Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości

What Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości does

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości (Academy of Justice) is a public higher-education institution in Poland, supervised by the Ministry of Justice, that specializes in law, penitentiary studies, and internal security. It was established in 2019 as Szkoła Wyższa Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości and was renamed and statutorily upgraded in September 2023 under the Act of April 14, 2023. The Academy operates two physical campuses — in Warsaw and Kalisz — with dormitory and armed-training infrastructure, and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and secondary-school certificate programs. Its distinguishing commercial and pedagogical feature is a guaranteed-employment pathway: graduates of stationary candidate-service programs are placed into the Polish Prison Service, making the Academy the principal recruitment funnel for that uniformed service.

The Academy's business model combines state funding (via the Ministry of Justice), tuition from fee-paying students on non-guaranteed tracks, and employer-funded continuing professional development for serving Prison Service officers. It maintains its own publishing house (Wydawnictwo Akademii Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości) and a specialized library, and pursues international engagement through partnerships with EPTA, EuroPris, and Erasmus+. In 2026 it launched a Doctoral School, hosted the EPTA Cross-Border Training at its Kalisz campus, signed multiple cooperation agreements with external organizations, and appointed two new Vice-Rectors. There are no disclosed revenue figures, funding rounds, patents, or commercial customers — the institution is structurally a public-sector employer-aligned academy rather than a market-revenue enterprise.

Name

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości

Legal name

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości

Website

https://aws.edu.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości is a Polish public higher-education institution supervised by the Ministry of Justice, offering law, penitentiary, and internal-security programs and guaranteeing employment in the Polish Prison Service for its candidate-service graduates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Professional Legal and Security Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIABAJ

State/Provincial Education Department Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

SECONDARYEDAAABAK

College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Adult Secondary Education (ASE) / High School Equivalency (GED/HiSET)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Legal education programs
• Penitentiary studies
• Internal security training
• Professional certification programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Higher Education Tuition and Public Funding: As a public higher education institution supervised by the Ministry of Justice, the Academy generates revenue through government funding, tuition from paid study programs, postgraduate fees, and certification program fees. For stationary candidate service (służba kandydacka), the institution provides free meals, accommodation, and uniforms with salary support to enrolled candidates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości is a public Polish higher education institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice that delivers degree programs (integrated master's in law, first and second cycle studies in penitentiary studies and internal security), postgraduate studies, a doctoral school, and certification programs for secondary schools. It operates campuses in Warsaw and Kalisz, supported by digital platforms for candidate recruitment (IRK), academic administration (USOSweb), and e-learning (APE), along with student dormitories and a recreation center in Zakopane.

Product overview

Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości is a higher education institution specializing in law enforcement and justice education. The institution operates as a unified platform offering three core academic programs (Penitencjarystyka, Prawo, Bezpieczeństwo Wewnętrzne) supported by supplementary offerings including postgraduate studies, a doctoral school, and certification programs for secondary schools. Technology infrastructure consists of three digital platforms: IRK (online recruitment), USOSweb (student administration), and APE (e-learning). The institution also maintains a publishing house for academic materials and operates student dormitory facilities in Warsaw and Kalisz.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kampus Mundurowy w Kaliszu: Military-style campus located in Kalisz, Poland, offering practical training facilities for penitentiary and security studies.

Products and services

• Jednolite studia magisterskie - Prawo (Integrated Master's Studies in Law)

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Prison Training Academies (EPTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Akademia Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości in Kalisz hosted the international training 'EPTA Cross-Border Training on Practical Crisis Management for Prison Managers' in June 2026. This is a strategic partnership involving deep collaboration on prison staff training methodologies and crisis management across borders.
• EuroPris – European Organisation of Prison and Correctional ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 June 2026Co-organizer of the EPTA Cross-Border Training on Practical Crisis Management for Prison Managers in Kalisz in June 2026. EuroPris is the European organization of prison and correctional services working with national prison training academies.
• Atlas University (Turkey)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2026Guest lecture by Dr. Ulfet Uzunkocy from Atlas University delivered at the Armed Campus in Kalisz on May 21, 2026, within the framework of the Erasmus+ program.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Ekspertów i Biegłych SądowychminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Cooperation agreement signed on May 19, 2026 between dr Iwona Lewandowska-Pierzynka, Prorektor ds. współpracy i rozwoju AWS, and dr Krzysztof Konopka, President of the Polish Society of Experts and Court Appraisers. The agreement establishes joint educational and research activities.
• Starostwo Powiatu Płońskiego (Płońsk County Administration)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Cooperation agreement signed on April 22, 2026 between dr Iwona Lewandowska-Pierzynka and Artur Adamski, Starosta of Płońsk County. Agreement establishes institutional cooperation between the Academy and local government.
• Związek Piłsudczyków Rzeczypospolitej PolskiejminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2026Cooperation agreement signed on April 15, 2026 between dr Iwona Lewandowska-Pierzynka and Gen. dyw. zw. Grzegorz Kuświk. The agreement covers joint educational and historical activities, organization of scientific and popular science events, exchange of experiences, and promotion of civic attitudes and independence traditions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego: Leading Polish private university with strong law, management, and security-related programs. Comparable as a higher-education competitor for postgraduate and paid-program candidates, but privately funded and broader in scope rather than narrowly focused on penitentiary science.
• Uniwersytet Warszawski – Wydział Prawa i Administracji: Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. Broader-incumbent law-degree provider; offers the same Prawo integrated master's program but competes at much larger scale and without the Prison Service specialization or candidate-service pipeline.
• Akademia Sztuki Wojennej: Warsaw-based War Studies University. Broader-incumbent uniformed-service higher-education institution offering defense-focused degrees; comparable in service-academy structure and Ministry linkage but operating at wider scope across defense and security disciplines.
• Akademia Obrony Narodowej: National Defence University in Warsaw. State-supervised defense-sector higher-education institution comparable in governance structure and candidate-service economics, but with a broader military/security scope rather than a penitentiary-specific mandate.

Direct peers

• Szkoła Główna Służby Pożarniczej: Warsaw-based Main School of the Fire Service, training PSP officers. Direct structural peer: state-supervised uniformed-service higher-education institution in the same capital region, with similar candidate-service economics and a narrow specialized mandate.
• Krajowa Szkoła Sądownictwa i Prokuratury: National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution in Kraków. Direct functional peer for the justice-sector training market; trains a different cohort (judges, prosecutors) but operates under the same Ministry of Justice umbrella with a similarly specialized, statute-based mandate.
• Wyższa Szkoła Policji w Szczytnie: Poland's national police higher-education institution. Parallel role to AWS but for the Policja rather than the SW; comparable Ministry-supervised service academy model with guaranteed employment pipeline, candidate-service structure, and degree programs in law-enforcement sciences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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