
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.
Three types of academy exist: pre-collegiate-level institutions awarding academic qualifications, university-level institutions awarding bachelor's-degree-level qualifications, and those preparing
Officer Cadets for
commissioning into the
armed services
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of the state.
A
naval academy is either a type of military academy (in the broad
sense
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of that term) or is distinguished from one (in the narrow sense). In U.S.
usage, the Military, Naval, Coast Guard, and the Air Force Academy serve as military academies under the categorization of
service academies
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...
in that country.
History
The first military academies were established in the 18th century to provide future officers for technically specialized corps, such as
military engineer
Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics ...
s and
artillery
Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieg ...
, with scientific training.
The
Italian Military Academy was inaugurated in
Turin
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on January the 1st, 1678 as the Savoy Royal Academy, making it the oldest military academy in existence. The
Royal Danish Naval Academy was set up in 1701. The
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich was set up in 1741, after a false start in 1720 because of a lack of funds, as the earliest military academy in Britain. Its original purpose was to train cadets entering the
Royal Artillery
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and
Royal Engineers. In France, the École Royale du Génie at
Mézières Mézières may refer to:
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was founded in 1748, followed by a non-technical academy in 1751, the
École Royale Militaire offering a general military education to the nobility. French military academies were widely copied in
Prussia
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,
Austria
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,
Russia
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. The
Norwegian Military Academy in Oslo, educates officers of the
Norwegian Army. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway.
By the turn of the century, under the impetus of the
Napoleonic Wars
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and the strain that the armies of Europe subsequently came under, military academies for the training of commissioned officers of the army were set up in most of the combatant nations. These military schools had two functions: to provide instruction for serving officers in the functions of the efficient staff-officer, and to school youngsters before they gained an officer's commission. The
Kriegsakademie in Prussia was founded in 1801 and the
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr was created by order of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 as a replacement for the École Royale Militaire of the
Ancien Régime
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(the institution that Napoleon himself had graduated from).
The
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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, in England was the brainchild of
John Le Marchant in 1801, who established schools for the military instruction of officers at
High Wycombe
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and
Great Marlow, with a grant of £30,000 from
Parliament
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. The two original departments were later combined and moved to Sandhurst.
In the United States, the
United States Military Academy
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(USMA) in West Point, New York was founded on March 16, 1802, and is one of five
service academies
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...
in the nation.
Types
Pre-collegiate institutions
A military school teaches children of various ages (elementary school, middle school or high school) in a military environment which includes training in military aspects, such as drill. Many military schools are also boarding schools, and others are simply magnet schools in a larger school system. Many are privately run institutions, though some are public and are run either by a public school system (such as the
Chicago Public Schools
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) or by a state.
Adult institutions
A college-level military academy is an institute of higher learning of things military. It is part of a larger system of
military education and training institutions. The primary educational goal at military academies is to provide a high quality education that includes significant coursework and training in the fields of
military tactics
Military tactics encompasses the art of organizing and employing fighting forces on or near the battlefield. They involve the application of four battlefield functions which are closely related – kinetic or firepower, mobility, protection or se ...
and
military strategy. The amount of non-military coursework varies by both the institution and the country, and the amount of practical military experience gained varies as well.
Military academies may or may not grant university degrees. In the US, graduates have a major field of study, earning a
Bachelor's degree
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in that subject just as at other universities. However, in British academies, the graduate does not achieve a university degree, since the whole of the one-year course (undertaken mainly but not exclusively by university graduates) is dedicated to military training.
There are two types of military academies: national (government-run) and state/private-run.
*Graduates from national academies are typically commissioned as officers in the country's military. The new officers usually have an obligation to serve for a certain number of years. In some countries (e.g. Britain) all military officers train at the appropriate academy, whereas in others (e.g. the United States) only a percentage do and the service academies are seen as institutions which supply service-specific officers within the forces (about 15 percent of US military officers).
*State or private-run academy graduates have no requirement to join the military after graduation, although some schools have a high rate of graduate military service. Today, most of these schools have ventured away from their military roots and now enroll both military and civilian students. The only exception in the United States is the
Virginia Military Institute
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which remains all-military.
Albania
*
Armed Forces Academy
Angola
*
Army Military Academy
*
National Air Force Academy
*
Naval Academy
Argentina
Argentine Army
The Argentine Army ( es, Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the command ...
:
* Colegio Militar de la Nación (
National Military College), in
El Palomar, Buenos Aires (northwestern outskirts of Buenos Aires)
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with t ...
:
* Escuela Naval Militar (
Naval Military School), in
Río Santiago, Buenos Aires
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People
Berisso was founded by Itali ...
(in Ensenada, near La Plata)
Argentine Air Force
"Argentine Wings"
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 10 August (anniversary) 1 May (Baptism of fire during the Falklands War)
, equipment = 139 aircraft
, equipment_label =
, battles =
* Operation Independence
* Operation Soberanía
* Falkl ...
:
* Escuela de Aviación Militar (
Military Aviation School), in the city of
Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to:
* Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain
* Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province
Córdoba or Cordoba may ...
Armenia
*
National Defense Research University
*
Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute
*
Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University
Australia

*
Australian Defence Force Academy
*
Royal Australian Naval College
*
Royal Military College, Duntroon
*
Officers' Training School RAAF
Austria
*
Theresian Military Academy
*
Landesverteidigungsakademie
Azerbaijan
*Schools of the
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
**
War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
**
Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy (formerly the
Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School
The Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School (BVOKU) was one of the military academies of the USSR. It trained military personnel in a number of specializations. It was located in Baku in the Azerbaijan SSR.
History
On November 29, 1939, the s ...
)
***
Azerbaijan Higher Naval Academy (former independent institution)
***
Azerbaijan High Military Aviation School
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(former independent institution)
*Special service higher schools
**Academy of the Ministry of National Security
**
High Military School of Internal Troops of Azerbaijan
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**Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
**State Border Service Academy
**Academy of Ministry of Emergency Situations
**Academy of State Customs Committee
Bangladesh

*
Bangladesh Military Academy
*
Bangladesh Naval Academy
*
Bangladesh Air Force Academy
*Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Airport Road, Dhaka
Cadet colleges in Bangladesh
Belarus
*
Military Academy of Belarus
Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Ваенная акадэмія Рэспублікі Беларусь, ) is higher military educational institution in the national education system of the Republic of Belarus and the leading insti ...
*
Border Guard Service Institute of Belarus
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History
The school was establish ...
