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43-570: The Military Academy of the University of Defence ( Serbian : Војна академија Универзитета одбране , romanized :  Vojna akademija Univerziteta odbrane ) is a college devoted to military education and career development located in Belgrade , Serbia. The academy forms part of the Serbian higher education system, offering accredited graduate and postgraduate curriculum. It contains

86-482: A undergraduate military college (which conducts officer training) as well as postgraduate studies. The following levels of studies are organized in the Military Academy: A professional qualification, moral completeness and physical readiness are the basis for successful realization of tasks and command of units in positioned missions and tasks, continual development and improvement of officers. The aim of

129-548: Is awarded a Defense Management diploma. Military - Mechanical Engineering is the Military Academy cadets' education for technical service officer core and mechanical engineering. Realization of this study program, enables future officers – mechanical engineers to resolve fundamental technical-technological problems in their initial command or staff duties that are in connection with maintenance and storage of arms and military equipment. The elected modules are: The cadet

172-743: Is awarded a Mechanical Engineering Diploma and Diploma's Supplement which means competencies of officers technical for technical service (Weaponry and Armament specialty or Combat Vehicles). Military - Electronic Engineering is designed for the education of cadets from the Military Academy for telecommunication and technical services officer core and computer science. Realization of this study program, enables future officers of telecommunications, technical services and computer sciences to resolve fundamental technical-technological problems in their initial duties, which are in connection with exploitation and maintenance of military electronic systems and means in its service and specialty. The elected modules are: The cadet

215-679: Is awarded an Electronic Engineering Diploma. Except for diplomas, a cadet is awarded and a Diploma's Supplement, which determines cadet competencies for professional officer service in telecommunications, technical service (radar systems and missile systems specialty and fire control system) and Informatics. Military - Chemical Engineering is the Military Academy cadets' education for technical branches of officer core, ordnance specialty and anti CBRN specialty, as well as technology engineers. Future officers - Military Chemical Engineers, depending on elected module, will be enabled to resolve fundamental technical-technological problems in their initial duties in

258-512: Is located at Banjica neighborhood in Belgrade. Besides main lecture buildings and cadet dormitory, on campus-facilities include stadium, indoor swimming pool, indoor athletics hall as well. The campus of the Military Academy was a center point of the popular television series Military Academy broadcast on Radio Television of Serbia from 2012 to 2017, and two movies, Military Academy 2 (2013) and Military Academy 3: New Beginning (2016). It

301-476: Is the Military Academy cadets' education for Air Force officers – aircraft and helicopter pilots as well as air traffic engineers. Realization of this study program enables future Air Force officers - aircraft and helicopter pilots, to work on their initial duties of pilots in air detachments, then to carry out basic flying duties, as well as for the continued advanced air squadron level training. In addition, study program provides necessary competencies for performing

344-503: Is the adoption of academic knowledge and skills, and achieving competencies necessary to carry out initial branch – service officer duties, a platoon leader in accordance with the missions and tasks of Serbian Armed Forces, as well as for carrying out managerial duties in the defense system. The program includes areas that are necessary for acquiring defense management system basic theoretical knowledge, such as management, economic and organizational sciences. The elected modules are: The cadet

387-528: The Army of Serbia has to possess. After graduation, students become managers (defense managers), mechanical engineers (engineers of military - mechanical engineering), engineers of electrical engineering and computer science (engineers of military - electronic engineering), engineers of technology (engineers of military - chemical engineering) and engineers of traffic and transportation (engineers of military aviation – pilots) by profession. After their graduation from

430-465: The Military Academy consists of active classes (lectures, exercises, and other forms of teaching) and special forms of teaching (such as camps, military training, training in winter conditions – skiing, training for steering a motor vehicle, flight training, and embarking on the ships of river units). The teaching process is organized by the teachers from the Military Academy, as well as professors from other faculties, associates from scientific institutions,

