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Type | Military academy |
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Established | 7 February 1834 |
Academic affiliations | ISMS |
Commandant | Rear Admiral Yves Dupont |
Students | 850 |
Location | , 50°50′41″N 4°23′32″E / 50.84472°N 4.39222°E |
Website | www |
Polytechnique faculty S.M.S. faculty |
The Royal Military Academy (French: École royale militaire, Dutch: Koninklijke Militaire School) is the military university of Belgium. 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 in Brussels in a building constructed by the architects Henri Maquet and Henri Van Dievoet. The courses are given in French, Dutch, and English. The institution's predecessor was the Royal Military and Mathematics Academy of Brussels.
The academy comprises two faculties:
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).