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Estonian Academy of Security Sciences

College of Justice

The Estonian Academy of Security Sciences is a state institution, that provides professional education for civil servants belonging to the area of government under the Estonian Ministry of the Interior. The Academy was established in 1992 after Estonia regained its independence.

The objective of the EASS is, through internal security-related academic education, research and development activities, and also through the training of honest and competent public servants, to create a secure state and conditions for stable development across the state of Estonia and therewith contribute to the security of the entire European Union (EU).

The Academy prepares civil servants in four Colleges under the following specialties:

• police and border guard
• rescue
• correction
• taxation and customs.

Studies are implemented on the levels of vocational training, professional higher education, and Master’s studies in both forms of daily- and distance studies.

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EASS learning, research, and development center

The Academy of the Security Sciences has created excellent opportunities for successful academic work, conducting applied research, professional self-development and cooperation with organizations for its lecturers and students in Estonia and in foreign countries. The EASS publishes research papers and other internal security and public service-related educational resources. Academy offers training courses to civil servants organized by the Centre for Continuing Education.

The College of Justice

The College of Justice (CJ) of the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences (EASS) works in close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. The core task of the Ministry of Justice is to plan and carry out the state’s legal and criminal policy, which would help maintain an open and safe society, in which people know their rights and can be sure about the protection thereof.  The College of Justice contributes, among other things, to the development of criminal policy through cooperation with the Ministry. The College of Justice also plays a part in analyzing, developing, and shaping the work of prisons.

The work of prisons is coordinated by the Prisons Department of the Ministry of Justice, which is managed by the Deputy Secretary General for prisons, who is also the chairman of the Council of the College of Justice.

Professional degree studies of all prison officers of Estonia are carried out at the College of Justice. The most important stakeholder in the specialties of correction and prison officers is the Prison Service (Prisons Department of the Ministry of Justice and prisons). The future employer of the cadets is systematically and continuously involved in the everyday activities of the College of Justice, and the information exchange is operative and immediate.