*
Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus
Belgium
*
Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
Bolivia
*
Military College of Bolivia
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(Colegio Militar del Ejército de Bolivia)
*
Bolivian Military Naval Academy
* Bolivian Air Force Academy
Brazil
Basic Education
(offers an education with military values for civilians students of primary and secondary school)

Brazilian Army:
*
Sistema Colégio Militar do Brasil (SCMB) ''(Military High School of Brazil System)''
**
Colégio Militar de Belém (CMBel) ''(Military High School of Belém)''
**
Colégio Militar de Belo Horizonte (CMBH) ''(Military High School of Belo Horizonte)''
**
Colégio Militar de Brasília (CMB) ''(Military High School of Brasília)''
**
Colégio Militar de Campo Grande (CMCG) ''(Military High School of Campo Grande)''
**
Colégio Militar de Curitiba (CMC) ''(Military High School of Curitiba)''
**
Colégio Militar de Fortaleza (CMF) ''(Military High School of Fortaleza)''
**
Colégio Militar de Juiz de Fora (CMJF) ''(Military High School of Juiz de Fora)''
**
Colégio Militar de Manaus (CMM) ''(Military High School of Manaus)''
**
Colégio Militar de Porto Alegre (CMPA) ''(Military High School of Porto Alegre)''
**
Colégio Militar do Recife (CMR) ''(Military High School of Recife)''
**
Colégio Militar do Rio de Janeiro (CMRJ) ''(Military High School of Rio de Janeiro)''
**
Colégio Militar de Salvador (CMS) ''(Military High School of Salvador)''
**
Colégio Militar de Santa Maria (CMSM) ''(Military High School of Santa Maria)''
** Colégio Militar de São Paulo (CMSP) ''(Military High School of São Paulo)''
Preparatory Schools
(prepares students for admission to one of the official training academies)Brazilian Army:
*
Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Exército (EsPCEx) ''(Army Cadets Preparatory School)''
Brazil's Navy:
*
Colégio Naval (CN) ''(Naval High School)''
Brazilian Air Force:
*
Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Ar (EPCAR) ''(Air Cadets Preparatory School)''
Sailor and Marine Soldier Training

Brazil's Navy:
* Centro de Instrução Almirante Milcíades Portela Alves (CIAMPA) ''(Admiral Milcíades Portela Alves Instruction Center)''
* Centro de Instrução e Adestramento de Brasília (CIAB) ''(Brasília Instruction and Training Center)''
*
Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros (EAM) ''(Apprentices-Sailors School)''
**
Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros do Ceará (EAMCE) ''(Ceará Apprentices-Sailors School)''
**
Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros do Espírito Santo (EAMES) ''(Espirito Santo Apprentices-Sailors School)''
**
Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros de Pernambuco (EAMPE) ''(Pernambuco Apprentices-Sailors School)''
**
Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros de Santa Catarina (EAMSC) ''(Santa Catarina Apprentices-Sailors School)''
Sergeants Training
Brazilian Army:
*
Escola de Sargento das Armas (ESA) ''(Sergeant of Arms School)''
*
Escola de Sargento de Logística (EsSLog) ''(Sergeant of Logistics School)''
*
Centro de Instrução de Aviação do Exército (CiAvEx) ''(Army Aviation Instruction Center)''
Brazil's Navy:
* Centro de Instrução Almirante Alexandrino (CIAA) ''(Admiral Alexandrino Instruction Center)''
* Centro de Instrução Almirante Sylvio de Camargo (CIASC) ''(Admiral Sylvio de Camargo Instruction Center)''
Brazilian Air Force:
*
Escola de Especialistas da Aeronáutica (EEAR) ''(Air Force Specialists School)''
Officers Training
Brazilian Army:
*
Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras
The ''Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras'' (AMAN, en, Military Academy of Agulhas Negras - named after the Pico das Agulhas Negras, Agulhas Negras summit) is the biggest among several schools of formation of combatant officers of the Brazilian ...
(AMAN) ''(Agulhas Negras Military Academy)''
*
Escola de Formação Complementar do Exército (EsFCEx) ''(Army Complementary Training School)''
*
Escola de Saúde do Exército (EsSEx) ''(Army Health School)''
*
Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME) ''(Military Institute of Engineering)''
Brazil's navy:
* Centro de Instrução Almirante Wandenkolk (CIAW) ''(Admiral Wandekolk Instruction Center)''
*
Escola de Formação de Oficiais da Marinha Mercante (EFOMM) ''(Merchant Navy Officers Training School)''
*
Escola Naval (EN) ''(Naval School)''
Brazilian Air Force:
*
Academia da Força Aérea (AFA) ''(Air Force Academy)''
* Centro de Instrução e Adaptação da Aeronáutica ''(CIAAR) (Air Force Instruction and Adaptation Center)''
*
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) ''(Aeronautics Institute of Technology)''
Bulgaria
*
Vasil Levski National Military University founded in 1878 as a military school in
Plovdiv
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**
Air Force
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Faculty in
Dolna Mitropoliya
**
Artillery, Air Defence and CIS Faculty in
Shumen
**
All-Force Faculty faculty in
Veliko Tarnovo
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Often referred as the "''City of the Tsars''", Veliko Tarnovo ...
*
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in
Varna and founded in 1881 as Naval Machinery School in
Rousse
*
Rakovski Defence and Staff College in
Sofia
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, founded with an Act of the 15th National Assembly of March 1, 1912, in
Sofia
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Canada

Two
post-secondary
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military academies are operated under the
Canadian Military Colleges system, the
Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in
Kingston
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** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
, Ontario; and
Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) in
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. RMCC was established in 1876, while RMC Saint-Jean was established in 1954.
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Canadian Forces
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; the navy, army and air force; with RMC granted the authority to confer academic degrees in arts, science and engineering by the 1960s. From 1940 to 1995, the Department of National Defence operated a third military college in
Victoria, British Columbia, known as
Royal Roads Military College (RRMC).
[
Graduates of the Colleges are widely acknowledged to have had a disproportionate impact in the Canadian services and society, thanks to the solid foundations provided by their military education. Military discipline and training, as well as a focus on ]physical fitness
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and fluency in both of Canada's two official languages, English and French, provided cadets with ample challenges and a very fulfilling experience. In 1995 the Department of National Defence was forced to close RRMC and RMC Saint-Jean due to budget considerations, but RMCC continues to operate.
RRMC reopened as a civilian university in the fall of 1995, and is maintained by the Government of British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include ...
. In 2007, the Department of National Defence reopened RMC Saint-Jean as a military academy that offers equivalent schooling as CEGEP
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, a level of post-secondary education in Quebec's education system. In 2021 RMC Saint-Jean was returned to University status and had officer cadets graduate and received their commission for the first time since 1995.
In addition to Canadian Military Colleges, the Canadian Armed Forces also operate a number of training centres and schools, including the Canadian Forces College, and the Canadian Forces Language School
The Canadian Forces Language School (CFLS) is an institution of the Canadian Forces responsible for providing language education. The CFLS has its headquarters in Gatineau, Quebec, along with its National Capital Region Training Company, and de ...
. The components of the Canadian Armed Forces also maintain training centres and schools. The Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC) is a formation in the Army that delivers combat, and doctrinal training. The CADTC includes several training establishments, such as the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, Combat Training Centre
The Combat Training Centre (french: links=no, Centre d'instruction au combat) is responsible for individual training of Canadian Army soldiers and officers in military occupational classifications that are controlled by the Canadian Army. The cen ...
, Command and Staff College, and the Peace Support Training Centre. The 2 Canadian Air Division is the formation responsible for training in the Royal Canadian Air Force
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(RCAF), and includes establishments like the Royal Canadian Air Force Academy, 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (2CFFTS; french: links=no, 2e École de pilotage des Forces canadiennes) is one of the Royal Canadian Air Force's training centres for pilots and also one of the facilities of the NATO Flying Training in C ...
, and 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School
3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School (3 CFFTS; french: 3e École de pilotage des Forces canadiennes) is located at the Southport Aerospace Centre just south of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.
3 CFFTS conducts Primary Flight Training on ...
. The RCAF also maintains the Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training.
