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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 Cadet
Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. In the United Kingdom, the rank is also used by members of University Royal Naval Units, University Officer Training Corps and University Air ...
s for
commissioning into the
armed services of the state.
A
naval academy
A naval academy provides education for prospective naval officers.
See also
* Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally pro ...
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
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, 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 engineers 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 siege ...
, 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
The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Sig ...
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
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. 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
The Royal Military Academy (french: École royale militaire, nl, Koninklijke Militaire School) is the military university of Belgium. The institution is responsible for the education of the officers of the five components of the Belgian defence ...
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
The Norwegian Military Academy (), in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army and serves as the King's Royal Guard. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway.
History
The Commander- ...
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
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of Saint-Cyr") is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is ...
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
The Royal Military College (RMC), founded in 1801 and established in 1802 at Great Marlow and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, but moved in October 1812 to Sandhurst, Berkshire, was a British Army military academy for training infantry a ...
, in England was the brainchild of
John Le Marchant in 1801, who established schools for the military instruction of officers at
High Wycombe 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
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...
(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
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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
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and
military strategy
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. 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
la, Consilio et Animis (on seal)
, mottoeng = "In peace a glorious asset, In war a tower of strength""By courage and wisdom" (on seal)
, established =
, type = Public senior military college
, accreditation = SACS
, endowment = $696.8 mill ...
which remains all-military.
Albania
*
Armed Forces Academy
Angola
*
Army Military Academy
*
National Air Force Academy
*
Naval Academy
A naval academy provides education for prospective naval officers.
See also
* Military academy
A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally pro ...
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 commander- ...
:
* Colegio Militar de la Nación (
National Military College
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, c ...
), 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 the ...
:
* Escuela Naval Militar (
Naval Military School), in
Río Santiago, Buenos Aires (in Ensenada, near La Plata)
Argentine Air Force:
* Escuela de Aviación Militar (
Military Aviation School), in the city of
Córdoba
Armenia
*
National Defense Research University The National Defense Research University (NDRU) ( hy, Ազգային պաշտպանության հետազոտական համալսարան) is a higher educational institution of the Armed Forces of Armenia. It is roughly the equivalent of to the ...
*
Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute
The Vazgen Sargsyan Military University ( hy, Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան ռազմական համալսարան) is a higher educational institution functioning in the system of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. Its mission is to ...
*
Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University
Australia
![ADFA Tri-Service Institution](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/ADFA_Tri-Service_Institution.jpg)
*
Australian Defence Force Academy
The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) is a tri-service military Academy that provides military and academic education for junior officers of the Australian Defence Force in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Aus ...
*
Royal Australian Naval College
*
Royal Military College, Duntroon
*
Officers' Training School RAAF
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Austria
*
Theresian Military Academy
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*
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
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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
**Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
**State Border Service Academy
**Academy of Ministry of Emergency Situations
**Academy of State Customs Committee
Bangladesh
![Colours Contingent of BMA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Colours_Contingent_of_BMA.jpg)
*
Bangladesh Military Academy
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*
Bangladesh Naval Academy
*
Bangladesh Air Force Academy
Bangladesh Air Force Academy (BAFA) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী একাডেমি) is a training and education academy which provides initial training to all men and women who are preparing to be officers ...
*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
The Border Guard Service Institute of Belarus ( be, Iнстытут пагранiчнай службы Рэспублікі Беларусь) is the educational institution of the Border Guard Service of Belarus.
History
The school was establish ...
*
Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus
The Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus (; ) is a Belarusian military institution located in Minsk, Belarus. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.
History
The Minsk High School of the Ministry of In ...
Belgium
*
Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
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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)
![Colégio Militar do Rio de Janeiro (J David, 1906) - 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Col%C3%A9gio_Militar_do_Rio_de_Janeiro_%28J_David%2C_1906%29_-_2.jpg)
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
The Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Exército - EsPCEx (Brazilian Army Preparatory School of Cadets) is a coeducational one-year military school in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. EsPCEx started construction in 1944, but due to budget constrain ...
