Akademia Obrony Narodowejaddress: Al. gen. A. Chruściela 10300-910 Warsaw, Poland phone: +48 22 681 47 90 fax: +48 22 681 31 75 e-mail: akademia@aon.edu.pl internet: www.aon.edu.pl National Defence UniversityThe National Defence University is the most important military university in Poland. It is a successor and continuator of the Knights' School established in 1765 by King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski. Its graduates included Tadeusz Kościuszko, Jakub Jasiński, Józef Sowiński, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Józef Hoene-Wroński and Kazimierz Sapieha. The contemporary University is a modern research and educational academic centre subordinated to the Ministry of National Defence, conducting long-term research in the field of security as well as current analyses and strategic studies for the offices of the President, Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence and other public authority institutions. The main aim of the University is to educate students and conduct scientific research in the field of military science. The University offers BA and MA studies, postgraduate and PhD studies for officers and civilians connected with national security and state defence. Polish and foreign officers learn all skills necessary to perform duties at military headquarters, academies and other military institutions. Civilian students are prepared to work in state and local administration institutions, responsible for the national security and crisis management system. Every year, over 4000 students are educated by 60 professors and assistant professors, 130 doctors, and other state defence and security experts from military and civilian institutions. The University includes the War Games and Simulation Centre which is one of the most modern in Europe and the only one in Poland as well as the CBRN Defence Center. Every year the National Defence University organizes about 30 conferences and symposia. It also issues a number of scientific publications. Command-post exercises organized jointly with local authority administration institutions are an important part of the didactic process. The University premises include, among others, 12 conference rooms, a mulitimedia library with about one million volumes, a TV studio, hotels and dormitories able to accommodate approx. 1000 students, a modern academic canteen, a restaurant for 320 guests, two sports halls, an indoor swimming pool, indoor tennis court and sports rifle-range. All the facilities are used by the students of the National Defence University educated at full-time and extramural studies in the fields of:
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Among the alumni of the Knights School in Warsaw there were military figures such as Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Jakub Jasinski, Karol Kniaziewicz and Jozef Sowinski and also outstatning educatators, scientists, philosphers and writiers including Jan Ursyn Niemcemicz, Kazimierz Sapieha and Józef Hoene-Wronski.
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Tadeusz Kościuszko was a graduate from National Defense University.
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko (1746 - 1817) was a Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero, general, and leader of the Kościuszko Uprising (1794) against the Russian Empire. He had earlier fought in the American Revolutionary War as a colonel in the Continental Army. In 1783, in recognition of his dedicated service, he had been brevetted by the Continental Congress to the rank of Brigadier General, and that same year he had become a naturalized citizen of the United States. There are several Anglicized spellings for his name, the most frequently-used being "Thaddeus Kosciusko" though the full "Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciusko" also appears in some texts. In Lithuanian, his name is spelled Tadas Koscius˙ka. In Belarusian, it is Tadevus Kaściuska. ContactAl. gen. A. Chruściela 103 00-910 Warsaw, Poland phone: +48 22 681 47 90 fax: +48 22 681 31 75 e-mail: akademia@aon.edu.pl www.aon.edu.pl Students speak  Polish is an assetI am Captain Li Xiaofeng, enrolled in the postgraduate Operation & Tactics studies at National Defence Academy. There are some good reasons why I had chosen a Polish military academy. First of all the National Defence Academy is the highest ranking military school in Poland, and it is kept in high esteem in China. Secondly, studies here include courses in Polish language; knowledge of this language will be an additional asset when my promotion to a higher post is considered.Li Xiaofeng, Land Forces Faculty, China
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