Military academy

The first military academies were established in the 18th century to provide future officers for technically specialized corps, such as military engineers and artillery, with scientific training.

The Italian Military Academy was inaugurated in Turin on January 1, 1678, as the Savoy Royal Academy, making it the oldest military academy in existence.[1] The Royal Danish Naval Academy was set up in 1701.[2] The Royal Military Academy, Woolwich was set up in 1741, after a false start in 1720 because of a lack of funds,[3] as the earliest military academy in Britain. Its original purpose was to train cadets entering the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. In France, the École Royale du Génie at Mézières was founded in 1748, followed by a non-technical academy in 1751, the École Royale Militaire offering a general military education to the nobility. French military academies were widely copied in Prussia, Austria, Russia. The Norwegian Military Academy in Oslo, educates officers of the Norwegian Army. The academy was established in 1750, and is the oldest institution for higher education in Norway.

By the turn of the century, under the impetus of the Napoleonic Wars 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.[4] The Kriegsakademie in Prussia was founded in 1801 and the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr was created by order of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 as a replacement for the École Royale Militaire of the Ancien Régime (the institution that Napoleon himself had graduated from).

The Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England was the brainchild of John Le Marchant in 1801,[5] who established schools for the military instruction of officers at High Wycombe and Great Marlow, with a grant of £30,000 from Parliament. The two original departments were later combined and moved to Sandhurst.

In the United States, the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York was founded on March 16, 1802, and is one of five service academies in the nation.

• Armed Forces Academy

• Army Military Academy
• National Air Force Academy
• Naval Academy

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner addresses the 2010 graduating class of Argentina's National Military College.

Argentine Army:

• Colegio Militar de la Nación (National Military College), in El Palomar, Buenos Aires (northwestern outskirts of Buenos Aires)

Argentine Navy:

• 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

• National Defense Research University
• Vazgen Sargsyan Military Institute
• Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University

The Australian Defence Force Academy is a tri-service military college established in 1986.

• Australian Defence Force Academy
• Royal Australian Naval College
• Royal Military College, Duntroon
• Officers' Training School RAAF

• Theresian Military Academy
• Landesverteidigungsakademie

• War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
• Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy

Colours Contingent of the Bangladesh Military Academy, a training institute for officers of the Bangladesh Army

• Bangladesh Military Academy
• Bangladesh Naval Academy
• Bangladesh Air Force Academy
• Armed Forces Medical College[6] (AFMC), Airport Road, Dhaka

• Military Academy of Belarus
• Border Guard Service Institute of Belarus
• Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus

• Royal Military Academy (Belgium)

• Military College of Bolivia (Colegio Militar del Ejército de Bolivia)[7]
• Bolivian Military Naval Academy
• Bolivian Air Force Academy

• Vasil Levski National Military University founded in 1878 as a military school in Plovdiv
  • Air Force Faculty in Dolna Mitropoliya
  • Artillery, Air Defence and CIS Faculty in Shumen
  • All-Force Faculty faculty in Veliko Tarnovo
• Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna and founded in 1881 as Naval Machinery School in Rousse
• Rakovski Defence and Staff College in Sofia, founded with an Act of the 15th National Assembly of March 1, 1912, in Sofia

Royal Military College of Canada band piper and bugler. Established in 1876, the College is Canada's only post-secondary military college with degree-granting powers.

