WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL dEFENCE uNIVERSITY

The origin of the National Defence University (NDU) goes back to the year 1963, when the 1st Army War Course started at the Command and Staff College, Quetta. Subsequently , in 1971, a dedicated National Defence College was established at the old building of the National Assembly of Pakistan in Rawalpindi. In 1995, the National Defence College shifted to its present campus at the foothills of  picturesque Margalla Hills of  Islamabad.  By a decree of the Government of Pakistan, the National Defence College was upgraded as the NDU. An Ordinance to this effect was signed on 27 January-2007 by the President of Pakistan. The NDU will continue to operate from the same campus.