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Top 10 Most Prestigious Military Academies in the World

10.    National Defense Academy, India

Location	Khadakwasla Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Motto	Service Before Self
Established	7 December 1954
Commandant/Chancellor	Lt Gen Asit Mistry
ShortName	NDA
Website	nda.nic.in

09.    National Defense Academy of Japan

Location	Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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Established	1953
Commandant/Chancellor	Ryosei Kokubun
ShortName	NDA
Website	www.mod.go.jp/nda

08.    Hellenic Military Academy

Location	Athens, Greece
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Motto	When you learn how to be ruled, you will learn how to rule
Established	1828
Commandant/Chancellor
ShortName	Evelpidon
Website	sse.army.gr/en

07.    Pakistan Military Academy

Location	Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Motto	Men at their Best
Established	August 14, 1947
Commandant/Chancellor	Major Gen Muhammad Ali
ShortName	PMA Kakul
Website	www.pma.edu.pk

06.    Special Military School of Saint-Cyr

Location	Guer, France
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Motto	They study to vanquish
Established	1 May 1802
Commandant/Chancellor	Général Patrick Collet
ShortName	ESM
Website	www.st-cyr.terre.defense.gouv.fr

05.    General Staff Academy, Russia

Location	Moscow, Russia
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Established	1936
Commandant/Chancellor	Vladimir Zarudnitsky
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Website	vagsh.mil.ru

04.    General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

Location	Ratmalana, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Motto	For The Motherland Forever
Established	11 October 1980
Commandant/Chancellor	General G. H. De Silva, RWP, VSV, USP
ShortName	KDU
Website	www.kdu.ac.lk

03.    Royal Air Force College Cranwell

Location	Sleaford, United Kingdom
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Motto	Superna Petimus
Established	1919
Commandant/Chancellor	Air Commodore Suraya Marshall
ShortName	RAFC
Website	www.raf.mod.uk

02.    PLA National Defense University

Location	Haidian District, China
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Established	1985
Commandant/Chancellor	General Zheng He
ShortName	NDU PLA
Website	www.cdsndu.org

01.    United States Military Academy

Location	West Point, NY, United States
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Motto	Duty • Honor • Country
Established	March 16, 1802
Commandant/Chancellor	BG Curtis A. Buzzard
ShortName	USMA
Website	westpoint.edu

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Top 10 Most Prestigious Defence Academies in the World

1. United States Military Academy
2. PLA National Defense University, China
3. Royal Air Force College
4. General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
5. General Staff Academy, Russia
6. Special Military School of Saint-Cyr
7. Pakistan Military Academy
8. Evelpidon Hellenic Military Academy
9. National Defense Academy of Japan
10. National Defense Academy, India