In addition to publicly operated institutions, Canada is also home to one private military boarding school, Robert Land Academy
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, in West Lincoln, Ontario. Founded in 1978, it is an all-boys' institute that is fully accredited by Ontario's Ministry of Education. The school offers elementary and secondary levels of education, providing schooling for students from Grade 6 to Grade 12.
Colombia
National Army of Colombia:
* José María Córdova Military School, in Bogotá
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.
*Colombian Army NCO School
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* Colombians, persons from Colombia, or of Colombian descent
**For more information about the Colombian people, see:
*** Demographics of Colombia
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Colombian Air Force:
* Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School, in Cali
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.
Colombian Naval Infantry and Colombian Navy:
* Admiral Padilla Naval Academy, in Cartagena de Indias.
National Police of Colombia:
* General Santander National Police Academy, in Bogotá.
Czech Republic
* Univerzita Obrany (University of Defence)
* Military academy and training command
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
* Kim Jong-un National Defense University
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History
The univer ...
* Kim Il-sung Military University
* Kim Il-sung Military Political University
* Kim Jong-suk Naval Academy
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* Kim Chaek Air Force Academy
Denmark
*Royal Danish Defence College
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*Royal Danish Military Academy
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* Royal Danish Naval Academy
* Royal Danish Air Force Officers School
Egypt
* Egyptian Air Defense Academy
*Egyptian Military Technical College
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Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
*Egyptian Military medical college
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Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
* Egyptian Air Academy
* Egyptian Military Academy
*Egyptian Naval Academy
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El Salvador
*Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School
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Estonia
* Estonian Military Academy
* Baltic Defence College, both in Tartu
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Finland
* Finnish National Defence University ''(Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu)'', on Santahamina island, Helsinki
France
High schools
* Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
*Lycée militaire d'Autun
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
* Prytanée National Militaire
*Lycée militaire d'Aix-en-Provence
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...
*Lycée naval de Brest
In France, secondary education is in two stages:
* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children betwee ...
* École des Pupilles de l'Air
Officer academies
* École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of St Cyr") is the French Military Academy. It is often referred to as "Saint-Cyr". Founded by Napoleon in 1802, and initially in Fontainebleau, it was moved first to Saint-Cyr-l'École in 1808, and then to Coëtquidan (Brittany
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) in 1945.
* École militaire interarmes (EMIA)
* École des commissaires des armées (ECA), founded in 2013
* École de l'air: the French Air Force Academy
* École Navale: the French Naval Academy
* École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale (EOGN): gendarmerie
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commissioned officers academy
*École Polytechnique
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine
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(X): a French engineering '' grande école'' of military status. Though all of its French engineering students are enlisted and trained as officers, 5% of its graduates remain in the military after graduation.
* ENSTA Bretagne
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: a French engineering '' grande école'' of military status. Only 1/4 of its students are actual officers-in-training.
* École de Santé des Armées: medical school of French army
* National Military Infrastructure Engineers Academy
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
: trains military engineers of the Armed Forces, opened 2013 (also one of the newest)
Postgraduate academies
* ''École d'état-major'' (Staff school): first step of higher military studies, for officer of OF-2 rank.
* ''École de Guerre'' (War School): second step of higher military studies, mainly for ranks OF-2 and OF-3 who want to continue the command track (e.g. to command battalion or regiment).
* ''Collège d'enseignement supérieur de l'armée de terre'' (Army Higher Education College): second step of military education, but for officers whishing to achieve a high-level specialization.
** ''Cours supérieur d'état-major'' (Advanced Staff Course)
** ''Enseignement militaire supérieur scientifique et technique'' (Higher Technical and Scientific Education).
* ''Centre des hautes études militaire'' (Center for Advanced Military Studies): final step of military education, for very few selected OF-5. Its students also attend the civilian institut des hautes études de défense nationale
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.
Georgia
* National Defense Academy
*Cadet Bachelor School
*Junior Officer Basic School
*Aviation Air Defense Officer Basic School
*Medical Officer School
*Captain Career School
*Command and General Staff School
*School of Advance Defense Studies
*Language Training School
Germany
Germany has a unique system for civil and military education. The only true military academy is the ''Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr'' where mainly future staff officers and general staff officers are further trained.
The standard education in military leadership is the task of the ''Offizierschulen'' (officers' schools) run by the three branches. The contents differ from branch to branch. According to the doctrine "leading by task", in the army all prospective platoon leaders are trained down to the level of a commander of a mixed combat battalion. There they also have to pass an officer exam to become commissioned later on.
Moreover, there exist so called ''Waffenschulen'' (school of weapons) like infantry school or artillery school. There the officers learn to deal with the typical tasks of their respective corps.
A specialty of the German concept of officer formation is the academic education. Germany runs two '' Universities of the German Federal Armed Forces'' where almost every future officer has to pass non-military studies and achieve a bachelor's or master's degree. During their studies (after at least three years of service) the candidates become commissioned ''Leutnant'' (second lieutenant).
The three officer's schools are:
* The German Navy
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supervises:
** Naval Academy at Mürwik, in Flensburg- Mürwik
* The German Army supervises:
** ''Offizierschule des Heeres'', in Dresden
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* The German Air Force
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supervises:
** ''Offizierschule der Luftwaffe'', in Fürstenfeldbruck
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Academic and staff
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** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon
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education:
* Universities of the German Federal Armed Forces
** Helmut Schmidt University, in Hamburg
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** Bundeswehr University Munich, in Munich
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* Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, in Hamburg
Greece
The Hellenic Armed Forces have military academies supervised by each branch of the Armed Forces individually:
''Highest Military Academies (ΑΣΣ) or Higher Military Educational Institutions (ΑΣΕΙ):''
*The Hellenic Army supervises:
**The Evelpidon Military Academy, in Athens
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.
**The Corps Officers Military Academy, in Thessaloniki
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.
**The Nursery Officers Academy, in Athens.
*The Hellenic Air Force supervises:
** The Icarus Air Force Academy, in Tatoi
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(Athens).
*The Hellenic Navy supervises:
** The Hellenic Naval Cadets Academy, in Piraeus
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.
''Higher Military NCO Academies (ΑΣΣΥ):''
*The Hellenic Army supervises the ''Military Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥ)''.
*The Hellenic Air Force supervises the ''Air Force Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΑ)''.
*The Hellenic Navy supervises the ''Naval Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΝ)''.
It is worth noting that, despite their names (), their alumni can advance to the rank of Antisyntagmatarchis/Antipterachos/Antiploiarchos.
Hungary
* National University of Public Service (Successor of Royal Hungarian Ludovica Military Academy, which founded in 1808)
** Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training
India
Indonesia
The Indonesian Military Academy was founded in Yogyakarta, October 13, 1945, by the order of General Staff Chief of Indonesia Army Lieutenant General Urip Sumohardjo
General Oerip Soemohardjo (; Perfected Spelling System, Perfected Spelling: Urip Sumoharjo, 22 February 1893 – 17 November 1948) was an Indonesian general and the first chief of staff of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. He receive ...
as the Militaire Academie (MA) Yogyakarta.
Currently, the Tentara Nasional Indonesia or the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces
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), under the supervision of the Commanding General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System (a two or three-star officer in billet) in the HQ of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, has divided the academies into the three respective services:
* Indonesian Military Academy (''Akademi Militer''; Akmil), in Magelang, Central Java, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, operated since 1946.