Two post-secondary military academies are operated under the Canadian Military Colleges system, the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) in Kingston, Ontario; and Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. RMCC was established in 1876, while RMC Saint-Jean was established in 1954.[12] The two institutions provided military education to officer cadets of all three elements in the Canadian Forces; the navy, army and air force; with RMC granted the authority to confer academic degrees in arts, science and engineering by the 1960s.[13] 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).[12]

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.[14] Military discipline and training, as well as a focus on physical fitness and fluency in both of Canada's two official languages, English and French, provided cadets with ample challenges and a very fulfilling experience.[15] 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.[16] RRMC reopened as a civilian university in the fall of 1995, and is maintained by the Government of British Columbia. 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.[17]

In addition to Canadian Military Colleges, the Canadian Armed Forces also operate a number of training centres and schools, including the Canadian Forces College, and the Canadian Forces Language School. The components of the Canadian Armed Forces also maintain training centres and schools. The Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre (CADTC) is a formation in the Army that delivers combat, and doctrinal training. The CADTC includes several training establishments, such as the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre, Combat Training Centre, Command and Staff College, and the Peace Support Training Centre. The 2 Canadian Air Division is the formation responsible for training in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and includes establishments like the Royal Canadian Air Force Academy, 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School, and 3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School. The RCAF also maintains the Canadian Forces School of Survival and Aeromedical Training.

In addition to publicly operated institutions, Canada is also home to one private military boarding school, Robert Land Academy, in West Lincoln, Ontario. Founded in 1978, it is an all-boys' institute that is fully accredited by Ontario's Ministry of Education. The school offers elementary and secondary levels of education, providing schooling for students from Grade 6 to Grade 12.

The Honour Guard of José María Córdova Military School. Cadets undergo undergraduate studies at the institution.

National Army of Colombia:

• José María Córdova Military School, in Bogotá.
• Colombian Army NCO School

Colombian Air Force:

• Marco Fidel Suarez Military Aviation School, in Cali.

Colombian Naval Infantry and Colombian Navy:

• Admiral Padilla Naval Academy, in Cartagena de Indias.

National Police of Colombia:

• General Santander National Police Academy, in Bogotá.

• Univerzita Obrany (University of Defence)
• Military academy and training command

• Kim Jong-un National Defense University
• Kim Il-sung Military University
• Kim Il-sung Military Political University
• Kim Jong-suk Naval Academy
• Kim Chaek Air Force Academy

Established in 1701, the Royal Danish Naval Academy is the oldest-still-existing officers' academy in the world.

• Royal Danish Defence College
• Royal Danish Military Academy
• Royal Danish Naval Academy
• Royal Danish Air Force Officers School

• Egyptian Military Academy
  • Egyptian Military College
  • Egyptian Air Defense College
  • Egyptian Air College
  • Egyptian Naval College
• Nasser Military Academy
• Egyptian Military Technical College
• Egyptian Military medical college

• Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School

The Baltic Defence College is a multinational military college established by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

• Estonian Military Academy
• Baltic Defence College, both in Tartu

The Raakunamäki Military Academy in Lappeenranta, Finland

• Finnish National Defence University (Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu), on Santahamina island, Helsinki

• 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

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The main complex of the Naval Academy Mürwik of the German Navy

Library of Bundeswehr University Munich, which provides post-secondary education to military personnel and civilians

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, in Flensburg-Mürwik
• The German Army supervises:
  • Offizierschule des Heeres, in Dresden
• The German Air Force supervises:
  • Offizierschule der Luftwaffe, in Fürstenfeldbruck

Academic and staff education:

• Universities of the German Federal Armed Forces
  • Helmut Schmidt University, in Hamburg
  • Bundeswehr University Munich, in Munich
• Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr, in Hamburg

A sloop of the Hellenic Naval Academy sails past with a crew of naval cadet officers. The Academy is supervised by the Hellenic Navy.

The Hellenic Armed Forces have military academies supervised by each branch of the Armed Forces individually:

Highest Military Academies (ΑΣΣ) or Higher Military Educational Institutions (ΑΣΕΙ):

• The Hellenic Army supervises:
  • The Evelpidon Military Academy, in Athens.
  • The Corps Officers Military Academy, in Thessaloniki.
  • The Nursery Officers Academy, in Athens.
• The Hellenic Air Force supervises:
  • The Icarus Air Force Academy, in Tatoi (Athens).
• The Hellenic Navy supervises:
  • The Hellenic Naval Cadets Academy, in Piraeus.