473-550: The Ministry of Defense and the general staff of the Armed Forces. Emphasis is placed on the practical implementation of knowledge and skills which students acquire through lectures and exercises. Teaching is organized in the contemporary equipped laboratories, cabinets, classrooms equipped with computers and Internet. The library and reading-rooms, with numerous publications of scientific-educational literature and fiction and

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516-597: The Serbian Air Force were stationed. Until World War II Banjica remained a quiet village with most of its population employed in crop production to support the growing agricultural demands of Belgrade. During the World War II Banjica was also a place where the German forces together with their Serbian collaborators ran a Banjica concentration camp . From June 1945 to December 1946, Banjica

559-534: The University of Defense also conducts scientific research, including basic, applied, and developmental research, aimed at advancing and modernizing education in the defense system. It is a member of the Conference of Universities of Serbia. The University consists of two schools: Banjica Banjica ( Serbian : Бањица , pronounced [bâɲitsa] ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade ,

602-551: The archaeologists consider it irreparable. The name of the neighborhood comes from the Serbian word banja , meaning spa , thus it can be translated as the "small spa". Banjica used to be a suburban village, inhabited in the early 19th century by migrants from southeastern Serbia who came after the end of the Second Serbian Uprising in 1815. In 1903 Banjica was the location of the military parade made for coronation of king Petar I Karađorđević of Serbia . At

645-524: The beginning of the 20th century, location of the Belgrade hippodrome was moved from the neighborhood of Marinkova Bara to Banjica. There, the First Serbian derby was held. Near the location of modern VMA, in the beginning of 1912, first wooden airplane hangar was built. Two years later, when the World War I broke, Banjica was the base where an airplane squadron and the balloon company of

688-535: The cadet obtains 60 ESPB. After a successful graduation, a cadet is a graduate defense manager or a graduate engineer of a certain profile. Thus, the cadet will have gained all necessary conditions for reaching a better position in a profession and specialized training. Master studies are carried out through four programs of studies: After the first degree studies and during the military career, officers can enrol academic and professional postgraduate training. To officers, chosen by contest, along with parallel work in

731-483: The cadet's competencies for professional officer in the service of the Serbian Armed Forces. Master studies enable the cadet to expand the knowledge acquired at the graduate academic studies and to acquire the competence in fulfilling higher duties in a branch – service, as well as to perform the job of a graduate manager, i.e. a graduate engineer. The studies last one year or two semesters during which

774-492: The capital of Serbia . It's divided between Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (western half) and Voždovac (eastern half). Banjica is located 5-6 kilometers south of the center of Belgrade ( Terazije ), on the Banjica hill. On the southwest, the hill descends into the valley and neighborhood of Lisičji Potok and further continues into the hill and woods of Topčider while on the southwest and souuth it descends into

817-513: The city are 42, 47, 48, 50, 59, 78, 94, trolleybus lines are 40 and 41, tram lines are 9, 10 and 14. The public transport station near the school is also the place where people living in nearby villages switch from their local buses (400(seasonal), 401, 402, 403, 405, 406, 407 and 408) to the above-mentioned lines toward the city. In 2011 an initiative was started for building the first athletics hall in Serbia which, apart from organizing competitions,

860-404: The day. The largest Vinčan house discovered so far, covering 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft), was excavated here. The settlement had megarons, specialized economic structures, but also numerous smaller structures, like pantries, and silos. In 1964, the locality was protected as the cultural monument . The locality was endangered in the 1990s by the construction in the neighborhood, but

903-560: The duties of an engineer in military aviation. The cadet is awarded an Air Traffic Engineer Diploma and Diploma's Supplement which determines officer competencies for professional Air Force pilot. Defence Logistics is to acquire academic knowledge and skills, and achieving competencies necessary to carry out initial duties of logistics officers in the defence system. Core courses of the program include courses of mathematics, social science, defence science, certain fields of technical-technological sciences and defense logistics. The structure of

