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name=Naval Postgraduate School| |
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image=[[Image:NPS.png]]| |
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type=[[Graduate school]]| |
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established=1909| |
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head_label=President| |
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head=[http://www.nps.edu/Aboutnps/President/PresidentBio.htm Vice Admiral Daniel T. Oliver (Ret.), USN]| |
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city=[[Monterey, California|Monterey]]| |
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state=[[California]]| |
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country=[[United States|USA]]| |
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website=[http://www.nps.edu/ www.nps.edu]| |
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}} |
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The '''Naval Postgraduate School''' (NPS) is an accredited research university operated by the [[United States Navy]]. Located in [[Monterey, California]], it grants both [[master's degree|master's degrees]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctoral degrees]]. The student population comprises active-duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services, and U.S. Government civilians. Most of the faculty are civilians. |
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The Naval Postgraduate School offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level to national and international scientists and engineers through the [http://www7.nationalacademies.org/rap/ National Research Council research associateship program]. |
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Prior to being purchased by the US Government, the School's campus was operated as the [[Del Monte Hotel]]. Some NPS buildings and the [[cactus]] garden date from that time. |
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== Academic Structure == |
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The Naval Postgraduate School offers graduate programs through four graduate schools and 12 departments: |
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*'''Graduate School of Business & Public Policy''' |
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*'''Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Sciences''', including the following departments and units: |
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#Applied Mathematics Department |
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#Electrical and Computer Engineering Department |
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#Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Department [[http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/MAE/ Web page]] |
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#Meteorology Department |
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#Oceanography Department |
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#Physics Department |
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#Systems Engineering Department |
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#Space Systems Academic Group |
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#Meyer Systems Engineering Institute |
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#Under Sea Warfare Systems Academic Committee |
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*'''Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences''', including the following departments: |
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#Computer Sciences Department |
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#Defense Analysis Department |
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#Information Sciences Department |
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#Operations Research Department |
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*'''School of International Graduate Studies''', operates multiple centers, including: |
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# National Security Affairs Academic Program |
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# Defense Resource Management Institute |
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# Center for Contemporary Conflict |
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# Center for Civil Military Relations |
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# Center for Stabilization Reconstruction and Studies |
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# Leadership Development and Education for Sustained Peace |
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#International Defense and Acquisition Resource Management |
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# Center for Homeland Defense and Security |
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# International Graduate Program Office |
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*'''Center for Homeland Defense & Security''' |
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NPS also operates an active Distributed Learning Program and Executive Education Programs for US warfighters and Civilian Government employees. |
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== History == |
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On [[June 9]], [[1909]], [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[George von L. Meyer]] signed General Order No. 27, establishing a school of [[marine engineering]] at [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. |
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On [[October 31]], [[1912]], Meyer signed Navy General Order No. 233, which renamed the school the '''Postgraduate Department of the United States Naval Academy'''. The order established courses of study in ordnance and [[gun]]nery, [[electrical engineering]], [[radio telegraphy]], [[Shipbuilding|naval construction]], and [[civil engineering]] as well as continuing the original program in marine engineering. |
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During [[World War II]], [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Ernest King]], chief of naval operations and commander-in-chief of both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, established a commission to review the role of graduate education in the Navy. In 1945, [[U.S. Congress|Congress]] passed legislation to make the school a fully-[[School accreditation|accredited]], degree-granting graduate institution. Two years later, Congress adopted legislation authorizing the purchase of an independent campus for the school. |
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[[Image:NPS_herrmann_hall_lrg.jpg|thumb|left|Herrmann Hall]] |
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A post-war review team, which had examined 25 sites nationwide, had recommended the old Hotel Del Monte in Monterey as a new home for the Postgraduate School. Negotiations with the Del Monte Properties Company led to the purchase of the hotel and 627 acres (2.5 km²) of surrounding land for $2.13 million. |
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In December 1951, the Postgraduate School moved across the nation, establishing its current campus in Monterey. |
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In the summer of 2005, the School was placed on a list of possible base closures by the [[Base Realignment and Closure|Base Realignment and Closure Commission]] along with the [[Defense Language Institute]] (DLI). Suggestions were made to combine NPS with the [[Air Force Institute of Technology]] (AFIT) and possibly move NPS to [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]], Ohio. Another idea considered was to combine NPS with DLI and leave them in the Monterey Bay area. |
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On [[August 25]], [[2005]], the BRAC commission voted unanimously to keep NPS and DLI in Monterey, and to keep them separate. Under the terms set by the commission, the Navy will relinquish control of the Postgraduate School's classes and research projects to an oversight board (made up of a combination of representatives from the school and civilian educators), which will report to the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]. The plan is intended to cut costs by giving the school more authority to make changes to the curriculum and minimize duplication between NPS and AFIT in the [[aerospace engineering]] [[community of practice]]. |
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Today, the school has over 40 programs of study including [[engineering]], [[physical sciences]], [[space science]], [[computer science]], [[operations research]], business, international relations, and other disciplines, all with an emphasis on military applications. It is home to the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research [http://cisr.nps.edu/ (CISR)] and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security [http://www.chds.us/ (CHDS)]. CISR is |
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America's foremost center for defense-related research and education in Information Assurance (IA), Inherently Trustworthy Systems (ITC), and defensive information warfare; and CHDS provides the first homeland security master’s degree in the United States. |
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== See also == |
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*[[:Category:Naval Postgraduate School alumni]] |
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*[[:Category:Naval Postgraduate School faculty]] |
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*[[America's Army]], a training video game developed at the [[MOVES Institute]] at NPS |
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*[[Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.nps.edu/ Naval Postgraduate School] |
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Revision as of 15:22, 16 November 2008
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