* Indonesian Naval Academy (''Akademi Angkatan Laut''; AAL), in Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern border of Java island, on the Mad ...
, East Java, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy. The Indonesian Naval Academy also educates and forms officers to serve in the Indonesian Marine Corps. In existence since 1951.
* Indonesian Air Force Academy (''Akademi Angkatan Udara''; AAU), in Yogyakarta, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force
The Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force ( id, Kepala Staf TNI Angkatan Udara, abbreviated KSAU or KASAU) is the highest position in the Indonesian Air Force. The position is held by the four-star Marshal, appointed by and reporting direct ...
. The academy has three majorings which are: electronics, engineering, and administration. Following graduation, students who are selected as Pilot and Navigator conduct further training in the Pilot and Navigator Flight School prior bearing the Pilot/Navigator designation. Active since 1945, but also inherits the traditions of former Dutch military aviation schools.
Each service academy is headed by a two-star general who serves as superintendent, and his/her deputy is a one-star officer. All the students (cadets/midshipman) are recruited from senior high school graduates from all over Indonesia. Shortly after graduation, they are commissioned as ''Letnan Dua'' (Second Lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1 rank.
Australia
The rank of second lieutenant existed in the military forces of the Australian colonies and Australian Army until 1 ...
/ Ensign)) in their respective service branches and get the ''Diploma IV'' (Associate degree, 4th Grade) comparable to civil academies or universities. The length term is now 4 years and is divided into five grades of cadets' ranks, starting from the lowest:
* ''Prajurit Taruna/Kadet/Karbol'' (Cadet Private), 1st year (4 months)
* ''Kopral Taruna/Kadet/Karbol'' (Cadet Corporal), 1st year (8 months)
* ''Sersan Taruna/Kadet/Karbol'' (Cadet Sergeant), 2nd year
* ''Sersan Mayor Dua Taruna/Kadet/Karbol'' (Cadet Second Sergeant Major), 3rd year
* ''Sersan Mayor Satu Taruna/Kadet/Karbol'' (Cadet First Sergeant Major), 4th year
''Taruna'' refers to cadets in the Military Academy, ''Kadet'' refers to cadets in the Naval Academy, and ''Karbol'' refers to cadets in the Air Force Academy. The term "''Taruna''" however still applies to all cadets from the three academies.
Until 1999, before the Indonesian National Police
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officially separated from the armed forces, the Indonesian Police Academy ("AKPOL") also stood under the National Armed Forces Academy but now has separated from the Military and is under the auspices of the President of Indonesia controlled by the National Police Headquarters (''Mabes Polri''), where in the other hand the Armed Forces (Army, Naval, and Air Force) Academies of Indonesia is under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense controlled by the Armed Forces General Headquarters (''Mabes TNI''). Presently, the Police Academy is in Semarang ( Central Java), and is supervised under the supervision of the Chief of the Indonesian National Police
The Chief of the Indonesian National Police, commonly known as the National Police Chief, is the official who heads the Indonesian National Police (Polri).
Since it was first formed, this position has experienced several changes in hierarchy an ...
(''Kapolri'').
All three academies and the Police Academy have a joint 4th class cadet training program since 2008, after completing it the cadets go to their respective academies to continue with the three remaining years of study before commissioning.
Iran
Iran has five main military universities:
* Imam Ali Officers' University ( Persian: دانشگاه افسری امام علی; acronym
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: دا اف, DĀʿAF), formerly known as Officers' School ( Persian: دانشکده افسری) is the military academy of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces ( fa, نیروی زمینی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Niroo-ye Zamini-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran''), acronymed NEZAJA ( fa, نزاجا, NEZEJA) are the ground forc ...
, in Tehran
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, Iran.
* Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University ( Persian: دانشگاه علوم و فنون هوایی شهید ستاری) is the military academy of , in Tehran, Iran.
* Imam Khomeini Naval University of Noshahr
Imam Khomeini Naval University of Noshahr is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy located in Noshahr, Mazandaran Province. Cadets of the academy achieve ensign rank upon graduation and join the Navy
A navy, naval force, or ...
( Persian: دانشگاه علوم و فنون دریایی امام خمینی) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, in Noshahr, Mazandaran, Iran.
* Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Academy
Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense University AJA ( fa, دانشگاه پدافند هوایی خاتمالانبیاء آجا) is a military academy located in Tehran, affiliated with Iran's Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force, Air Defense F ...
( Persian: دانشگاه پدافند هوایی خاتمالانبیاء آجا) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force, in Tehran, Iran.
* Imam Hossein University ( Persian: دانشگاه امام حسین; acronym
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: IHU) is the military academy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
, in Tehran, Iran.
*Amir Al-Momenin University of Military Sciences and Technology
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Israel
*Israeli Naval Academy
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Italy
High school level institutions (only for classical and scientific liceum, starting from grade 10):
*Scuola Militare Nunziatella
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, founded during the Bourbon Period in 1787, in Italian Army, Naples
*Scuola Militare Teulié
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, founded during the Napoleonic period in 1802, Italian Army, Milan
*Scuola Militare Navale Morosini ''Scuola'' ('school' in Italian; plural ''scuole'') is part of the name of many primary and secondary schools in Italy, Italian-language schools abroad, and institutes of tertiary education in Italy. Those are not listed in this disambiguation artic ...
, Italian Navy, Venice
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, Italian Air Force, Florence
2009–2010 school year was the first school year with girls attending.
Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) schools:
* Army: Scuola sottufficiali dell'Esercito Italiano, Viterbo
* Navy: Scuola sottufficiali della Marina Militare, Taranto and Law Maddalena
* Air Force: Scuola marescialli dell'Aeronautica Militare, Viterbo
* Carabinieri: Scuola marescialli e brigadieri dei carabinieri, Firenze
* Guardia di Finanza: Scuola ispettori e sovrintendenti della Guardia di Finanza, L'Aquila
University level institutions:
* Military Academy of Modena
* Scuola di Applicazione, Torino
* Accademia Navale, Livorno
*Accademia Aeronautica
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, Pozzuoli
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, Rome
* Accademia della Guardia di Finanza, Bergamo
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Japan
*National Defense Academy of Japan
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(university level)
* National Defense Medical College (university level medical school)
* Japan Coast Guard Academy (university level)
*Officer Candidate Training Schools (for each of Ground, Maritime and Air Self-defense forces)
* Naval Academy Etajima is located in Etajima city, in the prefecture of Hiroshima, is the naval academy of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Kazakhstan
* National Defense University
* Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces (formerly the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School)
* Talgat Bigeldinov Military Institute of the Air Defence Forces
* Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and Communications
Kyrgyzstan
* Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
* Center for Advanced Training of Officers
Malaysia
Secondary level institutions:
* Royal Military College (Malaysia) (Maktab Tentera Diraja)
University level:
* National Defence University of Malaysia (''University Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia'') (foundation, bachelor's degree, master's degree, PhD and specialist courses)
* Armed Forces Defence College (''Maktab Pertahanan Angkatan Tentera'')
Specialist training and staff
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** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon
* Staff of office, a pole that indicates a position
* Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particula ...
institutions:
* Officers Cadet School in Port Dickson (OCS)
* Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (Maktab Turus Angkatan Tentera)
* Armed Forces Health Training Institute (Institut Latihan Kesihatan Angkatan Tentera)
* Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre (Pusat Latihan Pengaman Malaysia)
Reserve Officer Training Units ( ms, Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan or ) or ROTU exists only in public universities in Malaysia. This is a tertiary institution based officer commissioning program to equip students as officer cadets with military knowledge and understanding for service as Commissioned Officers
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in the reserve components of the various branches of the Malaysian Armed Forces.