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946-602: The education at the Military Academy is the education of students for the vocation of professional officer, training for initial duties at the level of the commanding officer of platoon and preparations for intellectual and ethical challenges of officer vocation, in accordance with missions and tasks given to the Armed Forces. There are six programs of studies at the Military Academy: The programs of studies have many modules which provide students with vast specialist knowledge and necessary skills which an officer of

989-427: The facility was ceremonially open on 1 March 2016 with the inaugural issue of the international athletics meeting "Serbia Open". The venue hasn't been named after General Đukić and, as of September 2017, it still has no official name. There is a small (by western standards) shopping mall next to the school, and a well-stocked green market up the hill, where people bring fresh grocery goods from afar. The school's name

1032-440: The first degree academic studies, students go into professional military service at the rank of second-lieutenant or they can go on with their education at the master studies organized by the Military Academy. To these students, alongside attendance of compulsory lectures, it is also possible to acquire internationally accepted certificates: STANAG (knowledge of foreign languages) and ECDL (computer skills). The teaching process at

1075-534: The lot within the Military Academy 's barracks of "General Jovan Mišković". The lot is located in the northern part of the Byford's Forest (formerly, Banjica Forest). In April 2012 it was announced that the hall will be finished by the end of 2013. The military would also use the hall, as a training facility for the cadets and students of the academy. The project of the "Centroprojekt" company was compliant to

1118-590: The neighborhood. Banjica hill ( Banjički vis , Savski Venac, 1.96 hectares (4.8 acres)), and Banjica Forest ( Banjička šuma , Voždovac, 39.61 hectares (97.9 acres)). There is a small park next to the Banjica Sports Complex, covering 0.36 hectares (0.89 acres)). In 2011 a project of the revitalization of the Kaljavi potok was announced. The stream is already channeled and has a concrete bed, but it also receives waters from many local cesspits . It

1161-412: The oval terracotta with meander art and Old European inscriptions place civilized human activity in Banjica to 7,000 years ago. The Usek locality has been surveyed in 1955-1957, 1978 and 1998. With continuous habitation from 5200 to 4600 BCE, it is one of the longest existing Vinčan settlement that has been discovered so far. It has well preserved houses, giving insight into the architecture and urbanism of

1204-499: The possibility of using the newest publications of technical journals, are at students' disposal. All programs which are organized at the Military Academy are in a complete accordance with the programs of studies which are organized at military academies in Europe. Regardless of program taken and diplomas, cadets are commissioned second lieutenants or ensigns in the Serbian Armed Forces upon graduation. The aim of this program of studies

1247-476: The program includes theoretical knowledge required for successful defence logistics management (basic economics, microeconomics, logistics, organization, quality assurance, special logistic areas, military management, crisis management, resource management, financial business, material business, supply material management and electronic business). The elected modules are: The cadet is awarded a Defence Logistics Manager Diploma and Diploma's Supplement which determines

1290-531: The seat of the Athletics Federation of Serbia . The total area of the venue is 7,200 m (78,000 sq ft). Defense minister Dragan Šutanovac announced that the hall will be named "General Đukić Hall", after Svetomir Đukić , the founder of modern Olympism in Serbia. Works began in June 2012. Instead of being finished by the end of 2013, the construction dragged on for almost four years and

1333-435: The services and specialties, primarily to the platoon level, which are in connection with: Tech maintenance and ordnance storage, and technology of CBRN accidents sanitation in peace and war. The elected modules are: The cadet is awarded a Chemical Engineering Diploma and Diploma's Supplement which determines officer competencies for technical service professional officer (Ordnance specialty) and CBRN branch. Military Aviation

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1376-399: The standards of IAAF . The project includes 4 round (200 m (660 ft)) and 8 sprint tracks (60 m (200 ft)), sections for the long jump , high jump , pole vault , triple jump and shot put . Under the stands, which have 1,000 seats, numerous premises were planned, including the anti-doping facility, ambulance, gym, etc. Administrative section of the building will become

