The Department of Constitutional and International Law of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs dates back to 1994, when it began to function as a university-wide department. In 2013, the Department became part of the Faculty № 4 (Cyber Security).

Today, the Department of Constitutional and International Law is a basic structural unit of the University, which carries out educational, methodological and research activities to provide fundamental legal training of qualified specialists for the bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine.

The main tasks of the D epartment are: organization and implementation of teaching disciplines at a high scientific, theoretical and methodological level; conducting research in the field of the department, organizing the work of the scientific circle of cadets and students; participation in the educational work of higher education students, as well as career guidance and pre-university training of young people.

In the academic year 2023/2024, the academic staff of the Department provide s teaching of the following disciplines: "Constitutional Law", "International Law", "International Criminal Law", "Law of the European Union", "Public Law: Practice of Interpretation and Application", "Fundamentals of Legal Knowledge", "Ensuring Human Rights in Law Enforcement Activity ", "Application of the Standards of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms", "Current Issues of Public International Law", "International Cooperation in Combating Crimes Related to Human Trafficking", "Current Issues of Protection and Observance of Human Rights in Law Enforcement", "Tolerance and non-discrimination in the work of police officers", "Modern doctrines of constitutional law", "Modern doctrines of municipal law", "Directions of development of the science of constitutional law". The teaching of the disciplines is fully supported by the D epartment's own educational and methodological developments.

The Department maintains close relations with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the Central Election Commission, territorial divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, single-profile departments of the National University "Yaroslav Mydrui National Law University", Lviv National University named after I. Franko, Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Institute of State and Law named after V.N. Koretskyi of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and other higher educational institutions of Ukraine, organizations and legal institutions. The Department has provided scientific opinions on appeals of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, other public authorities and local governments.

The Department has a scientific cadet circle, divided into sections – on constitutional and international law. The staff of the Department have repeatedly acted as supervisors of cadets who participated in international conferences, competitions and Olympiads.