(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
![EAMSC realiza cerimônia de Juramento à Bandeira (2) (34406191116)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/EAMSC_realiza_cerim%C3%B4nia_de_Juramento_%C3%A0_Bandeira_%282%29_%2834406191116%29.jpg)
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 (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 ''Escola Naval'' (Portuguese for "Naval School") may refer to:
*Brazilian Naval School
The Naval School ( pt, Escola Naval, EN) is a higher education military academy which aims to train officers for the Brazilian Navy. It is located in Rio de ...
(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
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(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
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**
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
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (NVNA) (Bulgarian: ''Висше Военноморско Училище "Никола Йонков Вапцаров", ВВМУ'') is the oldest technical educational institution in the Republic of Bulgaria. Its histo ...
in
Varna
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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
![Royal Military College of Canada band piper and bugler, Remembrance Day](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Royal_Military_College_of_Canada_band_piper_and_bugler%2C_Remembrance_Day.jpg)
Two
post-secondary military academies are operated under the
Canadian Military Colleges system, the
Royal Military College of Canada
'')
, established = 1876
, type = Military academy
, chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister)
, principal = Harry Kowal
, head_label ...
(RMCC) in
Kingston
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** Kingston, Jamaica
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** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
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, Ontario; and
Royal Military College Saint-Jean
, mottoeng = Truth, Duty, Valour
, established = 1952
, type = Military college
, chancellor = Anita Anand (''ex officio'' as Defence Minister)
, principal = Commanda ...
(RMC Saint-Jean) in
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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, Quebec. RMCC was established in 1876, while RMC Saint-Jean was established in 1954.
[H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.] The two institutions provided military education to officer cadets of all three elements in the
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
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. In 2007, the Department of National Defence reopened RMC Saint-Jean as a military academy that offers equivalent schooling as CEGEP, 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
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also operate a number of training centres and schools, including the Canadian Forces College, and the Canadian Forces Language School. The components of the Canadian Armed Forces also maintain training centres and schools. The Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre
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(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
The Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) is the Canadian Army's functional centre of excellence (FCoE) for collective training (CT) and is the army CT training authority on behalf of its higher headquarters, the Canadian Army Doctrine and Tra ...
, 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 Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC; french: links=no, Centre de formation pour le soutien de la paix), is located at McNaughton Barracks, CFB Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and is a subordinate unit of the Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Ce ...
. The 2 Canadian Air Division
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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
The Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada was established in 1996. It provides instruction to aircrew on life support equipment, survival and aviation physiology.
History
The Wilbur Rounding ...
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In addition to publicly operated institutions, Canada is also home to one private military boarding school, Robert Land Academy
Robert Land Academy (RLA) is Canada's only non-university level private military academy. Located in the township of West Lincoln on the north shores of the Welland River five kilometres west of the hamlet of Wellandport, the Academy began to ac ...
, in West Lincoln, Ontario
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. 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
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, in Bogotá
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.
* Colombian Army NCO School
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
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, in Cartagena de Indias
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.
National Police of Colombia:
*General Santander National Police Academy
General Santander National Police Academy (or ''Escuela General Santander de la Policia Nacional'' in Spanish) is the main educational center for the Colombian National Police. The academy functions as a university for the formation of its force. ...
, 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
* Kim Il-sung Military University
* Kim Il-sung Military Political University
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese ...
* Kim Jong-suk Naval Academy
* Kim Chaek Air Force Academy
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese ...
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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* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
* Egyptian Military medical college
* 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
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The institutions mission is to train and educate regular officers for the Estonian Defence Forces ...
*Baltic Defence College
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, both in Tartu
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Finland
* Finnish National Defence University ''(Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu)'', on Santahamina
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island, Helsinki
France
High schools
* Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
* Lycée militaire d'Autun
*Prytanée National Militaire
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* Lycée militaire d'Aix-en-Provence
* Lycée naval de Brest
*École des Pupilles de l'Air
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région ...
Officer academies
*École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
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(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
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in 1802, and initially in Fontainebleau
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, it was moved first to Saint-Cyr-l'École
Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which wa ...
in 1808, and then to Coëtquidan (Brittany
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) in 1945.
* École militaire interarmes (EMIA)
*École des commissaires des armées
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région ...