1419-430: The stream were to be demolished. It was supposed to be the starting phase of the creation of the "green-blue corridors", the network of arranged forest and water sections all over the city, and the next project was already slated to be the stream of Jelezovac potok , a tributary to the Kaljavi potok . As of 2017, nothing from the entire project has been done. Findings of the ancient Vinča culture such as figurines or

1462-412: The stream, three natural springs, limestone above-the-ground formations and the habitat of 20 species of rare birds, not usually find in the urbanized areas. The entire revitalized area was projected at 8 ha (20 acres) and should comprise the surrounding forest, rearranged forest paths, outdoor gym , children playgrounds and gazebos. The illegally built houses, fences, gardens and sewage drains along

1505-520: The units, the specialized training which represents a type of postgraduate education is enabled, and it can be done on specialized, master and doctoral studies. National Defense School offers command and general-staff officer education for the highest duties in the Military of Serbia and the Ministry of Defense. The forms of specialised training at the Military Academy are: The campus of the Academy

1548-607: The valley of the creek of Kaljavi potok , bordering the neighborhoods of Kanarevo Brdo (south-west) and Jajinci (south). To the west, Banjica extends into the elite neighborhood of Dedinje while the eastern side is covered by the Banjica forest , a long narrow belt of deciduous woodland along the Boulevard of Liberation, which used to separate Banjica from the neighborhoods of Voždovac and Trošarina . Nowadays those neighborhoods are connected to Banjica. There are two forests in

1591-478: Was envisioned as the green oasis between the trolleybus terminus in Banjica and the "Tehnogas" factory in Kanarevo Brdo, just 5 km (3.1 mi) from downtown Belgrade. The 800-metre-long (2,625 ft) section of the stream was projected as the history and nature reserve as it was to include the remnants of the paleolithic site, pedestrian and bicycle paths, trim trail , a series of small bridges over

1634-451: Was founded by the Serbian government on February 24, 2011. It is an independent higher education institution that conducts higher military education through undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral studies across multiple scientific fields, in accordance with its founding documents, the Law on Higher Education, and the Law on Military Education. Within the framework of higher education activities,

1677-522: Was one of 5 administrative neighborhoods within Belgrade’s Raion VI. After the war, the village was heavily urbanized, with new large apartment buildings built in place of old family houses. Banjica had a population of 17,711 in 2002. Today, Banjica is mainly a residential area, but with large diversity in administrative and sports buildings. The most notable ones are: Public transport includes bus , trolleybus and tram lines. Bus lines toward

1720-412: Was preserved. Illegal construction in 2004 which threatened it, was stopped. In July 2022, an "unknown investor" without any permits, destroyed 84 square metres (900 sq ft) of the locality with construction machines, so as part of the surrounding protective green belt. After citizens reports, the inspection closed the area, but the investor removed the protection and continued with works. Before he

1763-402: Was produced in cooperation with the Serbian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense. University of Defence It comprises two faculties and offers academic programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels in various scientific fields, within the educational and scientific domains of social sciences, engineering and technology, and medical sciences. The University of Defense

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1806-434: Was stopped, he removed almost 200 cubic metres (7,100 cu ft) of archaeological layers, or some 15 years of research. Ceramics, animal bones, bone, stone and horn tools, remains of the houses, furnaces and fireplaces ended up scattered over the locality. The damage was done by the construction of the supporting wall, 12 metres (39 ft) long and 2.6 metres (8 ft 6 in) tall, made of reinforced concrete , and

1849-613: Was to serve for training of the national athletes. First location was on New Belgrade (at the end of the Blokovi neighborhood) and then on Košutnjak , within the scopes of the Institute for sports. Projects were drafted for both locations, funding was provided through the National Investment Plan (NIP), but since none of the projects took off, the funds were returned to NIP. In 2012, the Ministry of Defense donated

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