Rhineland-Palatinate Police University is a state police university in Büchenbeuren, Rhineland-Palatinate. HdP RLP was founded in 2015 as an independent police university. The HdP RLP is the central institution for higher education, training and further education of the Rhineland-Palatinate Police. The main seat is at Campus Hahn. Its current academic profile is orientated toward police service, protective and criminal policing, law, criminology, operations, traffic, leadership, ethics, communication, physical training and applied police research. The Campus Hahn in the Hunsrück is supplemented by practice and training locations in Wittlich-Wengerohr and Enkenbach-Alsenborn, linking distance learning with operational police units in the state.

This master file has 2 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate entries in line with the course portfolio. Police Service. Police Service – Elite Sport Pathway. Undergraduate study. Postgraduate studies Public Administration – Police Management. In each entry, the official parent qualification is retained and pathways or concentrations within the specialisation area are presented, rather than inflated into separate degrees. Where the institution does not itself award doctorates the record lists only valid cooperative doctoral research pathways and states that formal admission is a matter for a doctoral awarding partner.

Applicants join the career path of the Rhineland-Palatinate Police, complete the published aptitude, medical, physical, legal and selection process, join the police service and are assigned to the bachelor's degree. Applicants should look at the current program page for the exact intake, language of instruction, academic prerequisites, selection method and document route before applying. International certificates may require certified translations, proof of equivalency, APS documentation for relevant countries or other language proof. Master’s committees may require module descriptions, credit details, professional experience, a portfolio, a motivation statement or an interview. Separate from admission to a bachelor or master program, admission to a doctorate depends on a suitable topic, supervision, funding and formal acceptance by the awarding university.

There are no tuition fees for successful candidates for the Police Service bachelor's degree and, trainees are paid statutory trainee pay advertized at approximately €1,500 net per month. Exact net pay and benefits will be determined by individual and service rules. Tuition, generally, does not include housing, meals, health insurance, housing deposits, personal transportation, and optional project fees. Applicants will be subject to the live fee schedule and signed study contract. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium if offered, DAAD or Erasmus+ mobility funding, foundations, support from your employer, educational funds or paid employment in the form of research or student-assistant positions. All such awards are assessed independently of admission.

Career preparation includes traffic and operational policing, investigation, prevention, police leadership, training and specialist public-security work and is not a guarantyd placement service. Students increase their employability via police station placements, operational and firearms training, scenario exercises, law and criminology cases, sport, communication practice, mobility, research projects and a bachelor’s thesis. Alumni and professional networks can provide mentoring, sector insight and contacts, but each student is still responsible for applications and career decisions. This institution is especially relevant for applicants seeking a selective, salaried police career that combines a residential campus, small study groups, intensive operational preparation, and direct appointment to state service, provided that their prior education, language evidence, study format, and financing meet the current program conditions.