Military Academy - France

France

High schools :

• Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr
• Lycée militaire d'Autun
• Prytanée National Militaire
• Lycée militaire d'Aix en Provence
• Lycée naval de Brest
• L'Ecole des Pupilles de l'Air

Officer academies :

• École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of St Cyr") is the French Military Academy. It is often referred to as "Saint-Cyr". Founded by Napoleon in 1802, and initially located in Fontainebleau, it was moved first to Saint-Cyr l'École in 1808, and then to Coëtquidan (Brittany) in 1945.
• École militaire interarmes
• École de l'Air: the French Air Force Academy
• École Navale: the French Naval Academy
• École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale (EOGN) : gendarmerie commissioned officers academy
• ENSTA Bretagne: a French engineering grande école of military status. Only 1/4 of its students are actual officers-in-training.

Postgraduate academies :

• École d'état-major (Staff school) : first step of higher military studies, for officer of OF-2 rank.
• École de Guerre (War School) : second step of higher military studies, mainly for ranks OF-2 and OF-3 who want to continue the command track (e.g. to command battalion or regiment).
• Collège d'enseignement supérieur de l'armée de terre (Army Higher Education College) : second step of military education, but for officers whishing to achieve a high-level specialization.
  • Cours supérieur d'état-major (Advanced Staff Course)
  • Enseignement militaire supérieur scientifique et technique (Higher Technical and Scientific Education).
• Centre des hautes études militaire (Center for Advanced Military Studies) : final step of military education, for very few selected OF-5. Its students also attend the civilian institut des hautes études de défense nationale.

The Ecole Polytechnique, though its engineering students are enlisted in the military, is sometimes not considered a military academy, as very few of its graduates remain in the military after graduation.