Cadet Requirements
Academic Requirements
| Academic Requirements | National Defense Academy | Universities | Sciences & Engineerings | Humanities & Social Sciences | credits | credits | credits | General Education (Liberal Arts & Sciences) |
24 | 24 | 124 or over | Foreign Languages | English | 10 | 10 | French, German, Russian Chinese, Korean |
4 (one of four languages) |
4 (one of four languages) |
Physical Education | 6 | 6 | Majors Basic courses | 27 | 18 | Majors | 57 | 66 | Defense Sciences | 23 | 23 | total | 151 or over | 151 or over | 124 or over |
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Training Requirements
In the first year grade, all cadets undergo military training of
the same substance, and through lectures and field training they get
to understand the purposes and functions of the three services of the
SDF. Then, at the end of the first year, the cadets are assigned to
the respective services in the following way: 2 to the Ground SDF,
1 to the Maritime SDF and 1 to the Air SDF. These assignments are to
be made after careful consideration of the personal desire of each
cadet, his aptitude for the particular service and the physical
requirements demanded by each services.
Subsequent military training differs according to the service to which the cadets have been assigned, with special consideration given to instilling in them the principle of cooperation with each of the other two services.
Two hours of basic training in the form of field training is to be given each week during the school term. In addition, the cadets are required to undergo six-week regular training course each year.
Besides, all cadets must participate in such training as skiing and swimming. (Total training hours amount to 1,005 hours)
Training (Gif files)
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