Defence Services Academy

Defence Services Academy (DSA)
စစ်‌တက္ကသိုလ်
	The DSA, Pyinoolwin
Motto	နောင်တစ်ခေတ်၏ အောင်စစ်သည်
Motto in English	The Triumphant Elites of the Future
Type	Public
Established	1954; 70 years ago
Rector	Brigadier General Thein Lwin
Commandant	Brigadier General Zaw Min Latt
Academic staff	300
Students	7500
Undergraduates	5000
Postgraduates	1500
Doctoral students	50
Location	Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Region, Myanmar; 22°01′26.68″N 96°26′55.27″E / 22.0240778°N 96.4486861°E
Nickname	Daw Sein Aye

The Defence Services Academy (Burmese: စစ်‌တက္ကသိုလ်, lit. 'Military University', pronounced [sɪʔ tɛʔkəθò]) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence administered academy offers bachelor's degree programs in liberal arts, combined physical sciences, and computer science. DSA has conferred basic degrees on 33,065 graduates from the first graduation ceremony up to the 62nd graduation in December 2021.^[3]

The DSA graduates are commissioned in one of the three branches of Myanmar military.

^ Helen James (2005). Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-415-35558-2.
^ "မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ကြောင့် နာမည်ပျက်ရတဲ့ ဒေါ်စိန်အေး" [Daw Sein Aye, whose reputation is ruined because of Min Aung Hlaing]. The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 8 July 2024.
^ https://cdn.myanmarseo.com/file/client-cdn/2021/12/8_Dec_21_gnlm.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[hj-1] Helen James (2005). Governance and Civil Society in Myanmar. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-415-35558-2.

[2] "မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ကြောင့် နာမည်ပျက်ရတဲ့ ဒေါ်စိန်အေး" [Daw Sein Aye, whose reputation is ruined because of Min Aung Hlaing]. The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 8 July 2024.

[3] ttps://cdn.myanmarseo.com/file/client-cdn/2021/12/8_Dec_21_gnlm.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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