Mexico
* Heroica Escuela Naval Militar
* Heroico Colegio Militar
* Colegio del Aire
Moldova
* Alexandru cel Bun Military Academy
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Mongolia
* National Defense University
** Military Music College of Mongolia
Myanmar
* Defence Services Academy
* Defence Services Technological Academy
* Defence Services Medical Academy
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* Officer Training School (Myanmar)
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Overview
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(OTS)
* National Defence College (Myanmar)
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(NDC)
* Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science
Namibia
*Namibian Military School
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Netherlands
* Koninklijke Militaire Academie
* Royal Naval College (Netherlands)
New Zealand
Tier One – initial officer training
* New Zealand Commissioning Course, Waiouru (NZ Army
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* Initial Officer Training, Woodbourne ( RNZAF)
* Officer Training School, Devonport Naval Base
Tier Two – junior officer education
* NZDF Junior Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College
Tier Three – senior officer education
* NZDF Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College
Nigeria
High school training
* Nigerian Military School, Zaria – Nigerian Army military school for boys
* Air Force Military School, Jos, Nigeria
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The school is effectively ...
, in Jos
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During British ...
– Nigerian Air Force
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It is one of the largest in Africa, consisting of about 15,000 personnel and aircraft including eight Chinese ...
military school for boys
* Nigerian Navy Military School
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, Ikot Ntuen, Akwa Ibom State – Nigerian Navy military School for boys
Undergraduate officer training
* Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna
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– Nigerian Armed Forces university school
Postgraduate officer training
* Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, at Jaji, Kaduna
Kaduna is the capital city of Kaduna State, and the former political capital of Northern Nigeria. It is located in north-western Nigeria, on the Kaduna River. It is a trade Centre and a major transportation hub as the gateway to northern Nig ...
– joint Nigerian Armed Forces higher studies institute for both indigenous and international students
* Nigerian Army College of Logistics
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, Lagos
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– school for training middle career Nigerian Army officers on military logistics
* National Defence College, Abuja – school for training senior officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces and also some members of the civil service
*Army War College Nigeria
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* Naval War College Nigeria
* Air War College Nigeria
Norway
Undergraduate officer training
* Norwegian Military Academy, Linderud/Oslo (Norwegian Army)
* Norwegian Naval Academy, Laksevåg/Bergen (Royal Norwegian Navy)
* Norwegian Air Force Academy, Trondheim (Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Postgraduate training
* Norwegian Defence Staff College
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
, Oslo (joint)
* Norwegian National Defence College
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
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, Oslo (civil service/very senior officers)
Pakistan
* Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul
* Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur
* Pakistan Naval Academy, Karachi
* Command and Staff College, Quetta
* National Defence University, Islamabad
* Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore
* PAF Air War College, Karachi
* Army Burn Hall College, for boys, Abbottabad
* Army Public College of Management Sciences (public sector)
* Military College Jhelum, Jhelum District
* Military College Murree, Rawalpindi District
* Military College Sui, Dera Bugti District
* PAF College Sargodha
* PAF College Murre Hills
PAF may refer to:
Computing
* Personal Ancestral File, a genealogy data program
* PME Aggregation Function, a networking technology
* Postcode Address File, a collection of UK postal addresses and postcodes, available from Royal Mail
* .PAF, f ...
* Cadet College Razmak
Cadet College Razmak is a military high school, located in the valley of Razmak, in North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan.
History
The college was founded by the late prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali ...
, Razmak North Waziristan Agency
* Cadet College Kohat
* Cadet College Wana
* Cadet College Spinkai
* Cadet College Mastung
* Cadet College Petaro
Cadet College Petaro is a military boarding school in Jamshoro District of the southern province of Sindh in Pakistan; about 20 miles (32 km) from Hyderabad which is under administration of Pakistan Navy.
Its campus occupies over 700 acres ...
, Pakistan Navy
* Garrison Cadet College Kohat
Garrison Cadet College Kohat is a boarding school, situated in the suburb of Kohat City. The college has classes from class 8th to FSc (Pre-Engineering and Pre-Medical Level). Students are inducted in class 8 and Class 11; after a 3-step selectio ...
* Cadet College Skardu
Paraguay
* Francisco López Military Academy, in Capiatá, Paraguay
People's Republic of China
* PLA National Defense University
* National University of Defense Technology
*PLA Information Engineering University
The People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University (IEU; ) is a Chinese military university in Zhengzhou, Henan, affiliated with the People's Liberation Army. It was established in 1999. Before that, it was ...
* Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Peru
Undergraduate officer training
* Chorrillos Military School (Peruvian Army)
* Peruvian Naval School (Peruvian Navy)
* Peruvian Air Force Officers' School
Peruvians ( es, peruanos) are the citizens of Peru. There were Andean and coastal ancient civilizations like Caral, which inhabited what is now Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century; Peruvian ...
(Peruvian Air Force)
* Officers' School of the National Police of Peru (National Police of Peru)
Philippines
The Philippines patterned all its service academies after the United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...
(West Point) and the United States Merchant Marine Academy (King's Point).
These higher education institutions are operated by the Philippine Government and grant different baccalaureate degrees.
* Philippine Military Academy (Akademiyang Militar ng Pilipinas), City of Baguio
Baguio ( ,
), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...
– It is the primary training school of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for would be regular commissioned officers of the Philippine Army
The Philippine Army (PA) (Tagalog: ''Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas''; in literal English: ''Army of the Ground of the Philippines''; in literal Spanish: ''Ejército de la Tierra de la Filipinas'') is the main, oldest and largest branch of the A ...
, Philippine Navy, Philippine Marine Corps and the Philippine Air Force. It is under the control of the Department of National Defense. Its former name was the Philippine Constabulary Academy. During the American colonial rule era, U.S. Army Cavalry Officers established the school for the professionalization of the enlisted personnel of the defunct Philippine Constabulary
The Philippine Constabulary (PC; tl, Hukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas, ''HPP''; es, Policía de Filipinas, ''PF'') was a gendarmerie-type police force of the Philippines from 1901 to 1991, and the predecessor to the Philippine National Pol ...
. It was renamed the Philippine Military Academy before the 1930s. In 1992, PMA stopped providing graduates to the Philippine Constabulary after the passage of Republic Act 6975 which resulted in the merger of the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police. The merged institutions was named the Philippine National Police. Beginning in 1993, PMA became a co-educational school.
* Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, Zambales – It is a school for students who shall serve in different private shipping companies, foreign or local. Its graduates may serve in the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy as an ensign after graduation depending upon their choice. All PMMA graduates are also automatically appointed by the president of the Philippines as ensigns (2nd lieutenants) in the Philippine Navy Reserve. This is the oldest of the Philippine service academies having been established in 1820 during the long period of Spanish colonial rule in the country, and was first situated in Manila for many years.
Aside from the PMA and the PMMA, all three branches of the AFP have their own Officer Candidate Course Programs for both men and women, patterned after their US counterparts.
The nation's higher military colleges are:
* Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College, Quezon City
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was foun ...