(ECA), founded in 2013
*École de l'air
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 flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
: 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 flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
(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: 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 supervises:
** Naval Academy at Mürwik
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, in Flensburg
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- Mürwik
* The German Army
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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 education:
* Universities of the German Federal Armed Forces
** Helmut Schmidt University
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, in Hamburg
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** Bundeswehr University Munich
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, 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
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supervises:
**The Evelpidon Military Academy
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, 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
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supervises:
** The Hellenic Naval Cadets Academy, in Piraeus
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.
''Higher Military NCO Academies (ΑΣΣΥ):''
*The Hellenic Army
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supervises the ''Military Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥ)''.
*The Hellenic Air Force supervises the ''Air Force Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΑ)''.
*The Hellenic Navy
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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
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/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
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, October 13, 1945, by the order of General Staff Chief of Indonesia Army Lieutenant General Urip Sumohardjo
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as the Militaire Academie (MA) Yogyakarta
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.
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
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, Central Java
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, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, operated since 1946.
* Indonesian Naval Academy
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(''Akademi Angkatan Laut''; AAL), in Surabaya
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, East Java
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, 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
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, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force
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. 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
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Australia
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/ 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
Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...
(Central Java
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), and is supervised under the supervision of the Chief of the Indonesian National Police (''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
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: دانشگاه افسری امام علی; acronym
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: دا اف, DĀʿAF), formerly known as Officers' School (Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: دانشکده افسری) is the military academy of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army, in Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Iran.
* Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University
The Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Engineering or Air University, is Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force's military academy.
It was established in 1988 by the IRIAF general Mansour Sattari in Tehran, Iran, due to the necessity of provid ...
(Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: 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
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: دانشگاه علوم و فنون دریایی امام خمینی) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
, ''Daryādelān''"Seahearts"
, patron =
, motto = fa, راه ما، راه حسین است, ''Rāh-e ma, rāh-e hoseyn ast''"''Our Path, Is Hussain's Path''"
, colors =
, ...
, in Noshahr, Mazandaran, Iran.
* Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Academy (Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: دانشگاه پدافند هوایی خاتمالانبیاء آجا) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force, in Tehran, Iran.
* Imam Hossein University
The Imam Hossein Comprehensive University (also referred to as IHU or Imam Hossein University, fa, دانشگاه امام حسین, ''Dāneshgāh-e Emām Hosein'') is a public university located in Tehran, Iran.
The university was opened in 19 ...
(Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: 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
Amir Al-Momenin University of Military Sciences and Technology is the biggest IRGC staff military college for ground forces officers based in Isfahan. This academy has hosted international armed forces games matches. It was established in 2006, 138 ...
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
The Scuola Militare "Teulié" ('' Military School Teulié'') is a highly selective military school of the Italian Army and, founded in 1802, is one of the oldest military academies in the world. The school is located in the city of Milan in a his ...
, founded during the Napoleonic period in 1802, Italian Army, Milan
* Scuola Militare Navale Morosini, Italian Navy, Venice
* Scuola Militare Aeronautica Douhet, 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
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* Scuola di Applicazione, Torino
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*Accademia Navale
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* The Gallerie dell'Accademia, an art museum in Venice
Accademia may also refer to:
Academies of art
* The Accademia Carrara di Belle ...
, Livorno
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*Accademia Aeronautica
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, Pozzuoli
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History
Pozzuoli began as the Greek colony of ''Dicaearchia'' ( el, Δικα ...
* Scuola Ufficiali Carabinieri, Rome
* Accademia della Guardia di Finanza, Bergamo
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Japan
*National Defense Academy of Japan
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Common uses
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** 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 ...
(university level)
*National Defense Medical College
The is Japan's six-year university-level military academy under control of the Ministry of Defense whose objectives are to train future military officers who are also medical doctors and current military doctors. Students graduate with an adva ...
(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
Etajima base (JMSDF Etajima Naval Base) in Etajima city, Hiroshima prefecture is in the Etajima-cho government building and is the base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Beside housing the 1st Technical School and the Officer Candidates Sch ...
is located in Etajima city, in the prefecture of Hiroshima, is the naval academy of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...
(JMSDF).
Kazakhstan
* National Defense University
* Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces
The Sagadat Nurmagambetov Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces ( kk, Qurlyq áskerleriniń áskerı ınstıtýty / Құрлық әскерлерінің әскери институты), formerly known as the Alma-Ata Higher Combined Arm ...
