Koninklijke Militaire Academie

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Koninklijke Militaire Academie
Royal Military Academy
Established 1828
Type National Military Academy
Students future officers in the Royal Dutch Army or the Royal Dutch Air Force
Undergraduates bachelor's degree
Location Netherlands Breda, Netherlands
51°35′29″N 4°46′31″E / 51.5915°N 4.7753°E / 51.5915; 4.7753Coordinates: 51°35′29″N 4°46′31″E / 51.5915°N 4.7753°E / 51.5915; 4.7753
Campus Breda Castle on one kilometer square
Affiliations ISMS;
Website Official website

The Royal Military Academy (Dutch: Koninklijke Militaire Academie or KMA) is the service academy for the Dutch Army and the Dutch Air Force. Located in Breda, the Netherlands, the KMA has trained future officers since 1828.

Description

The KMA offers a program of study which lasts four or five years, depending on the academic major cadets choose.[1] Academic programs have changed significantly during its history. In today's program cadets are awarded a bachelor's degree upon graduation, and are commissioned in the Royal Dutch Army or the Royal Dutch Air Force.[1] The KMA also offers a shortened officers course of one and a half years.[2] The training of the officers of the Royal Dutch Navy and the Dutch Marine Corps is mainly done by the Royal Netherlands Naval College in Den Helder. The campus is about one kilometer square.

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