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Asked by undo532hand98 to Samantha, Katy B, felicitycarlysledavies, Caroline R on 17 Dec 2025.
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Caroline Ratcliffe answered on 17 Dec 2025:
It depends on what you prefer to do, many people now go to University and do a degree based on Forensics or Criminology, or sometimes both in a combined degree! But there are also options for apprenticeship schemes with certain police forces, research some different options and see what is available in your area.
My best advice is to pick A-Levels that are relevant to what may help you so some of the sciences, I did Geography as well which really helped but you now have public services or psychology that can also help. Or consider college to study just the one main subject such as public services. Again, look in your geographical area to see what’s available and reach out to careers advisor, educational leads, potential employers.
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Felicity Carlysle-Davies answered on 17 Dec 2025:
It depends a little on what sort of forensic science role you would be looking for but the most common path now is to do a forensic science degree (some people do a straight science degree and then specialise at Masters level), ideally you want one that is accredited by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences. You might choose to do a combined degree, for example at my university our undergraduate degree is forensic and analytical chemistry so you get lots of hands on chemistry with a forensic specialisation.
Some police forces are starting to do apprenticeship schemes which can be another route into forensic science as well but don’t always leave you with a lot of other options if later down the line you decide that role isn’t for you.
If you are interested in something like fire investigation you would need to look at joining the fire service first and work your way across to that specialisation (unless you wanted to work for an independent fire investigation company).
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