Joint Service Schools

Defense Acquisition University

The University’s mission is to educate and train military and civilian professionals for effective service in defense acquisition, to centrally manage resources for course development delivery, research, and publications.

Location: 2001 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311

Defense Systems Management College

The mission of the College is to promote and support the adoption and practice of sound systems management principles by the acquisition workforce through education, research, consulting, and information dissemination.

Location: Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060

Joint Military Intelligence College

Its mission is to educate military and civilian intelligence professionals and conduct and disseminate relevant intelligence research.

Location: Washington, D.C. 20340

National Defense University

The mission of this University is to ensure excellence in professional military education and research in the essential elements of national security.

Location: Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319

Industrial College of the Armed Forces

The Industrial College is the Nation’s leading educational institution for the study of the resources component of national power and its integration into national security strategy.

Location: Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319

Armed Forces Staff College

The college accomplishes its mission through three schools: the Joint and Combined Warfighting School, the Joint and Combined Staff Officer School, and the Joint Command, Control, and Electronic Warfare School.

Location: Norfolk, VA 23511

Information Resources Management College

Provides graduate-level courses in information resources management senior Defense professionals.

Location: Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

The University was established to educate career-oriented medical officers for the Military Departments and the Public Health Service--graduates are required to serve a period of obligation of not less than 7 years, excluding graduate medical education.

Location: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20814