Higher Military NCO Academies (ΑΣΣΥ):

• The Hellenic Army supervises the Military Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥ).
• The Hellenic Air Force supervises the Air Force Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΑ).
• The Hellenic Navy supervises the Naval Non-commissioned Officers' Academy (ΣΜΥΝ).

Despite their names (Greek: Σχολές Υπαξιωματικών, lit. 'Sub-officers' Academies'), their alumni can advance to the rank of Antisyntagmatarchis/Antipterachos/Antiploiarchos.

• National University of Public Service (Successor of Royal Hungarian Ludovica Military Academy, which founded in 1808)
  • Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training

Cadets of the Indonesian Military Academy in parade uniform during the Indonesian independence day ceremony. The institution is the military academy of the Indonesian Army.

Cadets from the Indonesian Naval Academy tour the USS Fort Worth on CARAT Indonesia 2015. The Indonesian Naval Academy is part of the Indonesian Navy.

Cadets of the Indonesian Air Force Academy in formation before parading for the Air force anniversary ceremony. The Academy is operated by the Indonesian Air Force.

The Indonesian Military Academy[20] was founded in Yogyakarta, October 13, 1945, by the order of General Staff Chief of Indonesia Army Lieutenant General Urip Sumohardjo as the Militaire Academie (MA) Yogyakarta.

Currently, the Tentara Nasional Indonesia or the TNI (Indonesian National Armed Forces), under the supervision of the Commanding General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System (a two or three-star officer in billet) in the HQ of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, has divided the academies into the three respective services:

• Indonesian Military Academy (Akademi Militer; Akmil), in Magelang, Central Java, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, operated since 1946.
• Indonesian Naval Academy (Akademi Angkatan Laut; AAL), in Surabaya, East Java, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy. The Indonesian Naval Academy also educates and forms officers to serve in the Indonesian Marine Corps. In existence since 1951.
• Indonesian Air Force Academy (Akademi Angkatan Udara; AAU), in Yogyakarta, is under the supervision of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force. The 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/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 (Cadet Private), 1st year (4 months)
• Kopral Taruna (Cadet Corporal), 1st year (8 months)
• Sersan Taruna (Cadet Sergeant), 2nd year
• Sersan Mayor Dua Taruna (Cadet Second Sergeant Major), 3rd year
• Sersan Mayor Satu Taruna (Cadet First Sergeant Major), 4th year

Taruna is also a nickname to cadets in the Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies, however other nicknames such as Kadet refers to cadets in the Naval Academy, while 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 officially separated from the armed forces, the Indonesian Police Academy ("AKPOL") also stood under the National Armed Forces Academy but now has separated from the Military and is under the auspices of the President of Indonesia controlled by the National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri), where in the other hand the Armed Forces (Army, Naval, and Air Force) Academies of Indonesia is under the auspices of the Ministry of Defense controlled by the Armed Forces General Headquarters (Mabes TNI). Presently, the Police Academy is in Semarang (Central Java), and is supervised under the supervision of the Chief of the Indonesian National Police (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 has five main military universities:

• Imam Ali Officers' University (Persian: دانشگاه افسری امام علی; acronym:[21] دا اف, DĀʿAF), formerly known as Officers' School (Persian: دانشکده افسری) is the military academy of Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army, in Tehran, Iran.
• Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University (Persian: دانشگاه علوم و فنون هوایی شهید ستاری) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, in Tehran, Iran.
• Imam Khomeini Naval University of Noshahr (Persian: دانشگاه علوم و فنون دریایی امام خمینی) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, in Noshahr, Mazandaran, Iran.
• Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Academy (Persian: دانشگاه پدافند هوایی خاتم‌الانبیاء آجا) is the military academy of Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force, in Tehran, Iran.
• Imam Hossein University (Persian: دانشگاه امام حسین‎; acronym: IHU) is the military academy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in Tehran, Iran.
• Amir Al-Momenin University of Military Sciences and Technology

