Application into the 68th Regular Course of the Nigerian Defense Academy


Posted on: Tue 26-01-2016

Application Forms
1. This is to inform the general public that online application for admission into the 68th Regular Course of the Nigerian Degence Academy(NDA), Kaduna will be available from 26 January to 15th March 2016. Admission into NDA is open to both MALE and FEMALE Nigerians. Candidates should logon to the applicattion portal www.ndaapplications.net, select "Purchase Access Code" and fill in their details to pay for their application via REMITA after first obtaining their ORDER ID and REMITA Retrival Reference (RRR) Code in the Sum of N3,000.00 only. Please note that only payment against RRR codes generated via the application portal would be accepted.
 
METHOD OF APPLICATION
2. Interested candidates are advised to go online and complete the application on the websites indicated above. Please download and read carefully, the Instructions provided on the Website. Applicants applying for admission into NDA also apply to the Joint admission and Matriculations Borad(JAMB) But may not necessarily select NDA as their Choice of University. Such applicants are expected to sit the JAMB Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
 
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
3. Applications should be submitted online. On Completion of the online Application, Candidates are to download an Acknowledgement Form. Upon releases of the JAMB results candidates should return to the applications portal and Download their Examiniation Admission Card. Only candidates who makes the JAMB national cut-off mark will be allowed to participate in the NDA Entrance Examiniation.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
4. The Requirements for various undergraduate degree programmes are as detailed inthe NDA websites/Applications portal. All Other information concerning Degree course, eligibilities and Examinations centres are as containd in the NDA websites/applications portal.
 
EXAMINATION CONDITIONS
5. Only Candidates who meet the JAMB national Cut-off mark will be eligible to sit for the NDA Entrance Examination at Their Examination Centre of Choice.
 
EXAMINIATION DATE AND REQUIREMENTS
6. The examination will be conducted as an Entrance Examination (Similar to Post-UTME Examinationin Conventional University),  and is sucheduled to hold on Saturday 23 April 2016. There fore all Eligible candidates are to bring along their Acknowledgement form, Examination Admission Card, JAMB result slip and TWO(2) postcard sized(3.5 x 5 inchs) Photographs to the Examiniation Centre on the examination date. The Photographs should show only from the chest upwards and should contain the candidates Name, Exam number, State Exam Centre, Course of study and Signature at the Back. Only successful candidates at the NDA Entrances Examination will subsequently be invited for the Armed Forces Selection Board following Which the List of admitted candidates will be published.
 
NATURE AND DURATION OF TRAINING
7. Admitted Candidate into NDA for the Regular Course will undergo military and academic training as Officer Cadets for a duration of 5years. On Successful completion of Training, Granduants will earn a honours degree in a core discipline (BSc, BEng, BA). They will equally earn a commission into the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
 
ADMINISTRATION
8. Regular Course cadets will train in NDA. All aspects of the cadetss administration and Logistics will be borne by The Federal Government.
 
REFERENCE MATERIALS
9. in Response to requests from candidates for reference materials, the Academy has offer a Compendium of Past Questions & Answers at atoken fee to interested Candidates. This cand be purchased from the Registry Department NDA 
 
Website: www.nda.edu.ng
Application Portal: www.ndaapplication.net
Email: [email protected]
 
Signed:
Academy Registrar