(formerly the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School)
*
*
Kyrgyzstan
*
* Center for Advanced Training of Officers
Malaysia
Secondary level institutions:
* Royal Military College (Malaysia)
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(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 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 in the reserve components of the various branches of the Malaysian Armed Forces
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.
Mexico
* Heroica Escuela Naval Militar
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It began operations on 1 June 1897 with a group of cadets from the Mexican Army's Colegio Militar who had expressed an interest in training as naval office ...
* Heroico Colegio Militar
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* Colegio del Aire
Moldova
* Alexandru cel Bun Military Academy
Mongolia
* National Defense University
** Military Music College of Mongolia
The Military Music College of Mongolia is a military music institution in the Mongolian National Defense University. It is designed to prepare cadets to become professional musicians for art organizations in the Armed Forces of Mongolia, such as ...
Myanmar
* Defence Services Academy
The Defence Services Academy ( my, စစ်တက္ကသိုလ်, ) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence ...
* Defence Services Technological Academy
The Defence Services Technological Academy (DSTA) ( my, တပ်မတော် နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, ), located in Pyin-Oo-Lwin, Myanmar, is the premier technological university of the Myanmar Armed Forces. One o ...
* Defence Services Medical Academy
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* Officer Training School (Myanmar) (OTS)
* National Defence College (Myanmar) (NDC)
* Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science
Namibia
*Namibian Military School
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History
Th ...
Netherlands
*Koninklijke Militaire Academie
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*Royal Naval College (Netherlands)
The Royal Naval College was the service academy of the Royal Netherlands Navy. From 2005 it is part of the ("Royal naval institute" or KIM) as part of the ("Netherlands defence academy") in Den Helder. It offers a program of four or five yea ...
New Zealand
Tier One – initial officer training
* New Zealand Commissioning Course, Waiouru (NZ Army
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* Initial Officer Training, Woodbourne (RNZAF
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)
* Officer Training School, Devonport Naval Base
Tier Two – junior officer education
* NZDF Junior Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College
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Tier Three – senior officer education
* NZDF Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College
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Nigeria
High school training
* Nigerian Military School
The Nigerian Military School Zaria, popularly known as (NMS), founded as the Boys-Company of Nigeria in 1954, was established under the auspices of Nigerian Regiment Training centre of the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF). The school was ...
, Zaria
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– Nigerian Army
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History Formation
The Nigerian ...
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 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
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– joint Nigerian Armed Forces higher studies institute for both indigenous and international students
* Nigerian Army College of Logistics, Lagos
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– school for training middle career Nigerian Army
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The Nigerian ...
officers on military logistics
* National Defence College, Abuja
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– 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
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*Air War College Nigeria
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Norway
Undergraduate officer training
* Norwegian Military Academy
The Norwegian Military Academy (), in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army and serves as the King's Royal Guard. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway.
History
The Commander- ...
, Linderud/Oslo (Norwegian Army)
* Norwegian Naval Academy
The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA, ''Sjøkrigsskolen'' in Norwegian) is located at Laksevåg in Bergen. It was formally established 27 October 1817 in Frederiksvern. The institution educates officers for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
History
...
, Laksevåg/Bergen (Royal Norwegian Navy)
* Norwegian Air Force Academy
The Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy (RNoAFA) is the Norwegian Air Force's college which conducts officer training for the RNoAF and the Norwegian Armed Forces
The Norwegian Armed Forces ( no, Forsvaret, , The Defence) is the military organi ...
, Trondheim (Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Postgraduate training
* Norwegian Defence Staff College, Oslo (joint)
* Norwegian National Defence College, Oslo (civil service/very senior officers)
Pakistan
* Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul
* Pakistan Air Force Academy
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, Risalpur
* Pakistan Naval Academy
The Pakistan Naval Academy (PNA), PNS Rahbar, Manora is a federal military academy located in Manora, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Established in Manora, Karachi, under Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan in 1970, it is the one of the technologic ...
, Karachi
* Command and Staff College, Quetta
* National Defence University, Islamabad
* Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore
* PAF Air War College
PAF Air War College Institute is the Pakistan Air Force academic establishment providing training and education primarily to the mid-career officers of PAF as well as to limited number of officers from Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army and officers ...
