Police and Border Guard classes in Polish schools: only 30 new permits in 2027

What changed

On 30 October 2026 the Dziennik Ustaw (Journal of Laws) published a regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) dated 28 October. It says that in 2027 the minister may issue no more than 30 permits to create an oddział o profilu mundurowym (a class with a uniformed-services profile). The regulation takes effect on 14 November 2026.

That is a sharp drop. The limit was 269 permits for 2025, and 80 for 2026, raised to 92 in May 2026. The regulation gives no reason. The law tells the minister to consider the staffing needs and training capacity of the Police and the Border Guard (Straż Graniczna) and the money set aside in the state budget.

What a uniformed-profile class is

It is a class in a liceum ogólnokształcące (general secondary school) or technikum (vocational secondary school) where, besides the normal curriculum, pupils have training that prepares them for service in the Police and the Border Guard. Officers help teach it, at school or at a Police or Border Guard unit.

Such a class needs a permit from the interior minister. The training covers at least 170 hours over the whole course: 51 theory and 119 practical hours. The school may not cut pupils’ regular lessons or their preparation for the matura (school-leaving exam).

How the limit works

The application is filed by the body running the school (usually the powiat, or county) between 1 November and 31 January of the school year before the class starts. Permits are issued only after 31 January. So the 2027 limit concerns new classes that could open in September 2027.

When applications exceed the limit, the law gives priority to technikum schools. The school’s experience with such classes and how many graduates were accepted into service also count.

What it means for eighth-graders and parents

The limit concerns new permits. The regulation does not close classes that already exist. The ministry can withdraw a permit only for reasons listed in the law, for example when a school runs no admissions to such a class for two years in a row.

If your child is thinking about a Police or Border Guard class from September 2027:

• ask the school whether it already holds an MSWiA permit for a uniformed-profile class or is only applying for one;
• not every class advertised as “uniformed” is such a class — ask who teaches the training and how many hours there are;
• new permits will be known after 31 January 2027, before the spring admissions;
• admission points are counted the same way as for other classes — check them in the NaukoMapa calculator.