Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei
Rothenburg/Oberlausitz, Sachsen, Germany
- Founded
- 1994
- Students
- 600
About Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei
The Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei (FH) is the central police training and research institution of the Free State of Saxony - a public Fachhochschule of the internal-administration type established by statute in 1994 and renamed in 2006. Its main campus occupies a former barracks at Friedensstraße 120 in Rothenburg/Oberlausitz, Germany's easternmost small town on the Polish border; basic studies take place at the second study location in Bautzen. Roughly 225 future commissars begin the dual six-semester bachelor programme Polizeivollzugsdienst (B.A., 180 ECTS, Laufbahngruppe 2.1, formerly gehobener Dienst) each year; in December 2021 the Saxon police reported around 400 students in the second and third study years alone. Admission runs exclusively through recruitment by Polizei Sachsen - there is no open university application. Beyond the bachelor programme, the school prepares cybercrime investigators (CuIKD), launched an economic-crime preparatory service (WiKri) in 2025, and delivers a joint master's in police management with the German Police University (DHPol) in Münster, which officers from Thuringia also attend.
Central police officer training institution of the Free State of Saxony, public Fachhochschule since 1994
Dual six-semester B.A. Polizeivollzugsdienst: basic studies in Bautzen, main studies at the Rothenburg campus
Career-integrated: trainees are appointed civil servants during study and become Polizeikommissar/-in on graduation
Prepares the Saxon cybercrime investigators (CuIKD) and since 2025 an economic-crime preparatory service (WiKri)
Master Polizeimanagement delivered jointly with the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei in Münster, including Thuringian officers since 2007
Erasmus+ mobility honoured as one of ten exemplary institutions nationwide in autumn 2019
Major campus expansion financed by the Freistaat Sachsen with a two-digit-million investment
Key facts
- Founded
- 1994
- Students
- 600
Admissions & fees
What it costs
No tuition fees. Students serve as paid trainee civil servants of the Free State of Saxony during their three-year study rather than paying to enrol; graduation leads to appointment as a police commissar in probationary civil-service status.
Admission requirements
Restricted, employment-based admission: candidates must first apply to Polizei Sachsen as prospective police officers (career portal verdaechtig-gute-jobs.de), pass a multi-stage selection procedure testing physical and psychological resilience, teamwork, communication and responsibility, and are appointed as civil-servant trainees (Beamtenverhältnis auf Widerruf) - enrolment follows automatically from employment. General police entry prerequisites (health, fitness, conduct etc.) apply as published by Polizei Sachsen; direct enrolment of international applicants without German civil-service eligibility is not possible, and there is no international office. Questions are handled via [email protected]. Graduates are appointed Polizeikommissar/-in or Kriminalkommissar/-in (probationary civil servant status).
Application deadlines
None in the university sense: hiring rounds and selection dates of Polizei Sachsen govern entry, and applications run continuously through the police career portal. The academy holds an annual open day in mid-January (15 January 2026).
How international applicants apply
Not applicable - restricted police recruitment. The Hochschule der Saechsischen Polizei (FH) does not appear on the uni-assist member list and has no student application route: the bachelor programme Polizeivollzugsdienst is only accessible to people hired as police trainees (Beamtinnen/Beamte auf Widerruf) by Polizei Sachsen, with intake each 1 September after a multi-stage selection procedure (PC test, sport test, interview, police medical). Application runs continuously via the Polizei Sachsen online job portal (hrd-portal.de/polizei-sachsen/jobboard), not via any university portal. Official Einstellungsvoraussetzungen require German, EU, or Norwegian/Liechtenstein/Swiss citizenship, commitment to the free democratic basic order, and German language skills at grade-10 Oberschule level among other criteria. No uni-assist, no VPD; internationals without one of those citizenships cannot be appointed and thus cannot study there.
Languages of instruction
German throughout: instruction, examinations and the single degree programme are German-only. There are no English-taught programmes and the academy does not recruit internationally.
Student accommodation
What Hochschule der Sächsischen Polizei publishes about housing. German universities do not allocate rooms themselves, so the links below are where applications actually go.
From the university
Campus life is residential and cohort-based: the former barracks houses lecture rooms, a canteen, sports and training facilities and a library of more than 45,000 items, and a two-digit-million-euro state-funded expansion is adding accommodation buildings, lecture halls and a modern centre for sports, operations and firearms training.
Campuses & locations
Friedensstraße 120, 02929 Rothenburg/Oberlausitz; former military barracks, main campus since October 1994; currently being expanded with new accommodation buildings, lecture halls and a training centre
Basic studies (Grundstudium) of the Polizeivollzugsdienst bachelor take place in Bautzen before students move to Rothenburg for the main studies
Living in Rothenburg/Oberlausitz
Rothenburg/Oberlausitz is Germany's easternmost small town, directly at the Polish border, roughly an hour by car from Dresden, Cottbus or Hoyerswerda; the campus lies in near-natural riverside meadows not far from the UNESCO Muskauer Park. With only about 5,000 residents it is quiet and community-oriented, suited to candidates who deliberately want to study far from metropolitan distractions. Bautzen, the second study location, is a larger district town with a well-preserved historic old town some 40 km away.
Student life & support
Campus life is residential and cohort-based: the former barracks houses lecture rooms, a canteen, sports and training facilities and a library of more than 45,000 items, and a two-digit-million-euro state-funded expansion is adding accommodation buildings, lecture halls and a modern centre for sports, operations and firearms training. The academy participates in Erasmus+, cooperates with police colleges in neighbouring European countries, and was honoured in autumn 2019 as one of ten institutions nationwide for its Erasmus+ engagement; curriculum languages beyond German include Polish, Czech and English. Shuttle buses bring prospective applicants to the mid-January open day from cities across Saxony.
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