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...

Northern Police Research Webinar The international Northern Police Research Webinar presents recent research in the field of policing for researchers, practitioners and other interested parties in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Scotland, Irelan...

Finnish–Swedish Police Joint Patrolling in Torne River Valley The project involves training Finnish and Swedish police officers to cooperate in patrolling the Torne River Valley. The aim of the training is to give police officers the competencies ...

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 ...

Erasmus students' experiences at the Police University College in Tampere, Finland Interesting studies, expert lecturers, a modern campus – this is what the Police University College in Tampere offers for international Erasmus+ students. Meet new ...

The scope of the Bachelor of Rescue Services degree is 240 credits, and it takes four years to complete the studies. The Emergency Services Academy Finland is located in Kuopio.

23.9.2026 | The Police University College is participating in a research project that examines illicit trade and measures to combat it in Finland's seaports. The aim is to produce up-to-date knowledge on crime in port environments and on the opportunities available to authorities and other stakeholders to prevent it.

Nordcop Nordcop is a pan-Nordic partnership program, aimed at promoting student and teacher mobility and involving periodically varying themes. Partners : Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic police and police academies Funding : Nordic Counc...

Key working groups and their tasks Numerous groups and networks that are often multidisciplinary and focus on different themes operate at the Police University College and include student and Polamk partner representatives. Some of our groups are ...

Key working groups and their tasks Numerous groups and networks that are often multidisciplinary and focus on different themes operate at the Police University College and include student and Polamk partner representatives. Some of our groups are ...

Partnerships We outline our partners as follows: customers service providers public entities education and research community networks. Our projects involve a wide range of various authorities and higher education institutions and, occasionally, a...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

ARICA: Assessing Risk Indicators of Child Sexual Abuse The ARICA project develops technologies that will enhance law enforcement authorities’ capabilities in investigating online child sexual abuse material in the dark web. The tool will be develo...

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 ...

Development of project competence in the Ministry of the Interior’s administrative branch: strengthening operations with external funding (PROOSA 2) The PROOSA 2 project produces modular online and in-class training to develop project competence i...

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...

Illicit trade and its prevention at seaports – an interview study of the Finnish situation (Seaport-FIN) The study examines illicit trade and efforts to prevent it at seaports. It analyses the assessments and views of authorities and port stakehol...