The Norwegian Police University College ( no, Politihøgskolen; PHS) is a public

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located in

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and

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

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. It offers education for the

police force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

of Norway, including a three-year basic education and four

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. 552 students were accepted at the Bachelor level in 2019 from 4,063 applicants. The university college also conducts research in relevant areas including

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and

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. It is owned by the

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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

. The campus at

Mørkved Mørkved is a neighborhood of Bodø, Norway, about east of the town center. It is largely a residential area, but also is the site of Bodin Upper Secondary School, a campus of the Norwegian Police University College and Bodø University College ...

in Bodø supplemented the one at

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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).

References

{{authority control Universities and colleges in Norway Police academies Education in Oslo Education in Nordland Educational institutions established in 1992 1992 establishments in Norway