The Institute trains highly qualified specialists under the state order for the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, namely personnel for the pre-trial investigation bodies of the National Police of Ukraine, in full-time mode of study under the educational and professional programmes «Law (police officers)» of the first (bachelor's) and second (master's) levels of higher education in the D «Business, Administration and Law» field of study, in the D8 Law specialty.
Over the years of the institute's operation, more than 6,700 graduates have graduated from its walls, who today successfully work as investigators, prosecutors, judges and on other positions related to jurisprudence and not only in different regions of Ukraine. A significant number of them hold leadership positions in the ranks of the National Police of Ukraine and other state authorities. Photos of the most successful graduates of the institute are posted on the board «Graduates - the pride of the institute». The achievements of the institute and the University are highly appreciated by the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police.
Graduates - the pride of the institute
Educational and Research Institute № 1 has four departments and a research laboratory:
The educational, scientific and upbringing processes are the basis of the Institute's functioning, which is ensured by the persistent and painstaking work of the academic staff, the vast majority of whom have the degrees of Candidate of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, as well as the academic titles of Associate Professor or Professor.
In ensuring a high-quality educational process, modern forms and methods of teaching are used, which are combined with scientific, organisational and educational work.
Representatives of the Institute participate in the innovative educational course «Jean Monnet Module «Digital Transformation of Rights: EU Experience» (DITRARI_EU - 101127785)», which is implemented with the support of the EU Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. The course is aimed at studying the experience of EU legal policy in the field of digital transformation and ensuring compliance with human rights in the era of digital technologies. The Institute maintains close ties with practical bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine, involving the most experienced specialists in the educational process and research activities, which allows higher education students to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in the field of law enforcement, law enforcement and judicial practice.
The Institute's departments provide teaching of more than 57 academic disciplines and electives.
The Department of Criminal Law and Criminology provides teaching of such academic disciplines as: Current Issues of Applying Criminal Legislation, Current Issues of Combating Crime, Analysis and Forecasting of Crime, Qualification of Criminal Offenses Related to Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration, Criminal Justice: Legal Doctrines and Principles of Lawmaking, Criminal Law, Criminal Executive Law, Criminal Legal Qualification, Criminal, Criminal and Administrative Procedural Legislation, Criminology, Directions of the Criminology Science Development, Fundamentals of Legal Knowledge: Criminal Law, Modern Doctrines of Criminal Law, Modern Criminological Doctrines, Modern Doctrines of Criminal Executive Law.
The Department of Criminal Procedure and Organisation of Pre-Trial Investigation provides teaching of such academic disciplines as: Current Issues of Application of Criminal Procedural Legislation, Current Issues of Application of Criminal Procedure, Interaction of Pre-Trial Investigation Bodies with Operational Units and other Law Enforcement Agencies when Combating Criminal Offenses, Inquiry, Evidence and Substantiation, Pre-Trial Investigation, Measures to Ensure Criminal Proceedings, Criminal Process, Criminal Justice: Legal Doctrines and Principles of Lawmaking, Criminal, Criminal Procedural and Administrative Procedural Legislation, Criminal Proceedings with the Participation of Minors, Organization and Interaction in the Pre-Trial Investigation Bodies Activities, Drawing up Procedural Documents at the Stage of Pre-Trial Investigation. Practical employees of pre-trial investigation bodies, courts, and the bar are actively involved in conducting training sessions. During the educational process, the police quest method is actively used, during which higher education applicants develop skills in working in pre-trial investigation and inquiry bodies. The main direction of scientific research of the department is fundamental and applied problems of criminal justice. Taking into account modern realities, special attention is paid to the study of the features of criminal proceedings under martial law; pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses related to armed aggression against Ukraine; ensuring fair justice in the transitional period.
Department of Criminalistics and Forensic Science provides teaching of such academic disciplines as: Pre-medical Training, Forensic Science, Forensic Tools and Methods of Investigating Criminal Offenses, Methods of Investigating Criminal Offenses, Methods of Investigating Criminal Offenses in the Field of Trafficking in Narcotics, Psychotropic Substances, Their Analogues or Precursors, Methods of Investigating Criminal Offenses Related to Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration, Directions of Development of the Science of Criminology, Fundamentals of Criminology, Forensic Science, Modern Doctrines of Criminology, Modern Doctrines of Forensic Science. Technical means and tools for detecting traces of criminal acts are used in the educational process. The main areas of scientific research carried out at the department are the improvement of individual methods of investigating criminal offenses, the features of the application of forensic tools and methods. The scientific and pedagogical staff of the department participate in the development of the scientific topic «Scientific support for the reform of the criminal justice system in Ukraine».
