The institution is under the guidance of the National Police Board and ultimately the Interior Ministry.

Furthermore, the institution publishes targeted research on police matters, such as analysis on hate crime.

[1][2] Likewise in 2016, the college received 4,318 applications for the bachelor's degree programme's intake of 300 students—an admittance rate of 7.0%.

[10] The University College employed 209 personnel, half of whom are teaching staff and 40% police officers, at the end of 2016.

[11] The organization of the academy is divided vertically into seven competency areas under the director as of 2017:[7] The 21 hectare campus of the Police University College is located in the Hervanta suburb, eight kilometres from the centre of Tampere.