National Defense University (full name "PLA National Defense University") is located in Beijing, the capital, with three campuses. The school headquarters is in Haidian District, the graduate school is in Fuxing Road, and the international students are in Changping District, Beijing, adjacent to the famous Ming Tombs scenic spot. National Defense University is the highest military institution in China. Responsible for training military, political and logistics command cadres, senior staff officers, senior theoretical researchers and leading cadres of relevant government departments at or above the provincial level. The school has strong teachers and scientific research strength, complete disciplines, especially high-level military, political and logistics theories. National Defense University was established in February 1985, aiming at cultivating politically qualified senior talents to meet the requirements of national defense modernization and future wars, and insisting on cultivating "generalists"; Adhere to the teaching content of "high, new, wide and deep"; Implement research-based and heuristic teaching methods. The school has training department, political department, scientific research department, school affairs department and school office; There are 13 teaching and research section, 3 research institutes and 2 editing and research rooms; 5 student departments, classes and graduate schools. In discipline construction, the army has gradually formed.

Political theory, engineering technology, science and technology 156 discipline and specialty. For postgraduate teaching, the major of 13 has been set up.

National Defense University does not belong to "ordinary full-time colleges", nor does it belong to "adult colleges", amateur correspondence and senior universities. Its students don't need to pass the "National College Entrance Examination", so it says: "The universities in Beijing don't have the name of Beijing National Defense University"!