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| Type | Military academy |
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| Established | 7 February 1834; 191 years ago (1834-02-07) |
Academic affiliations | ISMS |
| Commandant | Major general An-Roos De Potter |
| Students | 850 |
| Location | , 50°50′41″N4°23′32″E / 50.84472°N 4.39222°E /50.84472; 4.39222 |
| Website | www |
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TheRoyal Military Academy (French:École royale militaire,pronounced[ekɔlʁwajalmilitɛʁ];Dutch:Koninklijke Militaire School,pronounced[ˈkoːnɪŋkləkəmiliˈtɛːrəˈsxoːl]) is the militaryuniversity ofBelgium. The institution is responsible for the education of the officers of the five components of the Belgian defence (Army, Air Force, Cyber, Navy, Medical) and is located inBrussels in a building constructed by the architectsHenri Maquet andHenri Van Dievoet. The courses are given inFrench,Dutch, andEnglish. The institution's predecessor was theRoyal Military and Mathematics Academy of Brussels.
The academy comprises twofaculties:
The Royal Higher Institute for Defence],[1] the highest military academic institute in Belgium is also located at the RMA campus (cf. Defence College, previously War College).
Admission to the university is only possible through public exams.
First, candidates must pass a military test common to allBelgian military categories (Medical, Endurance and physical tests, and a psychologic evaluation). After passing these, applying students have to compete with each other in public exams. These consist of mathematics and French & Dutch written language tests. The university can only accommodate a certain number of students each year (rough estimate: 150/year) (strongly influenced by the need for officers of the Belgian military). Applicants compete with each other for these limited places.
Since 2003, the academy made some changes to its faculties to conform with theBologna Process.Both degrees are now taught within a five-year span. After the first three years, students receive abachelor degree. Themaster's degree can be attained in succeeding the following two years.In contrast to the common Bologna implementation, flexibility in attaining the degrees is not greatly augmented. Student can only fail for one year within all five. Re-exams are, however, possible.Student cannot take courses with them to the next year; they have to pass the re-exams. Before 2003 most courses were fixed, but students had a limited choice of optional courses. A lot of flexibility regarding course choices was added by implementing course modules. Students can opt for certain modules which each hold specific and related courses. For example:
The choice of course module is not always free, but is related with the chosen military speciality of the student (infantry, logistics, transmission, air traffic control, artillery, naval forces..) and often mandatory. The majority of the courses remains fixed in the bachelor years. In the master's years, the students follow more modules than fixed courses.
The vast majority of the students have Belgian nationality, but cooperation with other countries has opened up the university to other nationalities. ManyLuxembourgish officers receive their education in the university and have a long history in it.[clarification needed]
More recently the university received military students fromCanada,Lebanon,United States,Niger, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,Morocco,Tunisia andRwanda, thanks to military cooperation, training and development programs. However, these students often belong to the social elite of their home country. The foreign students, in contrast to the Belgian students, have no obligation to follow theDutch language courses.
The tradition of the royal princes to study at the academy is continuous.
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The Belgian Staff College was voted into theInternational Society of Military Sciences during the November 2011 meeting.[2]
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