Today: the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy, the Royal Sandhurst Military Academy, the Cromwell Military Academy in the United Kingdom, the Vorontz Military Academy in Russia, the Military Academy of the Russian General Staff, the French Saint Cyril Military Academy, the South African Military Academy, the Greek Naval Academy, and the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Historically, China's most famous military academy is the Whampoa Military Academy, as well as Wujiang Hall in Yunnan and Wujiang Hall in Baoding Army. World-famous are: the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Military University in Britain, which were later merged into the "Royal Military Academy Sandhurst", the French military academy of Saint Cyril, the Russian military academy of Furunzhi and the American military academy of West Point. In addition, before World War II, the Japanese Army NCO School and the German Berlin Military Academy were also famous.