United Kingdom
Pre-University level institution:
- Welbeck College - Sixth form college for 16 to 18 year olds providing A-Level education in preparation for entry into the British Armed Forces or Ministry of Defence Civil Service as Technical Officers, following undergraduate education.
Officer training
- Britannia Royal Naval College, HMS Dartmouth
- Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Royal Air Force College Cranwell
Postgraduate and staff training
- Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
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- Royal College of Defence Studies (mainly for officers of Colonel/Brigadier or equivalent rank selected as future senior leaders; highly selective)
- Joint Services Command and Staff College (courses for officers from Major to Brigadier or equivalent rank)
- Defence College of Management and Technology
- Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre
- Advanced Research and Assessment Group
- Conflict Studies Research Centre
No longer operational:
- Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Royal Naval Engineering College Manadon, HMS Thunderer, Plymouth, Devon
- Staff College, Camberley
- RAF Staff College, Andover
- RAF Staff College, Bracknell
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Joint Service Defence College
Paralleling the way the School Cadet forces work at a pre-university level, at the university level there are the University Royal Naval Units, University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) and University Air Squadrons. However the mission of the UOTC is not the training of officers.
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