– educates officers of the AFP not exceeding the ranks of Colonel or Navy Captain
* National Defense College of the Philippines, Quezon City – is a school for senior AFP officers for military/naval planning and to ready them in holding the ranks of Brigadier General/Commodore. Notable civilians may enroll and be given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel/Commander in the AFP Reserve upon graduation.
Poland
*War Studies University
The War Studies University ( pl, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej; ''ASzWoj'') is the highest military academic institution in Poland. It was formed by Ministry of National Defence in 2016 in place of the former National Defence University Academy (Akademi ...
*Jarosław Dąbrowski Military University of Technology
Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), pre ...
in Warsaw
* Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy in Wrocław
Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly ...
*Polish Air Force Academy
The Polish Air Force Academy ( Polish: ''Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska Sił Powietrznych'' (1994-2018); ''Lotnicza Akademia Wojskowa'' (since 2018)) is located in Dęblin, eastern Poland. Established in 1927 during the interwar period, the Polish Air ...
in Dęblin
* Heroes of Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia
Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in th ...
*Faculty of Military Medicine of the Medical University in Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...
Portugal
Pre-university level institution
* Colégio Militar
''Colégio Militar'' ( Portuguese for "Military College") is a military secondary school in Lisbon, Portugal. It was founded by Marechal António Teixeira Rebello in 1803.
History
Its initial location was S. Julião da Barra Fort, in Oeiras. I ...
, Lisbon – military basic and high school
* Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército, Lisbon – vocational education military school
Undergraduate officer training
* Academia Militar
The Military Academy (AM; ''Academia Militar'' in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military establishment, which has the ability to confer educational qualifications equivalent to a university. It develops activities of teaching, research and support ...
, Lisbon and Amadora – Portuguese Army and Republican National Guard university school
* Escola Naval, Almada – Portuguese Navy university school
* Academia da Força Aérea, Sintra – Portuguese Air Force university school
Postgraduate and staff training
* Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares
The Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College ( pt, Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares) or IESM is the military university establishment that provides training and education to experienced officers of the three service branches of the Portu ...
, Lisbon – joint command and staff college
Republic of China (Taiwan)
* R.O.C. Military Academy
* R.O.C. Naval Academy
* R.O.C. Air Force Academy
*R.O.C. Air Force Institute of Technology
*Army Academy R.O.C.
The Army Academy R.O.C. (AAROC; ) is a military academy located in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
History
The AAROC was initially established as the ROC Army First Non-Commissioned Officers School in 1957 by President Chiang Kai-shek. I ...
* National Defense University
** War College
** Army Command and Staff College
** Naval Command and Staff College
** Air Force Command and Staff College
** Institute of Technology
** Management College
** Political Warfare College
*National Defense Medical Center
National Defense Medical Center (NDMC; ) is a Military of the Republic of China, ROC military affiliated medical school in Taipei, Taiwan. The NDMC is responsible for the training of military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.
Histor ...
*Chung-cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School
Republic of Ireland
* Defence Forces Training Centre
* Naval College
* Air Corps College
Republic of Korea
The three main military academies:
* Korea Military Academy (Army
An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
)
* Korea Naval Academy
Republic of Korea Naval Academy is a four-year military academy located in Jinhae, South Korea. Established in 1946, it is the oldest of the 3 service academies of Korea. The school educates naval midshipmen for commissioning primarily into the ...
* Korea Air Force Academy
Other military academies:
* Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon
Korea Army Academy (Yeongcheon) or KAAY is a military academy of the Republic of Korea Army for training officer cadets. Commonly known as "Choongsungdae" ( ko, 충성대, Hanja: 忠誠臺) as a reference to its loyalty and devotion to the coun ...
, formerly Korea Third Military Academy
* Armed Forces Nursing Academy
Armed Forces Nursing Academy is a college located in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land ...
Romania
* Carol I National Defence University
The Carol I National Defence University ( ro, Universitatea Națională de Apărare "Carol I" (UNAp)) is an institution of higher education, located in Bucharest, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads o ...
(''Universitatea Națională de Apărare Carol I''), Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...
* Technical Military Academy (''Academia Tehnică Militară''), Bucharest
* Land Forces:
** Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy, Sibiu
Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...
* Air Forces:
**Academia Forțelor Aeriene
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(Air Forces Academy), Braṣov
* Naval Forces:
**Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy
The Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy ( ro, Academia Navală "Mircea cel Bătrân") is a higher education institution based in the Black Sea port of Constanța that educates future officers for the Romanian Naval Forces, as well as maritime off ...
, Constanṭa
Russia
See also: Cadet Corps (Russia)
A Cadet corps (russian: Кадетский корпус, translit=Kadetskiy korpus), historically an admissions-based all-boys military cadets school, prepared boys to become commissioned officers in Imperial Russia. Boys entered a cadet corps be ...
, Military academies in Russia
First stage of training
* The Cadet Corps is an admissions-based military middle school for young boys that was founded in the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...
in 1732, soon becoming widespread throughout the country.
:*Omsk
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...
Cadet Corps
:*Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
Cadet Corps
:* Krasnoyarsk Cadet Corps
:*Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk ( rus, Магнитого́рск, p=məɡnʲɪtɐˈɡorsk, ) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Its populat ...
Cadet Corps
:* Georgy Zhukov Moscow Cadet Corps
:* Moscow Cossacks Cadet Corps
:* Moscow Cadet Corps of Military Music
:* Moscow Cadet Corps of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
:* Moscow Diplomatic Cadet Corps
:* Moscow Cadet Corps "Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad"
:* St.Petersburg Space Forces Cadet Corps
:* St.Petersburg Strategic Rocket Forces Cadet Corps
:* St.Petersburg Artillery Cadet Corps
:*The 1st St. Petersburg Border guard Cadet Corps of the FSB
:* Tambov Cadet Corps
:*Toliatti
Tolyatti ( rus, Толья́тти, p=tɐlʲˈjætʲ(ː)ɪ), also known as Togliatti, formerly known as Stavropol (1737–1964), is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is the largest city in Russia which does not serve as the administrative center ...
Cadet Corps
:* Ufa Cadet Corps
* The Sea Cadet Corps
:* Kronstadt S.C.C.
:* Moscow Representative Sea Cadet Corps of the Navigation and Mathematics School
:* Moscow Sea Cadet Corps Heroes of Sevastopol
Secondary education
* Suvorov Military Schools are a type of boarding school in modern Russia for boys aged 14–18. Education in such these schools focuses on military related subjects.
:* Irkutsk S.M.S.
:* Kazan S.M.S.
:* Moscow S.M.S.
:* Moscow Military Music College
:* North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...
S.M.S.
:* Orenburg S.M.S.
:* Perm S.M.S.
:* St. Petersburg Space Forces S.M.S.
:* Tula S.M.S. (reopening 2016 after 56 years of closure)
:* Tver
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Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russia ...
S.M.S.
:* Ulyanovsk S.M.S.
:* Ussuriysk S.M.S.
:* Yekaterinburg S.M.S.
* Nakhimov Naval School is a form of higher naval education for teenagers introduced in modern Russia.
:* St. Petersburg N.N.S.
:* Murmansk N.N.S.
:* Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...
N.N.S
:* Sevastopol
Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...
N.N.S.
:* Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...
N.N.S.
