Police University College (Finland)
| Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu Polisyrkeshögskolan |
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The sword and lion emblem is the symbol of the Police of Finland
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1918 |
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Parent institution
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National Police Board under the Ministry of the Interior |
| Budget | €26 million (2016) |
| Director | Marko Viitanen |
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Academic staff
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100 (2016) |
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Administrative staff
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100 (2016) |
| Students | 7,000 (2016) |
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Tampere, Finland Coordinates: 61°27′10″N 23°51′10″E / 61.452643°N 23.852781°E |
| Campus |
Suburb 21 ha |
| Website | polamk.fi |
The Police University College (Finnish: Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu (Polamk), Swedish: Polisyrkeshögskolan) is a university of applied sciences in Tampere, Finland providing police academy training and research under the Ministry of the Interior for the Police of Finland and other Finnish law enforcement units.
The institute was established in 1918 as a temporary police training school by the Helsinki Police Department. It operated as the Police Academy in various parts of the Greater Helsinki area, such as Espoo and the Suomenlinna fortress, until 1974 when the Academy's Police Course Centre was transferred to Tampere. In 1986, the Police Course Centre became an independent unit, the National Police School, and moved to its current campus in the Hervanta suburb of Tampere in 1993—while the Police Academy continued in Espoo and was renamed as the Police College of Finland in 1998.
In 2008, the Police College of Finland and the National Police School were merged to become the sole police training institute in Finland and concentrated to the Hervanta campus. The institution continued under the name Police College of Finland until it was reorganized as a university of applied sciences and its name amended to Police University College in 2014.
The Police University College is responsible for overall police training and student selection, for organizing degree and advanced studies, and for applied research and development in the police field. The institution is under the guidance of the National Police Board and ultimately the Interior Ministry. It provides a bachelor's and a master's degree in police services and specialized courses, such as driver's courses and an executive MBA in policing. Furthermore, the institution publishes targeted research on police matters, such as analysis on hate crime.
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