The Royal Military Academy (Dutch: Koninklijke Militaire Academie or KMA) is the service academy for the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force and the Royal Marechaussee. Located in Breda, North Brabant, the KMA has trained future officers since 1828.
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The KMA offers a programme of study which lasts four or five years, depending on the academic major cadets choose. Academic programmes have changed significantly during its history. In today's programme cadets are awarded a bachelor's degree upon graduation and commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Army, the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force or the Royal Marechaussee. The KMA also offers a shortened officers course of one and a half years. The training of the officers of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Korps Mariniers is mainly done by the Royal Naval College in Den Helder. The campus is about one square kilometre.