The Republic of China Naval Academy (CNA; ) is the service academy for the

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of the

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, and is located next to the Zuoying Naval Base (海軍左營基地),

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

History

The academy was originally established as the Chinese Naval Academy at the Gaochang Temple in

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on 16 June 1946. On 1 April 1947, the academy was moved to Qingdao,

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. In April 1949, the academy was moved to Hsiamen, Fukien and to its present location in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in September in the same year. In 1994, the academy began to recruit female cadets for the first time.

Academics

School of Academic Studies

* Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Applied Science * Department of Marine Science * Department of Marine Mechanical Engineering * Department of Information Management

General Education Center

* Humanities Section * Social Science Section

School of Military Studies

* Tactics Section * Marine Engineering Section * Physical Training Section

Alumni

* Jason Yuan, Secretary-General of the

National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a n ...

(2012-2014) * Huang Shu-kuang, Chief of the General Staff * Lee Chung-wei, Chairperson of Ocean Affairs Council * Lee Hsi-ming, Chief of the General Staff (2017–2019) * Pu Tze-chun, Vice Minister of National Defense (2017-2018) * Tung Hsiang-lung, Minister of

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(2013-2016)

Transportation

The academy is accessible West from World Games Station of the Kaohsiung MRT.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1912 establishments in China 1949 establishments in Taiwan Educational institutions established in 1912 Military academies of Taiwan Naval academies

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Universities and colleges in Kaohsiung Zuoying District