Post-secondary education
* Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
* Gagarin Air Force Academy (now the Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy)
* Military Engineering-Technical University
* Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
* Alexander Popov Naval Radio-electronic Academy
* Military Materiel Security Academy
* Pacific Naval Institute
* Moscow Peter the Great Strategic Rocket Forces Academy
* Moscow Higher Military Command School
* Baltic Naval Institute
* Sevastopol Black Sea Higher Naval Institute
* Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
* Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School
* Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps
* Yekaterinburg Force Command School of Artillery
* Air General Staff Center of Missile and Air Defense Excellence
* Khabarovsk Military Commanders Training Academy
* Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
* Sergey Kirov Military Communications Academy
* S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
The S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy (russian: Военно-медицинская академия имени С. М. Кирова) is a higher education institution of military medicine in Saint Petersburg and the Russian Federation. Senio ...
*
* Marshal Aleksander Vasilevsky Military Academy of the Armed Forces Air Defense Branch
* Moscow Border Guards Superior College
* Military University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Staff college
* General staff Academy
* N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
The N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy (russian: Военно-морская академия имени Н. Г. Кузнецова) is the main staff college and postgraduate institution for the Russian Navy and is located in Saint Petersburg.
I ...
Serbia
* Military Academy Belgrade
The Military Academy of the University of Defence () is a college devoted to military education and career development located in Belgrade, Serbia. The academy forms part of the Serbian higher education system, offering accredited graduate and po ...
* Military Medical Academy (Serbia)
Singapore
* SAFTI Military Institute
** Officer Cadet School (OCS): trains officers
** SAF Advanced Schools: conducts specialised training for officers
** Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College: trains senior officers to take up command and staff appointments
* Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI)
** SAFWOS Leadership School: trains warrant officer
Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries. Depending on the country, service, or historical context, warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned ranks, the mo ...
s and military experts
** Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School: conducts advanced courses for warrant officers, military experts and specialist
Specialist may refer to:
Occupations
* Specialist (rank), a military rank
** Specialist (Singapore)
* Specialist (arena football)
* Specialist degree, in academia
* Specialty (medicine)
* Designated market maker, in the American stock market
* ...
s (NCOs)
** Specialist Cadet School: trains specialists (NCOs)
Somalia
* Camp TURKSOM
Camp TURKSOM ( Somali: ''Xerada TURKSOM'', Turkish: ''Somali Türk Görev Kuvveti Komutanlığı'') is a military base and a defence university in Mogadishu, Somalia. Since its inception, Camp TURKSOM serves as the main hub of the intergovernmen ...
trains both officers and NCOs, offers a two-year course for officers and a one-year course for NCOs.
South Africa
* South African Military Academy provides officers in the SANDF with an opportunity to earn a 3yr BMil degree.
Spain
* General Military Academy, Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tribut ...
* Academia General del Aire, San Javier
*Naval Military Academy
The Naval Military Academy ( es, Escuela Naval Militar, ENM), at Marín, Pontevedra, in north-western Spain, is a coeducational naval academy that educates officers for commissioning primarily into the Spanish Navy and Spanish Navy Marines
...
, Marín
* Escuela Superior de las Fuerzas Armadas
* Academia Central de la Defensa
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...
* Academia de Artillería
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
* Academia de Infantería
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...
* Academia de Caballería
* Academia de Ingenieros
* Academia de Logística
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...
* Academia General Básica de Suboficiales
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosop ...
* Navy NCO School
The Navy NCO SChool ( es, Escuela de Suboficiales de la Armada) is a military institution for the training of non-commissioned officers of the Spanish Navy (''cabo mayor'' ( master corporal), sergeant , first sergeant , ''brigade'' ( master serge ...
* Academia Básica del Aire
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
* Escuela Militar de Montaña y Operaciones Especiales
Sri Lanka
University
* General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
Officer training
* Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa
*Naval and Maritime Academy
Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), Trincomalee, is the naval academy of the Sri Lanka Navy, and is located within SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee. It received university status in 2001 under the leadership of Commodore SR Samaratunga.
History
The ...
, Trincomalee
Trincomalee (; ta, திருகோணமலை, translit=Tirukōṇamalai; si, ත්රිකුණාමළය, translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya), also known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee Dis ...
* Air Force Academy, SLAF China Bay SLAF may refer to
*The Sri Lanka Armed Forces, the combined military of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
**The Sri Lanka Air Force, a subset of the above.
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, Trincomalee
Staff training
* Defence Services Command and Staff College
Sweden
Undergraduate officer training
* Military Academy Karlberg, officers
* Military Academy Halmstad, specialist officers (NCO) and reserve officers
Postgraduate training
* Swedish Defence University
Tanzania
*Tanzania Military Academy
The Tanzania Military Academy (TMA) is a military training academy located in Monduli in northern Tanzania. It is regarded as a prestigious training institution and has trained officers from a number of countries across the region.
History
The ...
Thailand
*Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
The Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School or AFAPS (Thai: โรงเรียนเตรียมทหาร) is a senior high school in Nakhon Nayok Province. It is a flagship institution of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters. Th ...
(secondary level)
* Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (university level)
* Phramongkutklao College of Medicine (medicine, university level)
*Royal Thai Navy Academy
The Royal Thai Naval Academy (Thai: โรงเรียนนายเรือ) (RTNA) was established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1898. He officially opened the academy on 20 November 1906. Originally located on the royal yacht ''Maha ...
(university level)
* Royal Thai Air Force Academy (university level)
* Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a ...
; Medicine, University level
* Phramongkutklao College of Medicine
* Royal Thai Army Nursing College
* Royal Thai Navy Nursing College
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a ci ...
* Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College
Royal may refer to:
People
* Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
* A member of a royal family
Places United States
* Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Royal, Illinois, a village
* Royal, Iowa, a ...
* Royal Thai Police Nursing College
Turkey
* National Defense University
* Turkish Military Academy
* Turkish Naval Academy
* Turkish Air Force Academy
Turkmenistan
* Military Academy of Turkmenistan (founded in 2007)
* Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan
** Berdimuhamed Annayev 1st Specialized Military School (Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
)
** Alp Arslan 2nd Specialized Military School ( Dashoguz)
** Soltan Sanjar 3rd Specialized Military School ( Mary)
* Turkmen State Border Service Institute
* Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan
* Turkmen National Security Institute
* Turkmen Naval Institute
Uganda
Uganda maintains the followings military training institutions, as of December 2010:
* Bihanga Military Training School – at Bihanga, in Ibanda District, Western Uganda
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* Kalama Warfare Training School – at Kabamba, Mubende District
* National Leadership Institute
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(NALI) – at Kyankwanzi, Kyankwanzi District
* Oliver Tambo School of Leadership – at Kaweweta
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* Uganda Air Defence and Artillery School
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– at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District
* Uganda Military Airforce Academy – at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District
* University of Military Science and Technology – at Lugazi, Buikwe District
* Uganda Junior Staff College – at Qaddafi Barracks, Jinja
* Uganda Military Academy
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– at Kabamba, Mubende District
* Uganda Senior Command and Staff College – at Kimaka, Jinja
* Uganda Urban Warfare Training School – at Singo, Kiboga District
Ukraine
A number of universities have specialized military institutes, such as the Faculty of Military Legal Studies at Kharkiv's National Yaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine
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; however, the primary Ukrainian military academies are the following:
* Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyi Military Academy, Lviv
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* Admiral Pavel Nakhimov Naval Academy, Odessa
* Ivan Kozhedub Air Force University, Kharkiv
Staff colleges
* Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, National Defence University of Ukraine "Ivan Chernyakhovsky", Kyiv[Official website of National Defense University of Ukraine]
United Kingdom
Pre-University level institution
*Duke of York's Royal Military School – Military based secondary school in Dover, Kent; students are influenced to join the forces after education, but have no commitment to do so.
