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Police - apply for the police service

With an apprenticeship or bachelor's degree at the Baden-Württemberg Police, you are choosing a profession that is more exciting and varied than almost any other.

Responsible authority

For applicants from Baden-Württemberg, the recruitment advisors at the regional police headquarters are responsible. Which regional police headquarters you need to contact depends on where you live.

For applicants from other federal states, it is the responsible recruitment advisors at the Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg, Institute for Recruitment.

Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg
Polizeipräsidium Ludwigsburg

Details

Prerequisite

General recruitment requirements are:

  • White waistcoat: no conflict with the law
  • Loyalty to the constitution: commitment to the free and democratic basic order
  • german nationality (exceptions are possible for non-German nationals)
  • Minimum height: 1.60 metres (exceptions are possible if physically fit)
  • physical fitness
  • BMI (body mass index): between 18 and 27.5

If you do not have German citizenship, an application is possible under the following conditions:

  • You speak and write your native language
  • You have a permanent settlement permit or an EU permanent residence permit
  • You have been legally resident in Germany for at least eight years
  • You are a citizen of a member state of the European Union, as well as of Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Different recruitment requirements apply for entry into the intermediate or higher police service:

Intermediate police service:

  • at least an intermediate educational qualification (intermediate school leaving certificate or an intermediate educational qualification recognised as equivalent) ,
  • higher educational qualification (entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences, Abitur or an educational qualification recognised as equivalent), no minimum grade point average
  • Hiring age: 16.5 to 32 years (exceptions are possible)
  • in principle, possession of driving licence category B
    Proof is provided by the driving licence or the test certificate for "accompanied driving from 17"

Senior police officer:

  • higher educational qualification (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife, or an educational qualification recognised as equivalent) ,
  • Recruitment age: maximum 33 years (exceptions are possible)
  • in principle, possession of driving licence category B
    Proof is provided by the driving licence or the test certificate for "accompanied driving from 17".

Procedure

3Contact the responsible recruitment advisor.
There you will receive the necessary application documents and all important information for a successful application.

Deadlines

Application deadline:

Intermediate police service

  • 30. September for recruitment in March of the following year
  • 31. December for recruitment in September of the following year

Higher police service

  • 31. December for recruitment in July of the following year

The date of receipt of the application by the relevant recruitment counsellor applies.

Required documents

Contact the responsible recruitment advisor. They will provide you with the necessary application documents and all important information for a successful application.

Costs

none

Processing time

If you apply shortly before the application deadline, you may have to wait several weeks for a response.

Miscellaneous

none

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 07.08.2025