The National Defense University undertakes the task of training commanding cadres at or above the corps level, leading cadres at or above the provincial level and leading cadres in central state organs, engaging in the research on strategy and national defense modernization, and playing an advisory role in the decision-making of the State Council, the Central Military Commission and the headquarters. Therefore, recruiting students from middle and senior cadres is mainly for further study, which is not the same concept as ordinary colleges and universities.
1985 19 February 19, People's Daily reported that with the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, China's highest military institution, the National Defense University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was established in Beijing. Chairman of the Central Military Commission Deng Xiaoping signed an order appointing Zhang zhen as president of the National Defense University and Li Desheng as political commissar.
National Defense University is the highest military academy in China and the only advanced contract command academy in the whole army. It is directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission. Responsible for training command cadres above the army, navy and air force, local provincial leading cadres and leading cadres above the central state organs, engaging in strategic and national defense modernization research, and playing an advisory role in the decision-making of the State Council, the Central Military Commission and the headquarters.
National Defense University was established on February 24th, 1985 with the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission. Its hungry history can be traced back to the central military and political school in the central revolutionary base area in the early days of the founding of our army, and later it was adapted into the Red Army University. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was renamed China People's Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. During the War of Liberation, anti-Japanese military and political universities were divided into military and political universities in liberated areas. After the liberation of the whole country, in order to meet the needs of cultivating senior military talents in peacetime, the PLA Military Academy, Political Academy, Logistics Academy and Advanced Military Academy were successively established in 1950s, and the military and political universities were established after 1969 was abolished at the same time. 1985 12. The Military and Political Logistics College was merged to form the National Defense University.
National Defense University is located in Beijing. The total area is 165.5 hectares. The school has a strong faculty and complete teaching, scientific research and living facilities. The collection of 6.5438+0.3 million volumes, modern audio-visual equipment, journals of National Defense University and publishing houses provide favorable conditions for teaching and scientific research.
National Defense University has many specialties, such as contract combat command, military ideological theory, national defense research, college education management, military political theory, postgraduate education, etc.
Guided by Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping's thoughts on army building in the new period, based on the military strategic policy of the Central Military Commission in the new period, and centered on teaching and scientific research, the National Defense University has achieved a large number of teaching and scientific research achievements, among which the whole army won more than one academic achievement award 100. The college actively implements the teaching guiding ideology of "one goal, three persistences", that is, aiming at cultivating politically qualified senior talents who meet the requirements of national defense modernization and future wars, and persisting in cultivating "generalists"; Adhere to the teaching content of "high, new, wide and deep"; Adhere to self-study and implement research-based and heuristic teaching methods. It has formed a comprehensive, research-oriented and open school-running feature. The school implements mixed classes and unified training for military and political logistics cadres of all arms and services. Attach importance to improving the college's independent thinking, creative thinking, scientific management, macro-decision-making and strategic command. The school insists on opening to the outside world, actively carries out academic exchanges, and strives to apply the latest news and achievements of modern military theory and science and technology to teaching.