The People's Public Security University of China (PPSUC; ) is a
national
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police academy
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in
Xicheng,
Beijing
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, China.
Founded in 1948, it is affiliated with the
Ministry of Public Security of China. The university is part of the
Double First-Class Construction
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.
The university shares office space with the Senior Police College of the Ministry of Public Security (公安部高级警官学院). The university has been ranked as the best police academy in China since its merger with the People's Police Officers University of China (中国人民警官大学) in 1998.
Departments
PPSUC has a law school, a department of foreign languages, literature,
criminal investigation
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,
criminology
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, management,
information security
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, traffic control,
forensic science
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, etc.
Graduate Destinations
Its graduates are employed in
public security organs, state security organs and other judicial organs at all levels. Many Chinese
peacekeeping
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police officers with field work experience come from this university, especially the Foreign Languages Department.
Campuses
PPSUC now has two campuses, one at Muxidi (
Xicheng, Beijing
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) and the other at Tuanhe (
Daxing, Beijing).
See also
*
Ministry of Public Security (China)
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS, zh , c = , p = Gōng'ānbù ) is the primary law enforcement agency of the China, People's Republic of China. It oversees more than 1.9 million of the country's law enforcement officers and as such the va ...
(中华人民共和国公安部)
:*
Criminal Investigation Police University of China (中国刑事警察学院)
:*
China People's Police University (中国人民警察大学)
References
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1948 establishments in China
Police academies in China