From Surveying Police Vehicle Damage towards Improving Driver Education and Training The project centers around surveying the police vehicle damage reports from 2013, on which a picture is built of the damage suffered by police vehicles in Finland...

Driver training The Police University College is responsible for police driver training and for courses relating to traffic safety work. Police officers receive driver training during basic police education and continuing education. We train all m...

Off-road and boat driver training The police drive off road with snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles and navigate waterways with boats and personal watercraft. Off-road driving training Police off-road driving training includes snowmobile trainin...

Police dog training The Police University College’s Police Dog Training Centre trains dog handlers, who then train police dogs. Each year, 12 patrol dog handlers and 2–4 specialist dog handlers begin their training. Police dog handlers, just like ...

Motorcycle police training Motorcycle trials, motocross and high-speed driving on asphalt roads – these are all part of police motorcycle training, but the training also includes studying law and other theoretical studies. In motorcycle training, ...

Education and studies The scope of the Bachelor of Police Services degree is 180 credits, and it takes about three years to complete the studies. During the studies, students learn practical knowledge and skills needed in police work. The studies ...

Driver Training Centre The Driver Training Centre at Naarajärvi, Pieksämäki is part of the Police University College. We organise about 30 continuing education courses at the Driver Training Centre for police personnel and about 30 courses for oth...

Further Support to Public Safety Education Kosovo The project involves Finnish and Estonian experts from 10 different public administration authorities developing public security training and education system in Kosovo. The objective is to enhance...

History of police training The Finnish police training tradition goes back more than one hundred years. In 1918, a temporary police academy was established in the Helsinki Police Department. Its task was to train police officers for the whole coun...

Training program for the development of analytic competences (AKUUTTI-E) The AKUUTTI-E training program produces an online and in-class training program to improve the basic competences of the police and other authorities in analysis and crime pre...

Teaching and learning We structure the course of our teaching and learning process with the student path according to the national OPI Reference Architecture (application for studies – study planning and guidance –acquisition of competence – using...

Pedagogical Use of Simulations in the Training Organizations Supervised by the Ministry of the Interior The project studies the pedagogical use of simulations in the educational institutions supervised by the Ministry of the Interior (Police Unive...

Sustainability and responsibility The aim of sustainable development is to safeguard a good standard of living for future generations, too. Sustainable development is generally divided into three areas: ecological financial social and cultural We ...

Evaluation of teaching and learning Students have several channels for influencing and giving feedback. The course feedback system ensures the quality and development of our courses. The open feedback channel is always available, and students can ...

Feedback surveys and evaluations We assess our activities using a variety of different methods. All the various surveys and evaluations we use are listed on this page. Management feedback surveys and evaluations We receive feedback and evaluation ...

Police University College Management and Chiefs of Units Management Marko Laitinen Director of the Police University College +358 295 483 000 [email protected] Pasi Kemppainen Director of Education and Research +358 295 483 150 [email protected] P...

Planning of teaching and learning The planning of teaching and learning are guided in particular by the Police strategy and Police University College strategic, pedagogical and RDI policies, as well as by the Police University College’s joint obje...

Strengthening the Capacities and Efficiency of the Security Academy – Albania During the Twinning project, Finnish and Estonian experts from public administration authorities will work to improve the capacity of Albanian Security Academy to train ...

19.3.2026 | In the Cyber Capital project, the development areas of the authorities' cybercrime prevention expertise were identified more comprehensively than before, and the training content of cybercrime prevention was renewed using the knowledge accumulated during the project. The effort generated new expertise and strengthened international cooperation.

Tasks We are a university college in the field of internal security and conduct applied research and development work alongside our educational activities. Students can complete the following degrees at the Police University College: Bachelor of P...