Type Military university Affiliations ISMS Phone +48 261 814 000 Founded 15 March 1765 | Commandant Ryszard Parafianowicz Website www.akademia.mil.pl Number of students 7,500 Academic staff 600 | |
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Established 15 March 1765
by Stanisław August Poniatowski Location Rembertów, Warsaw, Poland Address Al. gen. Antoniego Chruściela "Montera" 103, 00-910 Warszawa, Poland Affiliation International Society of Military Sciences Similar National Defence University, Tadeusz Kościuszko Land For, Warsaw School of Economics, Polish Air Force Academy, Józef Piłsudski University Profiles | ||
The War Studies University Academy (Polish: Akademia Sztuki Wojennej; ASzWoj) is the highest military academic institution in Poland. It was formed by Ministry of National Defence in 2016 in place of the former National Defence University Academy (Akademia Obrony Narodowej, AON) established in 1990. Minister of National Defence Wojciech Fałkowski explained that the reorganization of the academy was inspired by the need to improve the proportion of military students in the university's overall profile.
ASzWoj and its forerunners including Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna Academy of 1919, have influenced other institutions through its age and distinctive mission. ASzWoj traces its roots to 1765 when King Stanisław August Poniatowski established the Corps of Cadets, the first state school in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Corps of Cadets was succeeded by the Higher War School (1919-1946) and then by the National Defence University (1991-2016).
ASzWoj grants bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees. It also offers a comprehensive higher doctorate (habilitation) program. ASzWoj is funded by the Ministry of National Defence, and cooperates with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.