The Department of Civil, Labor and Commercial Law provides teaching of academic disciplines in the fundamental field of law, the main of which are: Ensuring and Protecting Intellectual Property Rights, Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, International Private Law, Fundamentals of Legal Knowledge. Civil Law and Process, Legal Instruments of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Private Law: Practice of Interpretation and Application, Civil Law, Civil Law and Process, Labor Law, Economic Law, Environmental Law, Fundamentals of Legal Knowledge: Labor Law, Fundamentals of Legal Knowledge: Economic Law, Modern Trends in the Regulation of Labor Relations, Modern Doctrines of Labor Law, Modern Doctrines of Social Security Law, Directions of Development of the Science of Labor Law.
In July 2024, in order to conduct fundamental and applied scientific research in the field of organizational and legal support for the activities of the National Police, a new structural unit was created at the institute - a Research Laboratory on the Issues of Pre-Trial Investigation, which carries out its activities aimed at ensuring the activities of law enforcement agencies and pre-trial investigation bodies in the field of: implementing the strategy for reforming bodies and units of the National Police of Ukraine, including taking into account the requirements of the legal regime of martial law; improving the organizational and managerial activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine; the organizational and functional structure of pre-trial investigation bodies aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of investigative units, including taking into account the requirements of martial law; the administrative and legal status of investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine and optimizing their system; improving the staffing of pre-trial investigation bodies of the National Police of Ukraine (selection, placement, training of personnel for investigative units and improving their qualifications); legal support and social protection of employees of pre-trial investigation bodies, including taking into account the requirements of martial law; increasing the efficiency of interaction of investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine with other authorized entities; preventing and combating corruption in law enforcement agencies and in the activities of investigative units of the National Police of Ukraine, etc.
All departments of the institute have organised the work of scientific clubs, where higher education students have the opportunity to engage in scientific and research work in the profile of their future profession. Cadets and master's students participate in scientific and practical conferences organised by Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, other educational institutions of Ukraine and the world, as well as various scientific projects and events. In conditions of martial law, higher education students of the institute are actively engaged in scientific activities aimed at studying the problems of criminal procedural law, criminology and criminal law in the context of the armed aggression of the russian federation.
The combination of academic mobility of cadets with participation in international conferences and scientific forums is an important aspect of their scientific activity. Applicants have the opportunity to exchange experience with colleagues from other countries, study innovative approaches to solving problems in the field of law enforcement and make their own contribution to the development of international scientific cooperation. Such exchange of experience helps to improve the professional level of future law enforcement officers and contributes to the creation of more effective strategies for combating crime in martial law.
The institute is home to the School of Scientific Leadership of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, which includes cadets with an active life position and a desire for constant self-improvement. The School has formed and actively operates structural units: scientific, public, creative and international Centers.
Higher education students, within the framework of national-patriotic and military-patriotic education of youth, are constantly involved in events marking state, professional, historical, memorable dates, significant events and religious holidays in the life of the Ukrainian people, which contributes to the spiritual and moral education of cadets-patriots of our state.
All conditions for the comprehensive development of the personality are created in the Educational and Research Institute № 1. Students constantly participate in extracurricular activities of the faculty, visit cinemas, art galleries, museums, exhibitions, theaters. The institute's cadets are involved in the work of choreographic, vocal circles, decorative and applied arts and oratory; the parade squad, which includes flag-bearing groups, a drummer unit and a unit for performing demonstration performances with sabers of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs.
In recent years, the institute's cadets have impressed the world and national sports community with their outstanding achievements at international and Ukrainian competitions. The faculty's athletes are champions and prize-winners in various sports: boxing, kickboxing, Thai boxing Muay Thai, sambo, ISO self-defense combat, wrestling, athletics, weightlifting and other sports.
The institute's cadets systematically participate in volunteer activities: they conduct environmental talks, help homeless animals, remove signs about the sale of drugs, carry out educational activities with students of schools, lyceums and many other social initiatives. In order to consolidate traditions and transfer experience in law enforcement activities, the institute's cadets are involved in working with veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, fighters of the Special Operations Command, and special units of the National Police of Ukraine «Liut».
Upon completion of training, cadets are issued a document of the established sample on obtaining a higher education degree «bachelor»/«master», and are assigned the special rank of «police lieutenant».
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Contact information:
Address: 61080, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Lev Landau Ave., 27;
Phone: +38 (057) 341-62-42;
E-mail: [email protected].