, Karachi
* Army Burn Hall College, for boys, Abbottabad
* Army Public College of Management Sciences (public sector)
* Military College Jhelum, Jhelum District
* Military College Murree
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Military College Murree i ...
, Rawalpindi District
* Military College Sui, Dera Bugti District
* PAF College Sargodha
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* PAF College Murre Hills
* Cadet College Razmak
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History
The college was founded by the late prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutt ...
, Razmak North Waziristan Agency
* Cadet College Kohat
Cadet College Kohat Urdu : کیڈٹ کالج کوہاٹ is a military high school located on the outskirts of Kohat, Pakistan.
History
In Pakistan, Cadet Colleges were introduced by late Field Marshal, Muhammad Ayub Khan (Field Marshal), Ayub ...
* Cadet College Wana
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* Cadet College Spinkai
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* Cadet College Mastung
* Cadet College Petaro
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Its campus occupies over 700 acres ...
, Pakistan Navy
ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...
* Garrison Cadet College Kohat
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* Cadet College Skardu
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Paraguay
* Francisco López Military Academy
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History
The school was esta ...
, in Capiatá
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It is the only city in Central that borders seven cities: Aregua, Itaugua, Juan Augusto Saldívar, Luque, Ñemby, San Lorenzo and Ypane.
It is the location of the Francisco López Milit ...
, Paraguay
People's Republic of China
*PLA National Defense University
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*National University of Defense Technology
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*PLA Information Engineering University
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*Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
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Peru
Undergraduate officer training
* Chorrillos Military School (Peruvian Army)
* Peruvian Naval School
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(Peruvian Navy)
* Peruvian Air Force Officers' School (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
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(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
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), 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, Philippine Navy
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, Philippine Marine Corps and the Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...
. It is under the control of the Department of National Defense Department of Defence or Department of Defense may refer to:
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* Department of National Defence (Canada)
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* Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
. 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. 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
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– 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
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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
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– 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
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* Jarosław Dąbrowski Military University of Technology in Warsaw
*Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy
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in Wrocław
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*Polish Air Force Academy
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in Dęblin
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* Heroes of Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia
*Faculty of Military Medicine of the Medical University in Łódź
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Portugal
Pre-university level institution
* Colégio Militar, Lisbon – military basic and high school
* Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército, Lisbon – vocational education military school
Undergraduate officer training
* Academia Militar
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, Lisbon and Amadora – Portuguese Army
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and Republican National Guard university school
* Escola Naval ''Escola Naval'' (Portuguese for "Naval School") may refer to:
*Brazilian Naval School
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, Almada
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– Portuguese Navy university school
* Academia da Força Aérea, Sintra
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– Portuguese Air Force
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Postgraduate and staff training
* Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares
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, 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.
* 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
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*Chung-cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School
Republic of Ireland
* Defence Forces Training Centre
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* Naval College
* Air Corps College
Republic of Korea
The three main military academies:
* Korea Military Academy (Army
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* Korea Naval Academy
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* Korea Air Force Academy
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Other military academies:
* Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon
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, formerly Korea Third Military Academy
* Armed Forces Nursing Academy
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Romania
* Carol I National Defence University (''Universitatea Națională de Apărare Carol I''), Bucharest
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* Technical Military Academy (''Academia Tehnică Militară''), Bucharest
* Land Forces:
** Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy, Sibiu
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* Air Forces
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** Academia Forțelor Aeriene (Air Forces Academy), Braṣov
* Naval Forces
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**Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy
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Russia
See also: Cadet Corps (Russia)
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, 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
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in 1732, soon becoming widespread throughout the country.
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Cadet Corps
:*Karelia
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Cadet Corps
:*Krasnoyarsk
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Cadet Corps
:* Magnitogorsk Cadet Corps
:*Georgy Zhukov
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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
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
Space Forces
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Cadet Corps
:*St.Petersburg
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Strategic Rocket Forces Cadet Corps
:*St.Petersburg
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Artillery Cadet Corps
:*The 1st St. Petersburg Border guard
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Cadet Corps of the FSB
:* Tambov Cadet Corps
:*Toliatti
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Cadet Corps
:* Ufa Cadet Corps
* The Sea Cadet Corps
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:* 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 School
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s 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
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S.M.S.