There are also numerous Cadet forces that operate for all branches of the armed forces for children aged 10–20. These are not designed to recruit people into the armed forces but rather are simply Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisations.
Undergraduate service
Although an undergraduate degree is not a prerequisite for Officer training, the majority of potential Officers will have attended University before joining the Armed Forces. At some universities there may be the option for people to join either a University Royal Naval Unit, a Officers' Training Corps, University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) or a University Air Squadron, which are designed to introduce students to life in the Forces and show them the careers that are available. People sponsored under the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme will join one of the four Support Units attached to universities participating in DTUS. There is a requirement for bursars of DTUS to join the military for three years after completion of their degree, there no requirement for students of any other organisation to join the military after they finish their degree programs; and the great majority have no further contact with the armed forces. Although service with these organisations may give some initial benefit to cadets attending the military colleges/academies, the next stage of the officer training programs assumes no prior military experience/knowledge, and those that did not partake in military activities at university are not disadvantaged.
Officer training
There are now four military academies in the United Kingdom. Although the curriculum at each varies due to the differing nature of the service a man or woman is joining, it is a combination of military and academic study that is designed to turn young civilians into comprehensively trained military officers.
*Britannia Royal Naval College, HMS ''Dartmouth''
*Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
*Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
*Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Officer Training for the Reserve Forces (e.g. Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Army Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, RAF Reserves and Royal Marines Reserves) also takes place at the relevant military academies, but under a different curriculum and the courses tend to be concentrated into a much shorter period – a significant amount of the study will be undertaken at the cadet's reserve unit.
Postgraduate and staff training
*Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
:*Royal College of Defence Studies (mainly for officers of Colonel/Brigadier or equivalent rank selected as future senior leaders; highly selective)
:*Joint Services Command and Staff College (courses for officers from Major to Brigadier or equivalent rank)
:*Defence College of Management and Technology
:*Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre
:*Advanced Research and Assessment Group
:*Conflict Studies Research Centre
United States
Introduction
In the United States, the term "military academy" does not necessarily mean a government-owned institution run by the armed forces to train its own officers. It may also mean a middle school, high school, or college, whether public or private, which instructs its students in military-style education, discipline and tradition. Students at such civilian institutions can earn a commission in the U.S. military through the successful completion of a Reserve Officer Training Corps program along with their college or university's academic coursework.
*The term military school primarily refers to pre-collegiate Military high school, secondary-school-level military institutions.
*The term military academy commonly refers to a pre-collegiate, collegiate, and post-collegiate institution, especially the U.S. military-run academies.
* The term US military staff colleges refers to separate graduate schools catering to officers on active duty .
Most U.S. state, state-level military academies maintain both a civilian student body and a traditional Cadet Corps, corps of cadets. The only exception is the Virginia Military Institute
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, which remains all-military.
Federal service academies
The colleges operated by the U.S. Federal Government, referred to as United States service academies, federal service academies, are:
*United States Military Academy
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, West Point, New York
*United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
*United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
*United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut
* United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York
Post-graduate school
*Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland
Senior and junior military colleges
There is one all-military state-sponsored military academy:
*The Virginia Military Institute
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(VMI), Lexington, Virginia
In addition, these five institutions that were military colleges at the time of their founding now maintain both a corps of cadets and a civilian student body. Many of these institutions also offer on-line degree programs:
*University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia — Formed by a 2013 merger with Gainesville State College, its main predecessor institution, last known as North Georgia College & State University, was chartered as a military college. However, when NGCSU was founded in 1873 as North Georgia Agricultural College, it had both a corps and a civilian student body, and was also the state's first coeducational college.
*Norwich University, Norwich University Corps of Cadets. Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont is a private university in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private military college in the United States. The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont, as the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. It is the oldest of six senior military colleges, and is recognized by the United States Department of Defense as the "Birthplace of ROTC"
*Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
*The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
*Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Virginia Tech, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Along with VMI, these institutions are known as the United States senior military college, senior military colleges of the US.
Today four institutions are considered military junior colleges (MJC). These four military schools participate in the Army's two-year Early Commissioning Program, an Army ROTC program where qualified students can earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant
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after only two years of college. The four military Junior colleges are as follows:
*Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia
*Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama
*New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico
*Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Merchant Marine Academies that have military academy-style operations
There are six state-operated Merchant Marine academies:
* Massachusetts Maritime Academy
* Maine Maritime Academy
* State University of New York Maritime College (part of the State University of New York, State University of New York (SUNY) system)
* Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas A&M Maritime Academy (part of the Texas A&M University System)
* Great Lakes Maritime Academy (a division of Northwestern Michigan College)
* California State University Maritime Academy (part of the California State University system)
These merchant marine academies operate on a military college system. Part of the training that the cadets receive is naval and military in nature. Cadets may apply for Naval Reserve commissions upon obtaining their Merchant Marine Officer's licenses. Most if not all also offer some form of military commissioning program into the active duty US Navy, US Marine Corps, or US Coast Guard.
Staff colleges
The United States staff colleges, mandated to serve the needs of officers for post-graduate studies and other such graduate institutions as mandated by the Department of Defense are:
United States Air Force Air University attached staff colleges
* The Air University (United States), Air University in Maxwell AFB, Alabama, includes:
** Squadron Officer College and Squadron Officer School
** Air Command and Staff College
** USAF Air War College
Staff colleges of the United States Army
* United States Army Command and General Staff College
* United States Army School of Advanced Military Studies
* United States Army War College
Staff colleges of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps
* Naval War College
* Naval Postgraduate School
* Marine Corps University
Joint Service staff colleges
* National Defense University in Washington, D.C., includes:
** Joint Forces Staff College (Norfolk, Virginia)
** National War College
** Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy
* Defense Acquisition University
Other post-graduate colleges operated by the DoD
* National Intelligence University (military intelligence)
* The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (legal services training)
* Air Force Judge Advocate General's School (legal services training)
* Naval Justice School (legal services training)
Uzbekistan
* Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan (formerly the Tashkent Higher All-Arms Command School)
* Joint Service Officer Training Academy
* Tashkent Higher Tank Command School
* Samarkand Higher Military Automobile Command School
* Higher Military Customs Institute (Tashkent), Higher Military Customs Institute
* Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan
* Military-Technical Institute of the National Guard of Uzbekistan
* Uzbekistan Air Academy
Vietnam
*National Defense Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam
*Lê Quý Đôn Technical University in Hanoi, Vietnam
*Vietnam Naval Academy in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province, Vietnam
Zimbabwe
* Zimbabwe National Defence University
See also
*Military high school
*List of fictional schools
*List of government-run higher-level national military academies
*Military building
*Military education and training
Further reading
* Cadet, Linton Hall, ''Linton Hall Military School Memories: One cadet's memoir'', Scrounge Press, 2014. Memoir of cadet who attended a military school for boys ages 6 to 16.
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