This is a list of government-run higher-level military academies worldwide:
Argentina
- Colegio Militar de la Nación - El Palomar, Buenos Aires Province
- Military Naval School - Río Santiago, Buenos Aires Province
- Military Aviation School - Córdoba, Córdoba Province
Australia
Austria
- Theresian Military Academy - Wiener Neustadt (the oldest military academy in the world, founded by Empress Maria Theresa)
Belgium
Brazil
- Agulhas Negras Military Academy - Rio de Janeiro
- Brazilian Air Force Academy - Pirassununga
- Brazilian Naval Academy - Rio de Janeiro
Bulgaria
- Vasil Levski National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo
- Faculty of Anti-Aircraft Defence - Shumen
- Faculty of Aviation - Dolna Mitropoliya
- Rakovski Defence and Staff College, Sofia
- Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Varna
Canada
- Royal Military College of Canada - Kingston, Ontario
- Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean -Saint-Jean, Quebec
People's Republic of China
- PLA National University of Defense Technology
- PLA Information Engineering University
- PLA National Defense University
Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Chinese Military Academy - Fongshan
- Chinese Naval Academy
- Chinese Air Force Academy
- National Defense University
- National Defense Medical Center
Czech Republic
- University of Defence - Brno
Finland
- National Defence University - Helsinki
France
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr - Coëtquidan
- École Navale
- École de l'Air
- École Polytechnique (though still under military management and with most undergraduate students military cadets, is not a military academy any more)
Germany
- Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr - Hamburg
Greece
- Hellenic Army Academy - Athens
India
- Indian Military Academy - Dehradun
- National Defence Academy - Khadakwasla
- Defence Services Staff College - Wellington Cantonment
- Indian Naval Academy - Ezhimala
- Officers Training Academy - Chennai
- Officers Training Academy - Gaya
- Armed Forces Medical College - Pune
Indonesia
- Akademi Militer - Magelang
- Akademi Angkatan Udara - Yogyakarta
- Akademi Angkatan Laut - Surabaya
- Universitas Pertahanan - Sentul Bogor
Italy
- Accademia Militare - Modena
- Accademia navale - Livorno
- Accademia Aeronautica - Pozzuoli, Naples
- Accademia della Guardia di Finanza - Bergamo
- Scuola militare Nunziatella - Naples
- Scuola militare Teuliè - Milan
- Scuola militare navale Francesco Morosini - Venice
Japan
- National Defense Academy of Japan - Yokosuka, Kanagawa
- Japan National Defense Medical College - Tokorozawa, Saitama
- Japan Coast Guard Academy - Kure, Hiroshima
- Naval Academy Etajima - Etajima, Hiroshima
North Korea
- Kim Il-sung Military University
South Korea
- Korea Military Academy - Taerung
- Korea National Defense University
Malaysia
- National Defence University of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Mexico
- Heroico Colegio Militar - Mexico City
Myanmar
- Defence Services Academy
- Defence Services Technological Academy
- Defence Services Medical Academy
- Officer Training School
- Command and General Staff College
- National Defence College
- Military Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science
Netherlands
- Koninklijke Militaire Academie - Breda
- Royal Netherlands Naval College (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine) - Den Helder
- Netherlands Defence Academy - Breda and Den Helder
New Zealand
- New Zealand Defence College - Trentham Military Camp, Upper Hutt
Nigeria
- Nigerian Defence Academy - Kaduna
Norway
- Norwegian Military Academy - Oslo
- Royal Norwegian Air Force War Academy - Trondheim
- Royal Norwegian Naval War Academy - Bergen
Pakistan
- Pakistan Military Academy - Kakul
- Pakistan Air Force Academy - Risalpur
- Pakistan Naval Academy - Karachi
Philippines
- Philippine Military Academy (PMA) - Loakan, Baguio
- Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) - San Narciso, Zambales
Poland
- Academy of National Defence - Warsaw
- Military University of Technology in Warsaw
- Tadeusz Kościuszko Land Forces Military Academy - Wrocław
- Air Forces Military Academy - Dęblin
- Polish Naval Academy - Gdynia
- Medical University of Łódź, Faculty of Military Medicine
Portugal
- Escola Naval - Almada
- Academia Militar - Lisbon
- Academia da Força Aérea - Sintra
- Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares - Lisbon
Romania
- Academy of Higher Military Studies - Bucharest
- Technical Military Academy - Bucharest
- Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy - Constanţa
Russia
- Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
- N. G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy
- Gagarin Air Force Academy
- Military Engineering-Technical University
Saudi Arabia
- King Abdul Aziz Military Academy - Riyadh
Singapore
South Africa
Serbia
Spain
- Academia General Militar - Zaragoza
- Escuela Naval Militar - Marín, Pontevedra
- Academia General del Aire - San Javier, Murcia
Sweden
- Military Academy Karlberg - Karlberg Castle, Stockholm
- Swedish National Defence College - Stockholm
Switzerland
- Military Academy at ETH(MILAK) - Zürich
Thailand
- Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy - Nakhon Nayok.
- Royal Thai Naval Academy - Pak nam, Samut Prakan.
- Royal Thai Air Force Academy - Don Mueang, Bangkok.
Turkey
- Turkish War Colleges
- Turkish Armed Forces Higher Command and Management College-İstanbul
- Army War College
- Navy War college
- Air Force War College
- Multinational Joint Warfare Centre (MJWC)
- Strategic Research Institute (SRI)
- Turkish Military (Army) Academy - Ankara
- Turkish Naval Academy - İstanbul
- Turkish Air Force Academy - İstanbul
- Gülhane Military Medical Academy - Ankara
Uganda
- Uganda Senior Command and Staff College: Kimaka, Jinja, Jinja District.
- UPDF Air Force Academy: Nakasongola, Nakasongola District
- University of Military Science and Technology: Lugazi, Buikwe District
- Uganda Military Academy: Kabamba, Mubende District
- National Defence College, Uganda: Jinja, Jinja District.
United Kingdom
- Britannia Royal Naval College - Dartmouth
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst - Camberley
- Royal Air Force College - Cranwell
- Royal Military Academy - Woolwich (closed in 1939)
United States
- United States Military Academy - West Point, New York
- United States Naval Academy - Annapolis, Maryland
- United States Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs, Colorado
- United States Coast Guard Academy - New London, Connecticut
- United States Merchant Marine Academy - Kings Point, New York
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences - Bethesda, Maryland
- National Defense University