HENRY C. LEE COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Learn From the Best in Your Field

Named for one of the most respected experts in forensic science in the nation, the Henry C. Lee College has earned the University of New Haven an international reputation for excellence in the fields of criminal justice, forensic science, fire science, homeland security and emergency management, national security, and international affairs.

You’ll learn from faculty who have worked for the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, United Nations, and many local and state police departments. You’ll be in the center of investigations, allowing you to use the latest technology to examine the coldest cases.

Conducting 22nd-Century Work at the Highest Levels of STEM

An exciting story for descendants and forensic genealogists: Human skeletal remains recovered from the Whydah pirate ship that went down in 1717 are being examined by forensic scientists in the Henry C. Lee College to track down living relatives. Scientists are analyzing the DNA in pursuit of the ship’s pirate captain, Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy, named by Forbes magazine as the richest pirate in history. Some families out there may soon have boasting rights to a much more dramatic history than they previously imagined.

#1 College Factual has ranked the University #1 in the country out of more than 400 colleges and universities offering homeland security, law enforcement, and firefighting majors, and #1 in the state and within the top 20 in the country for criminal justice and corrections degrees.