Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego "Apeiron"

What Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego "Apeiron" does

Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego "Apeiron" (WSBPI Apeiron) is a non-public (private) higher education institution headquartered in Kraków, Poland, operating additional branch campuses in Wrocław and Katowice. The institution specializes in three degree fields: Internal Security (three-year Bachelor's and two-year Master's), a five-year integrated Master's in Psychology, and a five-year integrated Master's in Law, supplemented by a portfolio of two-semester postgraduate studies covering areas such as psychotraumatology, forensic psychology, clinical sexology, and suicidology. Its core value proposition centers on a practitioner faculty drawn from active-duty police, military, security services, and legal professionals, paired with practical training including shooting-range sessions, tactical exercises, and crisis-management simulations.

The institution's technology footprint is modest and conventional: a Learning Management System for distance learning, a USOSweb-based Virtual Dean's Office (Wirtualny Dziekanat) for student self-service and administrative processes, and a dedicated online enrollment portal (rekrutacja.apeiron.edu.pl). An EU-funded accessibility program (October 2021 – September 2023) added architectural, communicative, digital, and pedagogical accessibility infrastructure plus a dedicated educational advisor. A notable distribution feature is the "2 dyplomy – jedno czesne" partnership with Policealna Szkoła "Bodyguard," which allows Internal Security students to earn a Technician of Physical Protection vocational qualification at no additional cost. The university also publishes the international peer-reviewed journal "Security Dimensions" (ISSN 2353-7000, indexed in ERIH PLUS) and co-hosts the annual international Security Forum / CICA conference series, now in its 22nd edition.

The business model is tuition-driven B2C: monthly subscriptions (12 installments), semester installments, or single annual payments across programs at published rates ranging from approximately 600 to 750 PLN per month (Internal Security BA, Psychology, Law) and 3,300–3,900 PLN per semester (Internal Security MA), supplemented by a one-time 85 PLN recruitment fee and a schedule of administrative fees (conditional enrollment, course repetition, document issuance, library fines, shooting-range sessions, and training camps). Customers are prospective and continuing students — high-school graduates, bachelor's-degree holders, and working professionals seeking credentials in security, psychology, or law — with alumni receiving discounted tuition rates. Indirect downstream customers include Polish uniformed services, public administration, private security firms, and corporate security departments that recruit graduates; the institution maintains an Academic Career Office to support this placement pipeline. Marketing channels combine a multi-platform social presence (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok), the annual Security Forum, and a peer-referral program ("Rata Gratis") that rewards students and alumni who recruit new enrollees with tuition-free periods.

Name

Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego "Apeiron"

Legal name

Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego Apeiron w Krakowie

Website

https://apeiron.edu.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WSBPI Apeiron is a non-public Polish higher education institution with campuses in Kraków, Wrocław, and Katowice offering Bachelor's and Master's programs in Internal Security, Psychology, and Law. Revenue derives primarily from tuition fees, serving individual students pursuing careers in security, psychology, and legal practice.

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Keywords

• Higher education services
• Security studies
• Psychology programs
• Law programs
• Vocational training

Headquarters

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Kraków

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees (Czesne): Monthly or semester-based tuition payments from enrolled students across three degree programs (Internal Security bachelor's and master's, Psychology and Law integrated master's). Tuition rates vary by program, year of study, and student status (regular vs. Apeiron alumni). Collection follows a regulated schedule with 12 monthly installments, 2 semester installments, or single annual payment.
2. Recruitment fee (Opłata rekrutacyjna): One-time 85 PLN application fee charged to candidates upon submission of enrollment documents.
3. Administrative fees: Fees for administrative actions including conditional enrollment (300–400 PLN), course repetition (300–600 PLN), resumption of studies (600 PLN), document issuance (20–33 PLN), and library fines. Also includes fees for additional elective subjects (200 PLN/semester) and shooting range sessions (up to 350 PLN/semester).
4. Referral incentive program: The 'Rata Gratis' referral program rewards students and alumni who recruit new enrollees with tuition credits, reducing net tuition revenue per referred student while driving enrollment growth.

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Core offering

Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego 'Apeiron' is a non-public Polish higher education institution offering bachelor's, master's, and postgraduate degree programs in Internal Security, Psychology, and Law. The institution delivers practical, career-oriented education with dual diploma options, training camps, and a faculty of active practitioners from police, military, security services, and legal professions. Operations span three campuses in Kraków, Wrocław, and Katowice with both full-time and part-time modalities.

Product overview

Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego 'Apeiron' is a non-public higher education institution specializing in security, psychology, and law. The institution offers a portfolio of academic programs including Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Internal Security, unified Master's programs in Psychology and Law, and postgraduate studies. The core academic offerings are complemented by student support services including an academic career office, library with specialized collections, and annual international conferences such as the CICA Security Forum series.

