[1][2] Founded in 1948, it is affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security of China.

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.

PPSUC has a law school, a department of foreign languages, literature, criminal investigation, criminology, management, information security, traffic control, forensic science, etc.

Many Chinese peacekeeping police officers with field work experience come from this university, especially the Foreign Languages Department.