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Before World War II, American scholarship in the profession of arms matured in each of the military services more or less independently. Requirements for advanced education for leaders of the nation's military and naval forces were met as they arose through postgraduate colleges set up by and for the respective services. The 20th century imposed a growing need for closer ties between force and diplomacy between America's military services and the industries that arm them, and particularly among our military centers of higher learning and research. This led to the creation of the Army Industrial College in 1924 and, after World War II, forming joint colleges of higher learning. These new joint colleges included the Armed Forces Staff College, the National War College, and the Army Industrial College, which later became the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. NDU was established in 1976 to consolidate intellectual resources and provide joint higher education for the nation's defense community. The Industrial College of the Armed Forces (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy) and the National War College were the new institution's original two constituent colleges. The Armed Forces Staff College (now the Joint Forces Staff College) was added to the university in 1981. A year later, the Department of Defense Computer Institute (now the Information Resources Management College) joined. The university's newest school is the College of International Security Affairs, created in 2002 as the School for National Security Executive Education. NDU will create strategic advantage by developing joint warfighters and other national security leaders and forging relationships through whole-of-nations and whole-of-government educational programs, research, and engagement. National Defense University students are selected by their service, agency, department, or country to attend NDU programs. NDU does not accept applications from individuals for admission. Consequently, traditional measures of student outcomes are not comparable to civilian universities. Almost 100% of our enrollees graduate in the time allotted, almost 100% of our graduates are employed during their enrollment and for several years after graduation. Data concerning the organizational diversity of our student bodies follow, listed by component. View full university

The University was founded in 1889 by general Stefan Falcoianu. It became the sixth staff school in Europe, after those in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Turin, Brussels, initially under the name of "Superior War School". French, German, and Soviet influences were felt throughout this institution's years during the educational process. "LABOR IMPROBUS OMNIA VINCIT" - "Great labor overcomes everything" has been the motto for the education of over 21.000 officers from all categories of armed forces since the founding of NDU until the present day. The educational process in the National Defense University "Carol I" is complete and complex and is meant to consolidate the scientific instruments and the methodology needed in order to facilitate the use of principles and norms of military action and leadership at the joint, operational, and strategic levels in time of peace, crisis and war. National Defense University "Carol I," an essential institution of teaching, research, and culture, offers many degree programs at several levels and forms of university education: doctoral programs, masters, undergraduate programs, open education majors, and other training courses. The role of NDU "Carol I" Training of leaders and experts (military and civilian) in the field of national defense and security. The elaboration of scientific studies requested by structures with responsibilities in national defense and security (Presidency, Government, Supreme Council for National Defense, Parliament). NDU "Carol I" missions Training of officers for JOINT and multinational operations Training of military and civilian personnel for positions of command at superior levels Training of commandants and general staff officers for the command of military operations Political and military training of selected personnel Master and Ph.D. training in the field of Military Sciences Development of postgraduate courses Development of scientific research activities Elaboration of national defense and security studies Documentary, expertise, and training support in the field of national defense and security Development of cooperation with research and higher education institutions in Romania and abroad Designing and developing teaching logistics. In the Ministry of Defense, the National Defense University "Carol I" is subordinated directly to the National Defense Minister. However, it also has connections with the Ministry of Education and Research and all other central structures of The Ministry of Defense, such as the general staff of all categories of forces, the Directorate of Management and Human Resources. During the past years, the activities of international military cooperation organized by the National Defense University "Carol I" have had a goal to develop relations with similar institutions all over the world to accelerate the reform of military education towards a new organizational conception. The National Defense University "Carol I" is a full-rights member of PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, having an active presence in this international organization's study groups and workshops. The graduation ceremony of the 120th Promotion of the National Defense University "Carol I" is a significant and emotional event for our institution's entire community. Today, after 128 years since it opened its doors to education and knowledge, the National Defense University "Carol I" continues to represent an institutional and professional model, being part of the European Higher Education Area, with a "high degree of trust," awarded by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, between 2015 and 2020. Given that in today's security environment the cyber attacks are a clear challenge to the security of the North-Atlantic Alliance, the National Defense University "Carol I" has introduced in the educational offer, starting with the next academic year, a new Master's degree program, Communication Leadership, Technology Intelligence, and cyber defense, being a program organized by the Security and Defense Faculty in the field of "Intelligence and National Security". The National Defense University "Carol I" continues to carry on cooperation programs on education and research with similar universities abroad by organizing joint study programs with mutual academic recognition, including creating and implementing student and teacher mobility within the ERASMUS + program. View full university