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Products and services

• Bezpieczeństwo Wewnętrzne (Internal Security) – Studia I Stopnia (Bachelor's) Three-year bachelor's degree program (licencjat) in Internal Security with a practical profile, preparing students for careers in uniformed services, military, police, municipal guards, fire brigades, customs service, government protection bureau, prison service, and border guard. Available in full-time and part-time modalities.
• Bezpieczeństwo Wewnętrzne (Internal Security) – Studia II Stopnia (Master's) Two-year master's degree program (magisterskie) in Internal Security offering specializations including criminology, police services, state security management, forensic expertise, strategic security, modern forensics, cybercrime, crisis management, investigative forensics, criminal psychology, and counter-terrorism. Available for Apeiron alumni at discounted tuition rates.
• Psychologia (Psychology) – Jednolite Studia Magisterskie Five-year unified master's degree in Psychology with a practical profile. Offers specializations including clinical psychology, forensic psychology, psychocriminology, neuropsychology, military and police psychology, business psychology, and psychotraumatology. Available in full-time and part-time modalities.
• Prawo (Law) – Jednolite Studia Magisterskie Five-year unified master's degree in Law with a practical profile. The only such program in Krakow, designed to prepare students for the changing legal market with practical training starting from the second semester. Available in full-time and part-time modalities.
• Psychologia – Studia Podyplomowe (Postgraduate Studies) Two-semester postgraduate programs including Psychotraumatology, Business Psychology, Clinical Sexology, Media and Advertising Psychology, Sports Psychology, Forensic Sexology, Forensic Psychology, Criminological-Criminalistic Psychology, and Social Behavior Psychology. Tuition varies by specialization.
• Akademickie Biuro Karier (Academic Career Office) Student and graduate career support service providing job market preparation, internship and employment opportunities, individual and group counseling, and employer contacts for Apeiron students and alumni.
• Biblioteka (Library) Scientific library with specialized collections covering security, law, psychology, administration, criminology, and related disciplines, providing access to academic journals and digital resources for students and researchers.