:* Kazan Suvorov Military School, Kazan S.M.S.
:* Moscow Suvorov Military School, Moscow S.M.S.
:* Moscow Military Music College
:* North Caucasus S.M.S.
:* Orenburg S.M.S.
:* Perm, Russia, Perm S.M.S.
:* St. Petersburg Space Forces
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S.M.S.
:* Tula, Russia, Tula S.M.S. (reopening 2016 after 56 years of closure)
:* Tver S.M.S.
:* Ulyanovsk S.M.S.
:* Ussuriysk S.M.S.
:* Yekaterinburg Suvorov Military School, 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 Nakhimov Naval School, Murmansk N.N.S.
:* Kaliningrad N.N.S
:* Sevastopol N.N.S.
:* Vladivostok 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
* Military academies in Russia#S.O. Makarov Pacific Naval Institute, 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
* St. Petersburg Military College of Physical Fitness and Sports
* 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 (Russia), General staff Academy
* N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
Serbia
* Military Academy Belgrade
* Military Medical Academy (Serbia)
Singapore
* SAFTI Military Institute
** Officer Cadet School (Singapore), Officer Cadet School (OCS): trains officers
** SAFTI Military Institute#SAF Advanced Schools, SAF Advanced Schools: conducts specialised training for officers
** SAFTI Military Institute#Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College, Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College: trains senior officers to take up command and staff appointments
* Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI)
** Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute#SAFWOS Leadership School, SAFWOS Leadership School: trains Warrant officer#Singapore Armed Forces, warrant officers and Singapore Armed Forces ranks#Military experts, military experts
** Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute#Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School, Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School: conducts advanced courses for warrant officers, military experts and Specialist (Singapore), specialists (NCOs)
** Specialist Cadet School: trains specialists (NCOs)
Somalia
* Camp TURKSOM 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
*Academia General del Aire, San Javier, Spain, San Javier
*Naval Military Academy, Marín, Pontevedra, Marín
* Escuela Superior de las Fuerzas Armadas
* Academia Central de la Defensa
* Academia de Artillería
* Academia de Infantería de Toledo, Academia de Infantería
* Academia de Caballería de Valladolid, Academia de Caballería
* Academia de Ingenieros de Hoyo de Manzanares, Academia de Ingenieros
* Academia de Logística
* Academia General Básica de Suboficiales
* Navy NCO School
* Academia Básica del Aire
* Escuela Militar de Montaña y Operaciones Especiales
Sri Lanka
University
*General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Colombo
Officer training
*Sri Lanka Military Academy, Diyatalawa
*Naval and Maritime Academy, Trincomalee
*Air Force Academy, China Bay, Air Force Academy, SLAF China Bay, 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
Thailand
*Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (secondary level)
*Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (university level)
*Phramongkutklao College of Medicine (medicine, university level)
*Royal Thai Navy Academy (university level)
*Royal Thai Air Force Academy (university level)
* Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy
; Medicine, University level
* Phramongkutklao College of Medicine
* Royal Thai Army Nursing College
* Royal Thai Navy Nursing College
* Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College
* Royal Thai Police Nursing College
Turkey
*National Defense University (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)
** Alp Arslan 2nd Specialized Military School (Dashoguz)
** Soltan Sanjar 3rd Specialized Military School (Mary, Turkmenistan, 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 Region, Uganda, Western Uganda
* Kalama Warfare Training School – at Kabamba, Mubende District
* National Leadership Institute (NALI) – at Kyankwanzi, Kyankwanzi District
* Oliver Tambo School of Leadership – at Kaweweta, Nakaseke District
* Uganda Air Defence and Artillery School – 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, Jinja
* Uganda Military Academy – at Kabamba, Mubende District
* Uganda Senior Command and Staff College – at Kimaka, Jinja, Uganda, 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; however, the primary Ukrainian military academies are the following:
* Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy, Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyi Military Academy, Lviv
* 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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Australia
The rank of second lieutenant existed in the military forces of the Australian colonies and Australian Army until ...
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.
External links
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References
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