Our mandate is “To prepare future defense and security leaders for high positions of responsibility and command and undertake strategic research and special studies as a basis for the formulation of policies to enhance national defense and security, and programs and projects in pursuit of the Department of National Defense (DND) mission.” Our vision is “To be a center of excellence in educational and policy development for dynamic strategic leaders in national defense and security in the Asia Pacific by 2022”. The National Defense College of the Philippines upholds the constitutional provision that “The defense of the State is the prime duty of every citizen.” The NDCP pursues this commitment by educating future national leaders from the various sectors of society on the aspects of national defense and security. The NDCP has the broad mission to prepare and develop potential national defense leaders, civilian officials of the different branches of the government, and selected executives from the private sector for more effective participation in national security formulation, for high command and staff duty, and the conduct of strategic and international studies as the basis for national policies. Cognizant of this mission, the academic department envisions to be a modern, technology-driven, and globally competitive national defense and security institution of higher learning in the country. The College believes that a national security administrator must possess the broad skills and the proper attitude necessary to perform various responsibilities. The NDCP provides the kind of education needed by this administrator in terms of analytical and conceptual skills to prepare him to meet the broad challenges emanating from the internal and external environment. Applicants are required to pass a series of psychological tests, written and oral examinations. Those who qualify are interviewed, screened, and selected by the Board of Admissions. Finally, the Board of Admissions submits the list of those who qualified to the President of the NDCP, who, together with the Executive Vice President and the Vice President/Dean for Academic Affairs, decides en banc on the final list of those to be admitted. During class sessions, a variety of methodologies are employed. These range from group discussions, workshops, panel discussions, directed readings, reaction papers, and other participatory learning strategies. Opportunity lectures, symposia, field trips cum on-site briefings are also employed to reinforce the learning process further. Course examinations deal with the recollection of data obtained from the class sessions, references, and other sources. They include assessing the students’ capabilities to integrate, synthesize, and apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the course work. A very highly selective method of choosing lecturers/discussants is maintained at all times. To establish the lecturers’ credibility, criteria for selection include, among others, outstanding academic qualifications and exposure to and mastery of topics to be taken up. A sound, updated, and credible curriculum is maintained. Continuing analysis and assessment of the curriculum is periodically made to keep it abreast with national security concerns and developments. The NDCP Library contains approximately 20,000 volumes of reference books, magazines, periodicals, research work of students, and other studies by the staff, faculty, and consultants of the College. This collection is designed to provide current information to the faculty and staff, students, and alumni of the regular and special courses at NDCP, academicians, and researchers from other educational institutions, government agencies, and military establishments. The College has an online catalog. You can use it to find information on books and other documents we hold. Anyone can search the catalog free of charge. The National Defense College of the Philippines was first conceived in 1957 when the military advisors of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) proposed the setting-up of a SEATO War College in the Philippines. Cognizant of the need to establish a higher educational institution in the military that would be an institution at the zenith of the defense establishment where civilian-military cooperation for national security could be effectively forged, President Diosdado Macapagal signed Executive Order No. 44 on August 12, 1963, authorizing the establishment of the National Defense College of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (NDCAFP) and putting the College under the administrative and operational guidance of the AFP Chief of Staff. The College opened its first Regular Class (RC) on February 15, 1966. There were legislative moves to pass a law creating the National Defense College of the Philippines. In the House of Representatives, Congressman Manuel A. Zosa filed the House Bill 1420 in 1970, proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.” In the same year, Congressman Ramon D. Bagatsing filed House Bill No. 1447 proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines, Providing an Academic Board, and for Other Purposes.” In the Senate, Senator Leonardo B. Perez filed Senate Bill 597 proposing an “Act Creating the National Defense College of the Philippines and for Other Purposes.” However, these legislative proposals did not reach third reading because President Ferdinand E. Marcos dissolved the Philippine Congress. View full university