People's Liberation Army National Defense University

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National Defense University

中国人民解放军国防大学
Former name	Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
Motto	Togetherness, Alertness, Seriousness, Liveliness (团结 紧张 严肃 活泼)
Type	Public military university
Established	1927; 97 years ago (1927) (predecessor) 1985; 39 years ago (1985) (current entity)
Founder	Deng Xiaoping
President	Xiao Tianliang
Location	Beijing , China
Affiliations	People's Liberation Army
Website	www.cdsndu.org
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	中国人民解放军国防大学
Traditional Chinese	中國人民解放軍國防大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Guófáng Dàxué

The National Defense University (中国人民解放军国防大学) is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng Xiaoping, the university is under the "institutional leadership" of the Central Military Commission. The university is the highest military education institution of China.^[1]

The current president of the university is People's Liberation Army (PLA) lieutenant general Xiao Tianliang.^[2]