Royal Military Academy (Brussels)
| Royal Military Academy | |
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| motto | Rege duce pro jure et honore |
| founding | 1834 |
| Sponsorship | Country |
| place |
Brussels , Belgium
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| commander | Major General Ir Lutgardis Claes |
| Students | about 800 (2007) |
| Website | www.rma.ac.be |
The Royal Military Academy (nl: Koninklijke Militaire School , fr: École royale militaire ) is a university of the Belgian Army in Brussels . It currently trains the entirety of the Belgian officer corps ( air and land power , navy and medical corps).
history
The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1834 along the lines of the French Ecole Polytechnique by General Jean Chapelié at the suggestion of King Leopold I donated.
organization
It is the only state university in Belgium that is not run by the communities but directly by the federal government . The Ministry of Defense is responsible for this.
Located in the buildings of the architects Henri Maquet and Henri van Dievoet , near the Jubelpark , it has around 800 students who are taught in French and Dutch. It has been headed by Major General Harry Vindevogel since 2008 .
Every year on July 21st, on the occasion of the Belgian national holiday , the students and officers of the university parade in front of the king.
Faculties
There are two faculties :
- the Polytechnic Faculty (POL) and
- the Faculty of Social and Military Sciences (SSMW).
courses
In 2003/04, the university switched the courses to Bachelor - Master degrees as part of the Bologna Process . The courses last five years and are fully funded by the state.
The Polytechnic Faculty trains graduate engineers. The Faculty of Social and Military Sciences awards two Masters in Social and Military Sciences : Management & Weapon Systems and Defense & Political Sciences . The university also trains officers of the medical corps, technical engineers and officers of the auxiliary corps.
In addition to the Belgian officer candidates , students from Luxembourg and North and Central Africa are also trained.
Well-known university professors
- Charles De Coster
- Georges Eekhoud
- Adolphe Quételet
- Jean Stas
- Pierre Van Deuren
- Pierre-François Verhulst
Well-known honorary doctors
Well-known graduates
- Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821–1903), Belgian general
- Camille Coquilhat (1853-1891), Belgian lieutenant governor of the Congo Free State
- Paul Costermans (1860–1905), Belgian lieutenant governor of the Congo Free State
- Jean-Baptiste Piron (1896–1974), Belgian general and commander of the BSD
- Frank De Winne (* 1961), Belgian spaceman
- Fernand Jacquet
- August Van Daele
- Charles Rouen
- numerous members of the Belgian royal family
Web links
- Official website of the Royal Military Academy (English, French and Flemish)
Footnotes
| Dutch speaking |
University of Antwerp • Vrije Universiteit Brussel • University of Ghent • University of Hasselt • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
| French speaking |
University of Namur • Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles • Université catholique de Louvain • Université libre de Bruxelles • University of Liège • University of Mons |
| Individual faculties on an equal footing with universities |
Faculty of Protestant Theology • Evangelical Theological Faculty |
| Post University |
College of Europe (Bruges) • Instituut voor Tropical Geneology • Vlerick Business School • ICHEC Brussels Management School |
| military | |
| Cross-border universities |
Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 41 ″ N , 4 ° 23 ′ 33 ″ E