Uppsala University to start a new police education and training programme
Ministrers Gunnar Strömmer and Lotta Edholm were shown around premises at the English Park Campus that will be adapted to the needs of police education and training. Photo: Sandra Gunnarsson
The government has commissioned Uppsala University to establish a police education and training programme to increase the number of training places in the country. The announcement was made at Uppsala University today by Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer and Lotta Edholm, Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Coco Norén. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt
During the visit, the ministers met representatives of Uppsala University, headed by Deputy Vice-Chancellor Coco Norén. They were also shown around premises at the English Park Campus that will be adapted to the needs of police education and training.
“We are, of course, very pleased to be entrusted with organising police education and training at Uppsala University,” Norén says. “The police have an important and complex job to do and we believe that our stimulating educational environment and strong research can help equip tomorrow’s police officers well. We have long had police-related research at our University and in the police programme we can expand the links between education and research.”
Based on proposal from the Swedish Police
The decision is based on a proposal from the Swedish Police They have explored ways of increasing the number of places in police training and education, so as to achieve the government’s goal of more police officers. They consider Uppsala University well placed to provide police education and training, as it is a university with a good reputation in a popular university town.
“We are very grateful for the good cooperation we enjoy with Police Region Mitt, Uppsala Municipality and Region Uppsala, who have given us their full support during the application process,” says Norén.
Police education and training includes subjects such as sociology, law, behavioural science and emergency medicine. A lot of other knowledge that is relevant to policing is also available at Uppsala University, for example in forensic science and criminalistics, as well as in the humanities and social sciences.
The new police programme is proposed to start in the spring semester of 2027.