National Defense Academy of Japan

Coordinates: 35°15′27.6″N 139°43′19.1″E / 35.257667°N 139.721972°E / 35.257667; 139.721972
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National Defense Academy of Japan
防衛大学校 (Bōei Daigakkō)
Kanagawa
,
Japan
WebsiteNational Defense Academy of Japan Webpage

National Defense Academy of Japan (防衛大学校, Bōei Daigakkō), abbreviated NDA (防大, Bōdai) is the national, four-year

Kanagawa
.

History

The National Defense Academy of Japan was opened in 1952 as National Safety Academy (保安大学校), and was renamed "National Defense Academy" in 1954, when the incipient Japanese military was renamed from National Safety Force (保安隊) to the

first female student
in 1992.

Selection

Its main course students are selected from applicants and typically are recent graduates from Japanese civilian senior

high schools who have completed twelve years of formal schooling. They are paid a salary as employees of the Ministry of Defense
.

After graduation they are posted to the Officer Candidate Schools in one of three forces, conduct training alongside civilian university graduates and internal promotees before being commissioned as an officer after a year or two.

Postgraduate

The academy also conducts master's and doctoral level courses for students who are endorsed by their supervisors at their respective serving forces.

Affiliation

The National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education, an Independent Administrative Institution affiliated with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has recognised the courses and awards the graduates degrees on request. As the Academy is not an MEXT-recognised university, it cannot offer its own degrees.

List of presidents

National Defense Academy of Japan aerial view

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

  • Condoleezza Rice had a three-week visiting professorship at the NDAJ in 1984, where she "had a hard time adjusting to the rigid hierarchy," according to her 2010 memoirs, Extraordinary, Ordinary People.
  • organizational theorist
  • Ikuhiko Hata, historian

See also

External links

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