Finnish National Defence University
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| National Defence University | |
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| Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu | |
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| Established: | 1993 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Pertti Salminen |
| Location: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Website: | http://www.mpkk.fi/en/ |
The Finnish National Defence University (Finnish: Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu, MPKK, Swedish: Försvarshögskolan) is the Finnish Defence Forces' university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The university has sites in Helsinki's Santahamina and Kruununhaka and in Tuusula.
Prior to 2007, the school referred itself in English to as the National Defence College.
[edit] Degrees
It is possible to get the following degrees in the National Defence University:
- Bachelor of military science
- Master of military science
- General staff officer's degree
- Doctor of military science
[edit] Departments
- Department of Strategic and Defence Studies
- Department of Management and Leadership
- Department of Tactics and Operations Art
- Department of Military Technology
- Department of Education
- Department of Military History
- Department of Behavioral Sciences
Besides these, the National Defence University has the Military Museum of Finland, National Defence Cources departments and the National Defence University Library.
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