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WELCOME to KNDU Since its foundation in 1955, the KNDU has been the premier defense education center for professional military strategy, defense policy and national security strategy. The KNDU provides military and civilian leaders an educational and research environment for military strategy, defense policy and national security. The KNDU has greatly contributed to strengthen nation's mind on national security. University Banner Symbols of the ROK Army, Navy, and Air force Symbol of honor, victory and glory Symbol of national security education and research institute that educates students to be leaders of national security Sharon flower, Korean national flower, means historic eternity and sustainable development ※ Purple color: Jointness of army, navy, and air force HISTORY - Aug 1955: Founded as Korea National Defense College in Seoul - Feb 1972: Research Institute of National Security Affairs established - Feb 1977: Defense Leadership School established - Dec 1979: Master's degree program launched - Oct 1990: Joint Staff College founded - Jan 2000: Integrated as Korea National Defense University - Mar 2000: Master's degree program(Part-time) launched VISION STATEMENT The KNDU is the highest security education institute in Korea with the ambitious vision of launching doctoral degree course in the academic year of 2008. The Korea National Defense University(KNDU) is pursuing the world's best defense university by sustaining highly qualified faculty and students. To achieve this objective, the KNDU pays utmost effort on the acquisition of excellent faculty and students, advanced educational system and infrastructure, and strengthening academic cooperation with leading security education and research institutes of the world. MISSION STATEMENT The KNDU educates national security and military strategy to the national-level military and civilian leaders. In addition, the KNDU is a major think tank for providing ideas and research outcomes on military, defense and national security for the National Security Council, Ministry of National Defense and many government organizations. EDUCATIONAL FOCUS Twenty-first century society requires excellent futurist leadership, military professionalism and international business sense to military and civilian leaders under the changing international security environment. It includes national defense policy, military strategic planning, crisis management, information-age defense, defense resources management and politico-military games. The KNDU is exerting its utmost effort to fulfill these requirements. The KNDU education focuses on the following three points: 1) academic research and teaching on national security 2) enhancement of student's capability on strategic planning and execution of national security affairs 3) strengthening the national competencies through enhancing defense policy and military strategic planning capability. ORGANIZATION The KNDU is comprised of four major education institutes, National Security College, Joint Staff College, Defense Management College, and Duty Training Center. The KNDU also has Research Institute for National Security Affairs(RINSA), Center for Joint Doctrine Development, Center for Leadership Development, PKO Center, and the Library. PERSONNEL Faculty: 111 (Professor: 53, Instructor: 58) Student: 2,000 - National Security College: 200 - Joint Staff College: 120 - Defense Management College: 700 - Others: 980 ALUMNI The KNDU graduates are some 23,500 until the year of 2006. Amongst them, 12,500 are military and 11,000 are civilians. NSP graduates are some 7,200, MDP graduates are 3,000. JSC graduates are 1,200. DTC graduates are 11,600. The KNDU alumni has actively made various nationally strategic services almost all the national affairs arena. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS National Security Program Master Degree Program Full Time Part Time National Security Policy International Relations National Security Policy Defense Resources Management Military Strategy Project Management Information Resources Defense Management Management Information Management Joint Staff College Joint Staff Regular Course Joint Staff Professional Training Course PKO Program Duty Training Center Defense Project Management Defense Information Defense Administration Leadership Human Resources Development Operations Research Defense Procurement Computer / Information Process Advanced Management Weapon System CEO Program National Security Program(NSP) is one year program for Colonel or Brigadier General officers and director-level officials from government or semi-government organizations. Approximately, 200 students attend the NSP course each year. There are tens of foreign officers as well in this course. During the course, students learn the national-level affairs including fundamentals of national security strategy, the nature of war, military strategy and defense policy planning. Master Degree Program(MDP) started in 1979. The MDP is two year program for full-time students and two and half year for part-time students. The MDP has approximately four hundred students in full-time course and two hundred in part-time course. Students are mainly Captain or Major officers and equivalent officials from national security related organizations. The MDP has seven academic major areas such as International Relations, Military Strategy, Defense Management, Leadership, Operations and Research, Computer Science, and Weapon System. The KNDU will open doctoral degree course in the year of 2008. Joint Staff College(JSC) is one year program for Lieutenant Colonel officers and equivalent officials from government organizations. The JCS has some 120 students each year. The JCS education is focussed on joint operations, multinational operations and peace support operations. Military operations increasingly require the armed services to work jointly and JCS teaches its students the tools to operate in that environment such as joint operational planning and warfighting. JSC has PKO center and Center for Joint Doctrine Development(CJDD). Duty Training Center(DTC) provides various programs for educating military and security related officials to improve their business expertise on defence policy and national security affairs. DTC programs are tailored to the requirements of the various participants involved in the formulation and execution of national security, defense policy and military strategy affairs. DTC programs include Advanced Management Course, Capstone Course, Defense Project Managers Course, Information Management Course, and Job Training Course. OTHER INSTITUTIONS Research Institute for National Security Affairs(RINSA) is a premier think tank on national security studies for the Ministry of National Defense(MND) and National Security Council(NSC). Since its foundation in 1972, RINSA has played a key role for providing research outcomes to MND and NSC. RINSA is also playing a key role for strengthening nation's consensus on national security and defense policy through special lectures and seminars. RINSA also takes a leading role for hosting international security conferences on the Korean peninsula and special lectures of the world-class experts with world-wide exchange programs. RINSA has now 8 research centers including Center for Security Strategy, International Relations, Military Strategy, Military Morale, Defense Management, and Information System Management. RINSA publishes books, monographs, and periodicals on national security studies. Center for Joint Doctrine Development(CJDD) is institute for developing joint military doctrines. As emphasized jointness in military operations, the development of joint doctrines become more and more important. CJDD has some 30 researchers, mostly professionals of military field operations. CJDD has revised all the joint doctrines(25) periodically. CJDD runs an international exchange program for doctrinal research and development. Institute for Leadership Development(CLD) is newly established in 2005, as leadership increasingly emphasized in military fields. CLD has some 20 researchers. CLD's utmost effort focuses on the development of leadership theory and field manuals for military leaders at each level. CLD will lead military leadership education for the ROK armed forces in the future. The Library has approximately half a million volumes of books, monographs and periodicals. It is the largest library on national security, defense and military affairs in Korea. The library is fully digitalized and became a main hub of defense and security information. It offers university community a full-scale on-line service and an inter-library loan service. ACADEMIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMs The KNDU established MOU on promoting academic cooperation with 37 universities and institutes including four foreign NDUs and three security research institutes. The academic sisterhood based upon these MOUs made it possible to fulfill various demands for defense and security education in modern society. The KNDU runs a international exchange programs. First, the KNDU offers an opportunity to foreign NDU professors for having research studies for 1-2 weeks in the KNDU. The KNDU provides them free accommodation and research facilities. Second, the National Security Program of the KNDU provides an opportunity to foreign officers, Colonel or Brigadier General, to take this program. The KNDU provides research facilities including office in the library, accommodation, and presessional language course, free of charge. Through the international exchange program, the KNDU strengthens international cooperation further in the security academic area. In addition, the KNDU hosts international security conferences and seminars on national security each year. Through the academic conferences and seminars, the KNDU has accumulated international security specialists' viewpoint on Korea's security issues. The KNDU also runs research field trip to foreign countries. Approximately 450 students and faculty of the KNDU made a research field trip to foreign countries. Through the field trip, students verify theory and practice on international security. KOREA NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY Home Page: http://www.kndu.ac.kr