Editing Military academy (section)

==France==
[[File:PrytaneeStudents.jpg|thumb|Students of ''[[Prytanée National Militaire]]'' having lunch, 1900. The institution is one of several military preparatory schools in France.]]

===High schools===
*[[Lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr]]
*[[Lycée militaire d'Autun]]
*[[Prytanée National Militaire]]
*[[Lycée militaire d'Aix-en-Provence]]
*[[Lycée naval de Brest]]
*[[École des Pupilles de l'Air]]

===Officer academies===
[[File:ESM close-up Bastille Day 2008.jpg|thumb|Cadets of ''[[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]]'' during the 2008 [[Bastille Day military parade]]. The military college was established in 1802 by [[Napoleon]].]]

*[[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr]] (ESM, literally the "Special Military School of St Cyr") is the French Military Academy. It is often referred to as "Saint-Cyr". Founded by [[Napoleon]] in 1802, and initially in [[Fontainebleau]], it was moved first to [[Saint-Cyr-l'École]] in 1808, and then to [[Coëtquidan]] ([[Brittany]]) in 1945.
*[[École militaire interarmes]] (EMIA)
*[[École des commissaires des armées]] (ECA), founded in 2013
*[[École de l'air]]: the French Air Force Academy
*[[École Navale]]: the French Naval Academy
* École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale (EOGN): [[French gendarmerie|gendarmerie]] commissioned officers academy
*[[École Polytechnique]] (X): a French engineering ''[[grande école]]'' of military status. Though all of its French engineering students are enlisted and trained as officers, 5% of its graduates remain in the military after graduation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portail.polytechnique.edu/orientation4a/choisir-sa-4a/choix-de-4a-des-promotions-precedentes|title=Choix de 4A des promotions précédentes – Orientation 4A|last=DCOM|website=portail.polytechnique.edu|access-date=December 9, 2016|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027215040/https://portail.polytechnique.edu/orientation4a/choisir-sa-4a/choix-de-4a-des-promotions-precedentes|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées de Bretagne|ENSTA Bretagne]]: a French engineering ''[[grande école]]'' of military status. Only 1/4 of its students are actual officers-in-training.
* [[École de santé des armées|École de Santé des Armées]]: medical school of French army
* [[National Military Infrastructure Engineers Academy]]: trains military engineers of the Armed Forces, opened 2013 (also one of the newest)

===Postgraduate academies===
* ''École d'état-major'' (Staff school): first step of higher military studies, for officer of OF-2 rank.
* ''École de Guerre'' (War School): second step of higher military studies, mainly for ranks OF-2 and OF-3 who want to continue the command track (e.g. to command battalion or regiment).
* ''Collège d'enseignement supérieur de l'armée de terre'' (Army Higher Education College): second step of military education, but for officers whishing to achieve a high-level specialization.
** ''Cours supérieur d'état-major'' (Advanced Staff Course)
** ''Enseignement militaire supérieur scientifique et technique'' (Higher Technical and Scientific Education).
* ''Centre des hautes études militaire'' (Center for Advanced Military Studies): final step of military education, for very few selected OF-5. Its students also attend the civilian [[institut des hautes études de défense nationale]].