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Nigerian Defence Academy Admission Requirements


The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) was founded on the 5th of February, 1964 for the purpose of training officers for the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The Nigerian Defence Academy provides each officer cadet with the skills, knowledge, and values that are needed to meet the requirement of a military officer in Nigeria.

 The academy is a military institution where young agile men and women are trained into well-educated, virile, courageous, and erudite subalterns. It runs a five-year Regular Combatant Course programme. At the end of the programme, you will earn a Bachelor’s degree and a presidential commission to second lieutenant rank.

For you to be able to gain admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Regular Combatant Course programme, you must meet the following requirements:

  • You must have completed your Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC or NECO) or a GCE O’ Level with at least five credits passes in not more than two sittings. With a minimum of credit pass in Mathematics and English Language.


  • For admission into the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Military Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, you must have a minimum of credit passes in two relevant supporting subjects with credits in all compulsory subjects.
Age for the admission into the academy is between 17 years old and 21 years old as at the time of the admission
  • You must have a height of 1.68 meters and above if you are a male applicant or 1.58 meters if you are a female.
  • You must have a Certificate of State of Origin from your Local Government Office or a Certificate of State Indigene from your state governor’s office.

  • Your application will not be accepted or processed if you submit your form without your O’Level result. Applicants with awaiting results cannot apply.
  • Admission into the Nigeria Defence Academy is open to both male and female Nigerians. For female applicants, admission is limited to the Navy and Air Force.

For more information on admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy and its requirements, visit the NDA official website at www.nda.edu.ng.


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