• Israeli Naval Academy

A cadet of Italy's Nunziatella military academy in 1787, the year the academy was established

High school level institutions (only for classical and scientific liceum, starting from grade 10):

• Scuola Militare Nunziatella, founded during the Bourbon Period in 1787, in Italian Army, Naples
• Scuola Militare Teulié, 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
• Scuola di Applicazione, Torino
• Accademia Navale, Livorno
• Accademia Aeronautica, Pozzuoli
• Scuola Ufficiali Carabinieri, Rome
• Accademia della Guardia di Finanza, Bergamo

Cadets of the Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces march in the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

• National Defense University
• Military Institute of the Kazakh Ground Forces (formerly the Alma-Ata Higher All-Arms Command School)
• Talgat Bigeldinov Military Institute of the Air Defence Forces
• Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and Communications

• Military Institute of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
• Center for Advanced Training of Officers

Cadets of National Defence University of Malaysia on an exercise. The institution is a post-secondary school operated by the Malaysian Armed Forces.

Secondary level institutions:

• Royal Military College (Malaysia) (Maktab Tentera Diraja)

University level:

• National Defence University of Malaysia[22] (University Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia) (foundation, bachelor's degree, master's degree, PhD and specialist courses)
• Armed Forces Defence College[23] (Maktab Pertahanan Angkatan Tentera)

Specialist training and staff institutions:

• Officers Cadet School in Port Dickson (OCS)
• Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College[24] (Maktab Turus Angkatan Tentera)
• Armed Forces Health Training Institute[25] (Institut Latihan Kesihatan Angkatan Tentera)
• Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre[26] (Pusat Latihan Pengaman Malaysia)

Reserve Officer Training Units (Malay: Pasukan Latihan Pegawai Simpanan or PALAPES) 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.

A cadet of Mexico's Heroic Military Academy with a golden eagle, the institution's mascot

• Heroica Escuela Naval Militar
• Heroico Colegio Militar
• Colegio del Aire

• Alexandru cel Bun Military Academy

• National Defense University
  • Military Music College of Mongolia

• Defence Services Academy
• Defence Services Technological Academy
• Defence Services Medical Academy
• Officer Training School (Myanmar) (OTS)
• National Defence College (Myanmar) (NDC)
• Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science

• Namibian Military School

Cadets in a classroom of the Netherlands' Royal Naval Institute. The academy is a part of Nederlandse Defensie Academie.

• Koninklijke Militaire Academie
• Royal Naval College (Netherlands)

Tier One – initial officer training

• New Zealand Commissioning Course, Waiouru (NZ Army)
• Initial Officer Training, Woodbourne (RNZAF)
• Officer Training School, Devonport Naval Base

Tier Two – junior officer education

• NZDF Junior Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College

Tier Three – senior officer education

• NZDF Staff Course, New Zealand Defence College

A passing out parade at Pakistan Military Academy

• Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul
• Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur
• Pakistan Naval Academy, Karachi
• Command and Staff College, Quetta
• National Defence University, Islamabad
• Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore
• PAF Air War College, Karachi
• Army Burn Hall College, for boys, Abbottabad
• Army Public College of Management Sciences (public sector)
• Military College Jhelum, Jhelum District
• Military College Murree, Rawalpindi District
• Military College Sui, Dera Bugti District
• PAF College Sargodha
• PAF College Murre Hills
• Cadet College Razmak, Razmak North Waziristan Agency
• Cadet College Kohat
• Cadet College Wana
• Cadet College Spinkai
• Cadet College Mastung
• Cadet College Petaro, Pakistan Navy
• Garrison Cadet College Kohat
• Cadet College Skardu

• Francisco López Military Academy, in Capiatá, Paraguay

Main gate of the PLA National Defence University, a national university administered by the People's Liberation Army.

