Studies at the Civil Defence Academy

The Civil Defence Academy is a higher educational institution, which offers an education of high quality to its future specialists in the field of civil defence, emergency situations and disaster management.

The Academy has everything necessary to carry out its educational activity successfully. It has modern auditoriums, lecture halls and laboratories with up-to-date training facilities. Computerized rooms and specialized studies have modern computers with Internet access. There are several libraries with different textbooks, reference books, dictionaries, magazines and newspapers, etc.

The teaching staff of the Academy consists of highly-qualified and experienced instructors. Their tasks are to deliver lectures, conduct practice classes and control laboratory work. They teach the students both general and special subjects, exact and applied sciences as well as foreign languages.

The students body covers officers, cadets, and civilian students. The duration of their studies is different. Officers study two years. Cadets and students study four or five years. Cadets and students who take four-year programme get a bachelor’s degree. Those cadets and students who take five-year programme earn a master’s degree.

The academic year is of two terms. At the end of each term there is an examination session. Students take their tests, credits and exams. At present they are learning hard to get ready for a winter session.

The Academy pays special attention to the development of science. Many cadets and students take part in the activity of the scientific society where they improve their research skill. The cadets and students carry out their research work in the scientific society. Now they are working at scientific articles and reports for the student’s scientific conference which takes place at the Academy annually. For some students the participation in the activity of the scientific society is a starting point for their scientific career. After they graduate from the Academy they will go on with their research work and get a scientific degree.

It is not easy to study at the Academy but we know that education is the way to professional success.