Norwegian Police University College

Norwegian Police University College
Politihøyskolen

Type	State university college
Established	1992
Rector	Håkon Skulstad
Location	Oslo and Bodø, Norway
Website	www.phs.no

Oslo campus

The Norwegian Police University College (Norwegian: Politihøgskolen; PHS) is a public university college located in Oslo, Kongsvinger, Stavern and Bodø, Norway. It offers education for the police force of Norway, including a three-year basic education and a possible expansion with a Master's degree. 720 students are accepted at the Bachelor level each year. The university college also conducts research in relevant areas including law, police science, criminology, psychology and sociology. Unlike other public colleges, it is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police.

History

The school dates back to the organized education of the police force in Oslo in 1889, but was created as a separate school in 1920. It was called The State Police School and had the status of etatsskole (agency school) until 1992, when it was organized as a university college. The campus at Mørkved in Bodø supplemented the one at Majorstuen in Oslo in 1997. It received a full accreditation as a university college (høgskole) in 2004 (from 1992 to 2004, it only had accreditation for its programmes, not a full institutional accreditation).

Universities and colleges in Norway

State universities	Agder Bergen Life Sciences Nordland Oslo NTNU Stavanger Tromsø

State specialised universities	Architecture and Design Business Music Sport Sciences

Private specialised universities	BI MF Logistics

State university colleges	Bergen Hedmark KHiB KHiO Lillehammer Oslo and Akershus Police Sámi Sogn og Fjordane Stord/Haugesund Southeast Norway Volda Østfold

Private university colleges	American DMMH NITH Rogaland Rudolf Steiner

Norwegian Police Service

History National Police Directorate Norwegian Prosecuting Authority

Special agencies	Emergency Response Unit National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway National Criminal Investigation Service National Mobile Police Service National Police Immigration Service National Police Computing and Material Service Norwegian Border Commissioner Norwegian Police University College Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway

Police districts	Agder Asker and Bærum Central Hålogaland Eastern Finnmark Follo Gudbrandsdal Haugaland and Sunnhordland Hedmark Helgeland Hordaland Nord-Trøndelag Nordmøre and Romsdal Northern Buskerud Oslo Østfold Rogaland Romerike Salten Sogn og Fjordane Sør-Trøndelag Southern Buskerud Sunnmøre Svalbard Telemark Troms Vestfold Western Finnmark Western Oppland

Related	Norwegian Police Security Service Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs Norwegian Public Safety Radio Ranks Norwegian Police Cross of Honour

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