• PLA National Defense University
• National University of Defense Technology
• PLA Information Engineering University
• Army Command College of the Chinese People's Liberation Army

Undergraduate officer training

• Chorrillos Military School (Peruvian Army)
• Peruvian Naval School (Peruvian Navy)
• Peruvian Air Force Officers' School (Peruvian Air Force)

Graduating cadets of Philippine Military Academy at a homecoming

The National Defense College of the Philippines is a graduate-level military college established in 1963.

The Philippines patterned all its service academies after the United States Military Academy (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 – 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, Philippine Marine Corps and the Philippine Air Force. It is under the control of the Department of National Defense. Its former name was the Philippine Constabulary Academy. During the American colonial rule era, U.S. Army Cavalry Officers established the school for the professionalization of the enlisted personnel of the defunct Philippine Constabulary. It was renamed the Philippine Military Academy before the 1930s. In 1992, PMA stopped providing graduates to the Philippine Constabulary after the passage of Republic Act 6975 which resulted in the merger of the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police. The merged institutions was named the Philippine National Police. Beginning in 1993, PMA became a co-educational school.
• Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, Zambales – It is a school for students who shall serve in different private shipping companies, foreign or local. Its graduates may serve in the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy as an ensign after graduation depending upon their choice. All PMMA graduates are also automatically appointed by the president of the Philippines as ensigns (2nd lieutenants) in the Philippine Navy Reserve. This is the oldest of the Philippine service academies having been established in 1820 during the long period of Spanish colonial rule in the country, and was first situated in Manila for many years.

Aside from the PMA and the PMMA, all three branches of the AFP have their own Officer Candidate Course Programs for both men and women, patterned after their US counterparts.

The nation's higher military colleges are:

• Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College, Quezon City – 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.

Cadets of the Polish Naval Academy aboard the ORP Iskra, 1937

• War Studies University
• Jarosław Dąbrowski Military University of Technology in Warsaw
• Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy in Wrocław
• Polish Air Force Academy in Dęblin
• Heroes of Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia
• Faculty of Military Medicine of the Medical University in Łódź

• 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
• Chung-cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School

• Defence Forces Training Centre
• Naval College
• Air Corps College

Cadets of the Korean Military Academy during a visit to United Nations Command

The three main military academies:

• Korea Military Academy (Army)
• Korea Naval Academy
• Korea Air Force Academy

Other military academies:

• Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon, formerly Korea Third Military Academy
• Armed Forces Nursing Academy

• Carol I National Defence University (Universitatea Națională de Apărare Carol I), Bucharest
• Technical Military Academy (Academia Tehnică Militară), Bucharest
• Land Forces:
  • Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy, Sibiu
• Air Forces:
  • Academia Forțelor Aeriene (Air Forces Academy), Braṣov
• Naval Forces:
  • Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy, Constanṭa

See also: Cadet Corps (Russia), Military academies in Russia

Secondary education

A cadet of Moscow Suvorov Military School, the first of several Suvorov Military Schools established throughout Russia

• Suvorov Military Schools are a type of boarding school in modern Russia for boys aged 14–18. Education in such these schools focuses on military related subjects.

• Irkutsk S.M.S.
• Kazan S.M.S.
• Moscow S.M.S.
• Moscow Military Music College
• North Caucasus S.M.S.
• Orenburg S.M.S.
• Perm S.M.S.
• St. Petersburg Space Forces S.M.S.
• Tula S.M.S. (reopening 2016 after 56 years of closure)
• Tver S.M.S.
• Ulyanovsk S.M.S.
• Ussuriysk S.M.S.
• Yekaterinburg S.M.S.

• Nakhimov Naval School is a form of higher naval education for teenagers introduced in modern Russia.

• St. Petersburg N.N.S.
• Murmansk N.N.S.
• Kaliningrad N.N.S
• Sevastopol N.N.S.
• Vladivostok N.N.S.

