TURVA project – Promoting understanding of basic human rights of asylum seekers and developing working methods against violence in Reception Centres’ work The primary objective of the project is to advance the basic human rights perception of asyl...

Act Development is part of the planning, implementation and evaluation of our operation. Each of us is responsible for developing their competence and work in a customer-oriented manner. Our customers include students in our degree programmes, Fin...

Strategic policies and quality Our strategic policies provide a framework for everything we do. The pedagogic and RDI policies and the personnel plan refine our strategic policies. Quality management is a cornerstone of our leadership model and ou...

Societal impact Our most powerful impact factor is the education and training we offer, which in key respects ensures the high level of competence and ethics of the Finnish police. Our up-to-date education is based on research, development and inn...

The structure of the degree The scope of the Bachelor of Police Services degree is 180 credits. Contents of the degree: Core and professional studies (100 credits) Training period facilitating professional competences (55 credits) Thesis (15 credi...

Evaluation of RDI activities Our RDI activities are committed to compliance with good scientific practice. We evaluate projects, publications and events in many ways. We take the viewpoints of open science and research into account. In addition to...

National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing The project involves conducting a study in support of Finland’s national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing. The risk assessment describes the typical fo...

Cyber Capital (Development of competence in cybercrime prevention) In the Cyber Capital project, the Police University College and Jamk University of Applied Sciences prepare a competence path for cybercrime prevention. The project will pilot and ...

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 ...

Developing the measurement of the performance and impact of financial crime prevention The Ministry of the Interior has set up a working group to develop the measurement of the performance and impact of financial crime prevention. In support of th...

NEXES – NEXt generation Emergency Services NEXt generation Emergency Services (NEXES) is a project engaged in the development of innovative emergency services. The project aims to create a framework for smart communication technologies and multi-f...

Youth Radicalization and Gang Formation in Finland: Manifestations, Risk Factors, and Countermeasures (NUORA) The project provides a multidimensional, research-based understanding of youth radicalization, gang formation, and recruitment into crimi...

Vulnerability of critical infrastructure and operational capability of authorities Through the development of the appropriate risk management, the project is enabling the anticipation of and preparedness for crises and disturbances of human origin...

COSI Evaluation – evaluation of the operational cooperation on internal security in the EU The Police University College is involved in a project by the Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI). COSI’s objective is...

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...

CYBERDI – Cybercrime prevention, awareness raising and capacity building by RDI on modern cyber attacks Cybercrime is a complex form of crime that is developing fast, with anyone being a potential victim of such attacks. The key areas in the fight...

Cyberhate: Networks, forms of activity and motives of hate speech producers and distributors Hate speech has been much talked about in recent years and it has been defined as one of the problems threatening society and democracy. Although hate spe...

Research project on cyber-enabled crime and its juridical prevention (VARJO) Cyber-enabled fraud has become more common rapidly in recent years, and it is an increasingly organized, international and technologically advanced phenomenon. Criminals ...

Development of project competence in the Ministry of the Interior’s administrative branch (PROOSA) The project will build and harmonise employees’ project competence in the Ministry of the Interior’s administrative branch. The project will prepare...

Corruption monitoring indicators in Finland (KORSI) The project aims to identify and develop quantitative and qualitative indicators of corruption suited to Finland as a basis for regular monitoring. Corruption risk areas in Finland include, in pa...