The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) is not an institution where admitted candidates only undergo military training. Admitted students also undergo sound academic training as Officer Cadets for a duration of 5 years.
Upon completing training, graduates will earn a university first degree (BSc, BEng, BA) and a commission into the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Below are the courses being offered at NDA.
Check: How To Apply for NDA Admission .
NDA Courses
BSc Biology
BSc Biotechnology
BSc Chemistry
BSc Mathematics
BSc Physics
BSc Computer Science
BSc Cyber Security
BSc Intelligence and Security Studies
BSc Military Science
B Eng Civil Engineering
B Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B Eng Mechanical Engineering
B Eng Mechatronics
BA English
BA French
BSc Geography
BA History and War Studies
BSc Political Science and International Relations
BSc Defence and Security Studies
BSc Psychology BA Arabic
BSc Accounting
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
BSc Economics
BSc Management Sciences
Click Here for NDA Admission Requirements (PDF 104KB)
Use the Drop Down Below to View Courses offered by other accreditted Nigerian Universities
Select an Institution ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY, OWO, ONDO STATE ADAMAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUBI, ADAMAWA STATE ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE, OSUN STATE ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, IBUSA, DELTA STATE AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY, IKOT-AKPADEN, AKWA IBOM STATE AL- HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE AL-QALAM UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE ANCHOR UNIVERSITY, AYOBO, LAGOS STATE ARTHUR JARVIS UNIVERSITY, AKPABUYO, CROSS RIVER STATE ATIBA UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY, ILARA, LAGOS, LAGOS STATE BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY, GADAU, BAUCHI STATE BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE BAZE UNIVERSITY, ABUJA, FCT BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OTA, OGUN STATE BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE BINGHAM UNIVERSITY, KARU, NASARAWA STATE BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE Borno State University (BOSU) CALEB UNIVERSITY, IMOTA, LAGOS STATE CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE CHRISLAND UNIVERSITY, OWODE, OGUN STATE CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY, MOWE, OGUN STATE CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE CLIFFORD UNIVERSITY, OWERRINTTA, ABIA STATE COAL CITY UNIVERSITY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE COVENANT UNIVERSITY, CANAAN LAND, OTA, OGUN STATE CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY, IGBESA, OGUN STATE CRESCENT UNIVERSITY, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE CROSS RIVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR, CROSS RIVERS STATE CROWN HILL UNIVERSITY, EIYENKORIN, KWARA STATE DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO, IMO STATE EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY, ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE EDO UNIVERSITY, IYAMHO, EDO STATE EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY, KIAGBODO, DELTA STATE EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE EKO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, IJANIKIN, LAGOS STATE ELIZADE UNIVERSITY, ILARA-MOKIN, ONDO STATE ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE EVANGEL UNIVERSITY, AKAEZE, EBONYI STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, BIRNIN-KEBBI, KEBBI STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA, YOBE STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KASHERE, GOMBE STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OTUOKE, BAYELSA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES, EFFURUN, DELTA STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, URGWUOMU- NIKE, ENUGU STATE GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY, TUDUN WADA, GOMBE, GOMBE STATE GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE HALLMARK UNIVERSITY, IJEBU-ITELE, OGUN STATE HEZEKIAH UNIVERSITY, UMUDI, IMO STATE IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY, LAPAI, NIGER STATE IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY, OKADA, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE IGNATIUS AJURU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI, IMO STATE JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, IKEJI-ARAKEJI, OSUN STATE KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE KANO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WUDIL, KANO STATE KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ALIERO, KEBBI STATE KINGS UNIVERSITY, ODE-OMU, OSUN STATE KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA, KOGI STATE KOLADAISI UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE KWARARAFA UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, ILORIN, KWARA STATE LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE LEGACY UNIVERSITY, OKIJA, ANAMBRA STATE MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE, RIVERS STATE McPHERSON UNIVERSITY, SERIKI SOTAYO, OGUN STATE MICHAEL AND CECILIA IBRU UNIVERSITY, OWHRODE, DELTA STATE MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, ABIA STATE MODIBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY, MAKOGI-OBA, OGUN STATE NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, LAGOS STATE NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY, WILBERFORCE ISLAND, BAYELSA STATE NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY, BIU, BORNO STATE NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE NIGERIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY, OKERENKOKO, DELTA STATE NIGERIAN POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE NOVENA UNIVERSITY, OGUME, DELTA STATE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE OBONG UNIVERSITY, OBONG, NTAK, AKWA IBOM STATE ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY, IPETUMODU, OSUN STATE OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE ONDO STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, LAJE ROAD, ONDO, ONDO STATE ONDO STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, OKITIPUPA, ONDO STATE OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE PAMO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, AHMED ONIBUDO STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS STATE PAUL UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE REDEEMERS UNIVERSITY, OSUN STATE RENAISSANCE UNIVERSITY, OJIAGU-AGBANI, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE RHEMA UNIVERSITY, ABA, ABIA STATE RITMAN UNIVERSITY, IKOT-EKPENE, AKWA IBOM STATE RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE SALEM UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE SKYLINE UNIVERSITY NIGERIA, KANO, KANO STATE SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, OKUN-OWA, OGUN STATE SPIRITAN UNIVERSITY, NNEOCHI, ABIA STATE SULE LAMIDO UNIVERSITY, KAFIN HAUSA, JIGAWA STATE SUMMIT UNIVERITY, OFFA, KWARA STATE TAI SOLARIN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, IJAGUN, OGUN STATE TANSIAN UNIVERSITY, OBA, ANAMBRA STATE TARABA STATE UNIVERSITY, JALINGO, TARABA STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE UMARU MUSA YARADUA UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA, FCT UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA, TORU-ORUA, BAYELSA STATE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS, PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE UNIVERSITY OF MKAR, GBOKO, BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE VERITAS UNIVERSITY, ABUJA, FCT WELLSPRING UNIVERSITY, IRHIHI-OGBANEKI, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE WESLEY UNIVERSITY, ONDO, ONDO STATE WESTERN DELTA UNIVERSITY, OGHARA, DELTA STATE YOBE STATE UNIVERSITY, DAMATURU, YOBE STATE YUSUF MAITAMA SULE UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE
This post is authored by Olusegun Fapohunda , the founder and editor of MySchoolGist.
Boasting over a decade of expertise in the education sector, Olusegun offers current insights into educational trends, career opportunities, and the latest news.
Connect with him on X (Formerly Twitter) for more updates.
Share This Post: If this post helped you, share it with others! Use the buttons below to spread the word!