Post-secondary education

The Engineers Castle of Russia's Military Engineering-Technical University, with a monument to Peter the Great in the foreground

Established in 1832, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia is a post-graduate military academy.

• Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
• Gagarin Air Force Academy (now the Gagarin-Zhukovsky Combined Air Force Academy)
• Military Engineering-Technical University
• Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
• Alexander Popov Naval Radio-electronic Academy
• Military Materiel Security Academy
• Pacific Naval Institute
• Moscow Peter the Great Strategic Rocket Forces Academy
• Moscow Higher Military Command School
• Baltic Naval Institute
• Sevastopol Black Sea Higher Naval Institute
• Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
• Far Eastern Higher Combined Arms Command School
• Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps
• Yekaterinburg Force Command School of Artillery
• Air General Staff Center of Missile and Air Defense Excellence
• Khabarovsk Military Commanders Training Academy
• Civil Defense Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
• Sergey Kirov Military Communications Academy
• S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy
• 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

Cadets fencing at the Serbian Military Academy

• Military Academy Belgrade
• Military Medical Academy (Serbia)

The Officer Cadet School within the SAFTI Military Institute as seen from the northwest.

• SAFTI Military Institute
  • Officer Cadet School (OCS): trains officers
  • SAF Advanced Schools: conducts specialised training for officers
  • Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College: trains senior officers to take up command and staff appointments
• Specialist and Warrant Officer Institute (SWI)
  • SAFWOS Leadership School: trains warrant officers and military experts
  • Specialist and Warrant Officer Advanced School: conducts advanced courses for warrant officers, military experts and specialists (NCOs)
  • Specialist Cadet School: trains specialists (NCOs)

• Camp TURKSOM trains both officers and NCOs, offers a two-year course for officers and a one-year course for NCOs.

• South African Military Academy provides officers in the SANDF with an opportunity to earn a 3yr BMil degree.

• General Military Academy, Zaragoza
• Academia General del Aire, San Javier
• Naval Military Academy, Marín
• Escuela Superior de las Fuerzas Armadas
• Academia Central de la Defensa
• Academia de Artillería
• Academia de Infantería
• Academia de Caballería
• 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

• Tanzania Military Academy

• 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

Cadets of the Turkish Military Academy at 2016 Sandhurst Competition at West Point

• National Defense University
• Turkish Military Academy
• Turkish Naval Academy
• Turkish Air Force Academy

Cadets of the Berdimuhamed Annayev 1st Specialized Military School

• 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)
• Turkmen State Border Service Institute
• Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan
• Turkmen National Security Institute
• Turkmen Naval Institute

Uganda maintains the followings military training institutions, as of December 2010:[27]

• Bihanga Military Training School – at Bihanga, in Ibanda District, Western Uganda[28]
• Kalama Warfare Training School – at Kabamba, Mubende District[29][30][31]
• National Leadership Institute (NALI) – at Kyankwanzi, Kyankwanzi District
• Oliver Tambo School of Leadership – at Kaweweta, Nakaseke District[32][33]
• Uganda Air Defence and Artillery School – at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District
• Uganda Military Airforce Academy – at Nakasongola in Nakasongola District[34]
• University of Military Science and Technology – at Lugazi, Buikwe District[35]
• Uganda Junior Staff College – at Qaddafi Barracks, Jinja
• Uganda Military Academy – at Kabamba, Mubende District
• Uganda Senior Command and Staff College – at Kimaka, Jinja
• Uganda Urban Warfare Training School – at Singo, Kiboga District[36]

The Tashkent Higher Tank Command School during the soviet period

• 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
• Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan
• Military-Technical Institute of the National Guard of Uzbekistan
• Uzbekistan Air Academy

• 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 National Defence University

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• Cadet, Linton Hall, Linton Hall Military School Memories: One cadet's memoir, Scrounge Press, 2014. ISBN 9781495931963 Memoir of cadet who attended a military school for boys ages 6 to 16.

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