The National Defense University (NDU) is an institution of

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funded by the

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, intended to facilitate high-level education, training, and professional development of

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leaders. As a chairman's Controlled Activity, NDU operates under the guidance of the

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) is the presiding officer of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). The chairman is the highest-ranking and most senior military officer in the United States Armed Forces Chairman: app ...

(CJCS), with Lieutenant General Michael T. Plehn, USAF, as president. It is located on the grounds of

Fort Lesley J. McNair Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Cha ...

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''Location'' The university is located at Fort Leslie McNair, almost in the heart of Washington, near the White House and the US Congress
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Components

The National Defense University includes: *Colleges and schools **College of International Security Affairs **

Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (Eisenhower School), formerly known as the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF), is a part of the National Defense University. It was renamed on September 6, 20 ...

(The Eisenhower School), formerly the Industrial College of the Armed Forces ** College of Information and Cyberspace (formerly Information Resources Management College or "iCollege") **

Joint Forces Staff College The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC), located in Norfolk, Virginia, was established as the Armed Forces Staff College in 1946 and incorporated into the National Defense University in August 1981. It educates and acculturates joint and multina ...

National War College The National War College (NWC) of the United States is a school in the National Defense University. It is housed in Roosevelt Hall on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., the third-oldest Army post still active. History The National War Colle ...

*Programs ** CAPSTONE **KEYSTONE **PINNACLE *Research centers **Institute for National Strategic Studies ***Center for Strategic Research ***Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs ***Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction ****Program for Emerging Leaders ****Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Fellowship Program ***NDU Press **Center for Applied Strategic Learning *NDU Libraries

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Research institutes and centers

* Institute of National Strategic Studies; * Center for Strategic Studies; * Center for the Study of Military Affairs of China; * Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction; * Press of the National University of Defense (the university publishes 1,300 periodicals) * Center for applied strategic training; * Center for joint and strategic logistics. * The university has a scientific and reference library, the funds of which are open to all students and teachers
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Associated organizations

*NDU Board of Visitors *National Defense University Foundation *

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*Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area

Publications

The NDU Press supports education, research, and outreach as the university's cross-component, professional military, and academic publishing house. Publications include the journals ''Joint Force Quarterly'' (JFQ) and ''PRISM'', books such as Strategic Assessment 2020, case studies, policy briefs, and strategic monographs.

List of presidents

References

External links

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National Defense University publications
on the

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US National Defense University Location, History, Structure, and acceptance rate
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