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Since August 2022, there has been another, completely new route to the NRW police force: the police vocational diploma. We offer pupils a two-year course at numerous vocational colleges throughout NRW. This gives them the opportunity to pursue this educational pathway with an intermediate school-leaving certificate or the entitlement to attend upper secondary school.
What's behind it?
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Pupils need the intermediate school leaving certificate (Fachoberschulreife) or the entitlement to attend the upper secondary school in order to attend the Fachoberschule Polizei.
After two years of schooling with police-specific content, they then receive the Police vocational diploma.
With the Police vocational diploma in their pocket, applicants do not have to go through another selection process - they can start the dual study program straight away. However, their character and medical aptitude will be checked again.