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Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CICA InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Annual co-organization of the Security Forum (CICA) conference series with CICA International (International Scientific Society for the Study of Aggression). WSBPI Apeiron has served as the main institutional co-organizer of this conference for consecutive years (at least 2017–2026, editions LXII–XXII). The conference addresses security science topics including personal security, state security, counter-terrorism, and international cooperation. It attracts participants from universities and institutions worldwide and generates academic publications in the 'Security Dimensions' journal.
• Bułgaria – Narodowy Uniwersytet Wojskowy im. Wasyla LewskiegocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-institutional co-organizer of the LXVII CICA – XVIII Security Forum Kraków 2023 and XXI Security Forum 2025. Participates as a member of the conference's Honorary Committee and Scientific Committee, contributing to academic programming in military and security studies.
• Hiszpania – Uniwersytet NebrijacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Professor Juan Cayón from Universidad Nebrija serves as Vice President of CICA and co-chair of the conference's Scientific Committee.
• Erasmus+ partner universitiesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024International student and staff exchange program (Erasmus+) enabling mobility partnerships with universities in EU and associated countries. The university has an active Erasmus+ program with dedicated offices and an Erasmus+ coordinator. International Days are held during the Security Forum conference.
• Policealna Szkoła 'Bodyguard' (Detektywów i Pracowników Ochrony)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for the '2 dyplomy – jedno czesne' (2 diplomas – 1 tuition) program. Apeiron students receive free vocational training leading to the title of Technician of Physical Protection of Persons and Property (Technik ochrony fizycznej osób i mienia) at no additional cost. Enrollment is done at the recruitment point at ul. Basztowa 10, Kraków. This dual diploma program adds significant value to the Internal Security degree without extra tuition.
• Kolumbia – Psicobiosocial and Violence Study Institute (IEPSIV)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the LXVII CICA – XVIII Security Forum Kraków 2023. IEPSIV (Instituto de Estudios Psicobiosociales y de la Violencia) contributes expertise in psychosocial and violence studies to the conference program.
• Polska – Akademia Sztuki WojennejcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Key institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Serves as a co-author of academic publications in the 'Security Dimensions' journal. Contributes military and strategic studies expertise.
• Polska – Wyższa Szkoła Policji w SzczytniecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Contributes police science and law enforcement expertise to the conference's academic program.
• Polska – Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w SiedlcachminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, contributing social sciences and security studies expertise.
• Polska – Polskie Towarzystwo Nauk o BezpieczeństwiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. The society's president serves on the conference's Honorary Committee. Contributes to academic standards and research collaboration in security sciences.
• Polska – Międzynarodowe Towarzystwo Naukowe 'Fides et Ratio'minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, contributing philosophical and interdisciplinary research perspectives to the academic program.
• Polska – Safety ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, contributing practical safety and protection expertise.
• Polska – Polska Izba OchronycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, representing the Polish private security industry and contributing practical expertise in physical protection and security services.
• Portugalia – Autonomiczny UniwersytetminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Professor José Amado da Silva contributes to the conference's scientific committee.
• Rumunia – Akademia Wojsk Lądowych im. Nicolae BălcescucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. General Ghita Barsan from the academy serves on the conference's Honorary Committee. Contributes military and security engineering expertise.
• Serbia – Institute for National and International Security (INIS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Professor Darko Trifunović contributes to multiple thematic blocks as academic leader, covering technology, security, and commercial security topics.
• Słowacja – Akademia Korpusu PolicyjnegocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Contributes police science and law enforcement education perspectives.
• Słowacja – Akademia Wojskowa im. gen. Milana Rastislava StefanikaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Serves on the conference's Honorary Committee and contributes military and defense expertise.
• Słowacja – Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Stosunków Międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu Mateja Bela w Bańskiej BystrzycyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, contributing political science and international relations expertise.
• Słowacja – Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania BezpieczeństwemminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series, specializing in security management education.
• Ukraina – Lwowski Uniwersytet Biznesu i PrawaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Professor Larisa Yankovska serves on the conference's Honorary Committee, representing Ukrainian academic perspectives in security studies.
• Polska – Wojskowa Akademia TechnicznacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Co-institutional co-organizer of the Security Forum conference series. Colonel Professor Eng. Przemysław Wachulak serves on the Honorary Committee. Contributes military technology and engineering security expertise.
• Security Dimensions journal (WSBPI Apeiron)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023APEIRON publishes the international peer-reviewed journal 'Security Dimensions' (ISSN 2353-7000), established in 2007, indexed in ERIH PLUS, NSD, Publication Forum, CEJSH, CEEOL. The journal received 40 points on the MEiN list and achieved ICV of 100 in recent years, demonstrating high academic quality. The journal serves as the primary post-conference publication venue for the Security Forum, creating a closed academic publishing loop.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Uczelnia Łazarskiego: Large private Polish university in Warsaw offering Law, Psychology, and business programs at tuition-based pricing. Closest direct peer to Apeiron as a tuition-driven non-public Polish university with overlapping degree portfolio (especially Law and Psychology) competing for the same fee-paying student segment.
• SWPS University (Uniwersytet SWPS): Poland's leading private psychology-focused university with multiple campuses and broad social-science degree offerings. Direct peer to Apeiron's Psychology program in fee-based Polish higher education, with overlapping psychology specializations and target student segment.
• Collegium Civitas: Warsaw-based private Polish university specializing in social sciences including security studies, international relations, and law. Direct peer to Apeiron in the tuition-driven non-public Polish higher education market for security and social-science degrees.
• Akademia WSB: Large private university group in Poland operating multiple campuses with tuition-based business, security, and social-science programs. Direct peer as a multi-campus tuition-driven non-public Polish higher education institution competing for fee-paying students in security-adjacent fields.
• Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa w Poznaniu: Polish private higher education institution specializing in security studies with multiple branches. Direct peer offering security-focused tuition-based programs, competing with Apeiron for the same domestic niche student segment.

Broad incumbents

• Akademia Sztuki Wojennej (War Studies University): Polish military university in Warsaw offering degrees in national security, military studies, and strategic defense. A core co-organizer of the Security Forum; comparable as a Poland-based higher-education peer in security sciences, but publicly funded and military-focused.
• Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Przedsiębiorczości (WSZiP) / Almamer university group: Polish private higher education group with multiple brands and campuses offering business, law, and social-science programs in tuition-based format. Comparable as a multi-brand private Polish higher education operator competing in the same fee-paying student segment, though broader in scope than Apeiron.
• National University of Public Service (Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem): Hungarian state university specializing in public service, security, law enforcement, and military education. Regional peer comparable to Apeiron's security-curriculum focus and conference leadership within the Central European academic security ecosystem, though state-operated and public.
• Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie: Polish state-run police academy offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in police science, criminology, and security; co-organizes Apeiron's Security Forum. Comparable as a domestic institution specializing in security/law-enforcement higher education, though state-operated and free of charge.

Regional players

• Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach: Polish public university offering security and social-science programs among broader academic portfolio; co-organizer of Apeiron's Security Forum. Comparable as a Polish higher-education peer contributing security-science expertise, but state-funded and regional rather than private.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ApeironKrakow
• Facebookfacebook.com/ApeironUczelnia
• Instagraminstagram.com/wsbpi_apeiron
• TikToktiktok.com/@apeironuczelnia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/wy%C5%BCsza-szko%C5%82a-bezpiecze%C5%84stwa-publicznego-i-indywidualnego-apeiron-

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