In our research activities, we follow the Finnish research community's principles of open science and research.

Research and development The stages of our research and development processes are preparation, implementation and utilisation. This section contains key descriptions and instructions for all those interested in Police University College's RDI acti...

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...

Research and development planning One of our statutory tasks is to carry out applied research and development. Its aim is to support the planning and development of police activities and internal security as well as our teaching. We usually carry ...

We are Finland's only higher education institution specializing in police research.

27.5.2026 | Security issues are a new perspective in the practices of open science and research. Polamk has both a higher education institution role and a police unit role, and the operating model takes into account the constraints on openness set by the police unit role.

Our operational guidelines set the direction for education, research and development, and our other activities.

Do We produce information and competence for specialist and management tasks related to internal security and for developing the safety of society. Our core processes are teaching and learning as well as research and development. Our management su...

MINDb4ACT Mapping, Identifying and Developing Skills and Opportunities in Operating Environments to Co-create Innovative, Ethical and Effective Actions to Tackle Radicalization Leading to Violent Extremism The MINDb4ACT research and development pr...

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...

27.5.2026 | Open science and research at the Police University College 2 The Director of Education and Research of the Police University College has signed the Open science and research operating model, version 2.0 (POL-2026-29143). Contents Open RDI activiti...

The Police University College's Operational Quality Manual gives an overview of our operations and quality management.

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...

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 ...

Evaluation of management and services We have several different evaluation procedures to support management and decision-making as well as the development of services. In this section, we have compiled evaluation procedures that provide extensive ...

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.

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 ...

16.10.2025 | The FERMI project has developed an AI-based tool that can help police identify threats early and plan preventive actions. Disinformation has served as a testbed for the project.

22.4.2026 | Non-Discrimination and Equality Plan of Police University College 2026–2028 2 Contents 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3 2 Non-discrimina...