According to the inquiry of official website of National University of Defense Technology, graduates of National Defense University are awarded the rank of lieutenant and appointed as deputy company-level officers or technical 13-level cadres. Those who have obtained a master's degree shall be awarded the rank of captain and appointed as company commander or professional and technical cadres at the twelfth grade. Those who receive a doctorate shall be awarded the rank of major and appointed as deputy battalion commander or 11-level professional and technical cadres. The National Defence University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the highest military academy in China directly under the Central Military Commission. It is a key construction institution of the "2 1 1 Project" of the whole army, and a comprehensive joint command university of senior post education of the Chinese Army. The National Defense University originated from the Red Army Teaching Team founded by 1927 Jinggangshan. It has experienced the Red Army University of Chinese Workers and Peasants, the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University during the war years, the advanced military academy and the military and political university after the founding of the People's Republic of China. 1985, the Military Academy, the Political Academy and the Logistics Academy merged to form the National Defense University.