory analysis and the presentation of scientific evidence within the courts.
It is part of a £10 million, 10-year investment in forensic science research that also aims to improve the way that the subject is communicated throughout the judicial system and to the general public.
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