NPS at a Glance Heritage of NPS Virtual Tour Campus Map (authentication required) (PDF) Directions to NPS Home >>  About NPS >>  Uniqueness & Excellence Uniqueness & Excellence of the Naval Postgraduate School NPS’ accredited degree programs are structured to help win the War against Terrorism, from Afghanistan and Iraq to Hometown, USA • SOCOM-Sponsored curriculum in Defense Analysis (including specialized Counterterrorism (CT)-oriented coursework) • Stability Operations and Post-Conflict Reconstruction • Homeland Defense and Security (the Nation’s largest and most successful) • Computer Security, Information Assurance, and other Critical Infrastructure Protection programs • Blend of defense-oriented programs in technology, engineering, policy and management reflects agility and uniqueness of NPS NPS student mix builds Joint, Combined, and Interagency effectiveness • Navy comprises only 45 percent of NPS enrollment; growing flow of students from USAF, Army, and USMC • Unparalleled International enrollment: 303 students from 61 nations, many of them critical defense partners (US and international students are co-mingled in the classroom and in student housing) • Additional 160 senior defense officials from around the world attend leadership education in defense management • NPS designated as the US’ only NATO Partnership for Peace Education Center • Strong Interagency input (FBI, DHS, NSA, NSF Cyber corps, NRO and others) NPS student-faculty research directly focused on US security requirements • UAV and network research (using NPS-controlled runways and airspace) has produced systems currently deployed by Special Forces in Afghanistan • Classified research in Maritime Domain Awareness, Intelligence, many other war-on-terrorism topics (heavy use of Special Compartmented Information Facility) • Work in TBMD, Directed Energy, Counterinsurgency operations, Undersea Warfare, Combat Systems advance combat effectiveness now and for the future • Dep Sec Def has designated NPS as the Information Operations Center of Excellence Outreach to support deployed forces, US policymakers • Regional Security Education Program (deploys NPS professors to conduct graduate seminars for Carrier Battle Groups sailing to operating areas) • Leadership Development for Sustained Peace (provides seminars for leadership of all Divisions deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan on security-building challenges) • Homeland Security for Governors (seminars assist Governors in strengthening HS in their States – 22 programs already conducted) • NPS offers 15 degree and certificate programs to over 600 off campus deployed forces, defense civilians and others working full-time in areas such as ASW, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, and Space Operations. • Mobile Education Team programs to over 50 countries per year to assist them in strengthening their CT and coalition warfare capabilities. • Provide operationally-relevant cultural knowledge and a real time grasp of the indigenous environment to Marine personnel deploying for OIF III, including tactical scenario-driven knowledge of the Iraq dialect of the Arabic language. NPS costs reflect requirements imposed by Navy and others to meet operational demands and provide agile, adaptive and relevant programs • Year round operations with 4 inputs per year (gets officers back to operational positions ASAP) • Refresher courses, other special support programs to enable success by students who would not gain admission to equivalent civilian institutions • Program content and length driven by defense-relevant Educational Skill Requirements, outcomes, and objectives (as specified by DON/other Sponsors) NPS meets military requirements while maintaining national academic reputation • NPS faculty includes PhD's from the nation’s best universities including Harvard (9), Princeton (6), Yale (5), University of California (69), Stanford (25), MIT (14), Cornell (4), Columbia (3) • The Dudley Knox Library at NPS has just been named by the Librarian of Congress as the best large Federal Library; it also serves as the Virtual Library for the Department of Homeland Security • NSF-designated Center of Excellence for Information Assurance • NPS programs accredited by regional (WASC) and specialized bodies including ABET, NASPAA and AACSB NPS leverages the unique advantages of the Monterey region • Undersea Warfare, Oceanography, and other education and research programs leverage co-location with other ocean research facilities including Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Stanford's Hopkins Lab, and the Fleet Numerical and Oceanographic Center • NPS has priority claim (24-7) on use of 100 square KM of closed airspace at Camp Roberts in Monterey County, for UAV, network, other research. • Joint programs with Defense Language Institute (mutually supportive) • Close linkages with Silicon Valley, NASA AMES, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.