OpenFieldUNewHaven · West Haven, Connecticut, United States
The University of New Haven is a private doctoral research university located along the Long Island Sound coastline in West Haven, Connecticut. World-renowned for forensic science and criminal justice through the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, UNewHaven is equally celebrated for cybersecurity, national security studies, marine biology, and engineering excellence.
UNewHaven houses five colleges: the Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, Tagliatela College of Engineering, College of Arts and Sciences, Pompea College of Business, and the School of Health Sciences. The campus hosts the Henry C. Lee Institute, an international center for forensic training and crime scene reconstruction.
Undergraduate admissions are test-optional and holistic. Graduate applicants require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, two letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 75+ or IELTS 6.0+).
One of the world's most prestigious forensic science graduate programs, offering rigorous training in forensic serology, STR DNA profiling, crime scene reconstruction, ballistics, and trace microscopy.
Doctoral curriculum emphasizing counter-terrorism, human trafficking interdiction, transnational organized crime forensics, police legitimacy, and advanced quantitative criminological modeling.
Hands-on cybersecurity master's covering reverse engineering malware, cloud penetration testing, network packet forensics, smart grid security, and zero-trust protocol architecture.
Interdisciplinary master's combining Long Island Sound marine ecology, maritime law, coastal zone management, harbor sustainability, and offshore wind regulatory policy.
Applied biomedical engineering curriculum focusing on FDA medical device regulatory pathways, implantable sensor microfabrication, biomechanics modeling, and orthopedic hardware testing.
Practitioner-taught graduate degree in geostrategic threat analysis, corporate counterintelligence, critical infrastructure resilience, and geopolitical risk forecasting.
Professor Emeritus & Founder
Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science
Dr. Lee is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists, famed for forensic crime scene reconstruction, advanced bloodstain pattern analysis, DNA profiling, ...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Computer Science & Cybersecurity
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Baggili directs the Artifact Genome Project, investigating virtual reality cybersecurity, mobile device digital forensics, UAV drone hacking, and IoT firmwa...
View researcher profile ↗Professor & Chair of Forensic Science
Department of Forensic Science
Dr. Palmbach specializes in crime scene analysis, utilizing rapid DNA identification technologies to combat human trafficking, international mass disaster victi...
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