Nasser Higher Military Academy

Nasser Higher Military Academy

Since the dawn of time, the Egyptian man is his true renewable fortune. Awareness is a degree of knowledge, and the Egyptian has gone through many events and crises, as well as different civilizations and cultures. All this has created a strange sense called collective awareness. From here came the idea and the importance of creating national awareness, because the land that does not have the power to protect it is coveted. Awareness of threats, challenges and all dangers is a force, a mighty force that works to align and unite in concepts to confront any danger, and since creating awareness was a goal of confrontation and national alignment, formation order No. 4/11/18/1808 was issued on April 12, 1964 regarding the establishment of Nasser Higher Military Academy, specializing in higher studies.

The Nasser Higher Military Academy was inaugurated on March 3, 1965, in the presence of the late leader / Gamal Abdel Nasser, and a teaching staff of Russian experts was formed for the Academy, and the study was limited to the Higher War College. In the beginning of the second session of the Higher War College in September 1966, the first session was held at the National Defense College.

The Study stopped at the Academy from June 1967 until December 1973, and its basic courses were postponed due to war conditions. During this period, short courses were held for senior officers of the armed forces. After the victory of October 1973, the study continued at the Academy, the Russian references were translated into Arabic, and the curricula were taught by an Egyptian teaching staff.

In 1975, the reception of students from the sisterly Arab countries and various friendly countries of the world began.

The Academy Missions:

• Qualifying and developing the capabilities and skills of senior armed forces officers to occupy senior positions by holding tactical strategic courses at the Higher War College.
• Qualifying and developing the capabilities and skills of those nominated by their employers from the military and senior civil servants in the state by holding study courses at the National Defense College.
• Contributing to everything related to higher military studies and scientific research in the military field and other fields related to strengthening the strategic resistances of the Arab Republic of Egypt by holding and attending internal and external strategic military scientific seminars.
• Strengthening cultural and scientific ties between the academy and the corresponding academies at the Arab and international levels.

Colleges and Centers of Nasser Higher Military Academy:

Higher War College

After the issuance of the republican decree regarding the establishment of the Nasser Higher Military Academy, the first session of the college was held on March 6, 1965. The college began receiving students from brotherly and friendly countries starting from session No. (3) Higher War.

The college qualifies senior officers to assume the responsibilities of command, staff, and leadership positions in field armies, military regions, and general command bodies of the armed forces in Egypt and brotherly and friendly countries. And also, the scientific research in the field of achieving military strategy.

College Courses:

• Higher War Course.
• Senior Leadership Course.
• Formation Leaders Course.
• African Strategic Course.
• Leaders' Early Preparation Course.
• Peacekeeping Forces Course.
• Military History Teacher Course.
• Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping Course.

The College Degree:

Higher War College Fellowship.

National Defense College

The National Defense College is the highest scientific center for study and research in the Arab Republic of Egypt in the matters of national strategy and national security with its political, economic, military, social and moral dimensions.

The college works on qualifying and developing the capabilities and skills of senior officers to occupy senior positions in the armed forces, qualifying senior civil servants to occupy senior positions in the state and participating in developing a vision for the comprehensive strategy and general policies of the state and familiarity with all the factors affecting them, as well as qualifying expatriates from brotherly and friendly countries to assume leadership positions supreme in their countries. Achieving a common understanding between the selected group of senior workers in the different sectors of the state (civilians - military) in addition to the expatriates who, by virtue of their future jobs, bear the responsibility of decision-making.

College Courses:

• National Defense Course.
• Advanced Crisis Management and Negotiation Course.
• Armament Adjustment Course.
• Military Media Editors Course.
• International and Humanitarian Law Course for Naval and Air force officers.
• Refresher Course for Defense Attachés and Their Wives.
• Early Preparation Course in conjunction with the Higher War College.

The College Degree:

• National Defense College Fellowship.
• PhD of Philosophy in National Strategy.

Armed Forces Strategic Studies Center

The armed forces strategic studies center was established by Decree No. (321) for the year 1994 issued by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The center is affiliated with the Nasser Higher Military Academy.

The Center Mission:

• Preparing detailed and analytical studies of problems and topics related to Egyptian national security at various levels (local, regional, and international).
• Developing and improving the strategic thinking of armed forces officers in all fields (political - military - economic - social - cultural).
• Developing relations with the corresponding research centers (local, regional, and international).
• Attending seminars and discussion panels that take place in study centers at the local and regional levels.
• Contributing to putting forward visions and ideas for planning long-term and strategic programs in which the armed forces participate with the rest of the state’s agencies.
• Providing a database and information that contribute to the achievement of the center's scientific and research activities.

Academy Library:

The Academy's library was established in 1965, and in 1969 it was named after the martyr Abdel Moneim Riyad, who was martyred on the ninth of March of the same year. It is one of the scientific libraries specialized in national strategy and national security.

The library contains fifty-five thousand books, references, periodicals in Arabic and foreign languages, military research of the Higher War and National Defense Colleges, doctoral theses, and military code books.

Library Sections:

Section One: Modern Books Exhibition

It contains the latest books received by the library as well as dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, and yearbooks.

Section Two: The Lower Hall

It contains a hall for periodicals and seminars with three thousand periodicals, and an attached hall to store all the research discussed in the academy since its inception.

Section Three: The Upper

It contains about fifty thousand Arab and foreign books in all military, strategic and cultural sciences. The library is classified according to the Universal Decimal Classification. There are computers on which the library system is used to facilitate inference on the contents of the library through the library’s advanced program in many ways, including (book title - book subject – author name – Publisher – Classification No.).

Section Four: The Electronic Library Hall

It contains an internet device to serve students and researchers in obtaining the latest information in the shortest time. As well as two devices that have the library system to infer the contents of the library from books, references, and research.

Section Five: Code Library

 It contains military books issued by the Military Research Authority, which are classified as confidential and are prohibited from circulating for non-military members of the Egyptian Armed Forces.

Nasser Academy also offers a range of certificates and courses for civilians, including:

• Strategic Studies and National Security Course aims to raise awareness of the concept and dimensions of national security.
• The Crisis and Negotiation Course aims to prepare an educated base in the field of crisis management so that they can participate positively in managing actual crises in the future.
• The decision-makers course aims to prepare cadres of workers in the various sectors of the state to work in decision-making and decision-making and to identify the most appropriate alternatives for decision-making.
• Presidency of the Republic course to qualify young youth for leadership.

The Nasser Higher Military Academy continues to develop performance in the educational process in line with the advanced thinking in various sciences and the war and civil arts.