Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (German Police University) in Münster is an internal university, funded by the ministries and senators of the interior of Federal State and the Länder. It was founded on basis of an own law, the DHPolG, and serves for the further training of senior police officers.
This university offers an accredited master's study course 'Public Administration - Police Management'. Police officers from all over Germany complete their studies at this place before having the opportunity to advance to the German senior police service.
It provides the most important forum bringing together science and practice, and aimed at discussing matters of policing in Germany. The University stands for an open-minded, value-bound police, which is aware of its responsibilities in a democratic constitutional state, in the area of maintaining freedom, security and public order and safety. The German Police University integrates similarities and varieties of policing approaches in Germany, which are due to the federal structure of the country.
Education and Training
The core responsibility of the German Police University is to provide the German police services with first-class education and training opportunities for their senior police officers. The University does so by closely linking science and practical policing matters. Based on a sophisticated scientific foundation, the students' abilities and skills are being deepened and broadened.
Research / Police Science
Pooling police-relevant approaches in order to establish police science as an independent academic field is one further major area of interest of the German Police University. It therefore shapes the academic discourse about police science in Germany. Police science is a cross-sectional academic field related to function, organisation and activities of the police service and has strong characteristics from social sciences, jurisprudence and business administration. In this context, the main research areas of the German Police University are on leadership and management, operational tactics, crime, road safety and law. Furthermore, it maintains the academic exchange with all relevant national research institutions and with the international scientific community. The University provides essential impacts on further improving police work in Germany and beyond German borders. It therefore seeks to run transfer- and third-party funded projects in practice. The Institute for Police Technology is in charge of the further development of police technologies.
International Dimensions
As an internal University, the German Police University has a monopoly position for the training of senior police officers in Germany, yet it competes with the quality standards of comparable professional institutions in other countries. It hopes to reach a top position in the international arena.
Seeking to be a centre of excellence, the German Police University
