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The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants both master's degrees and doctoral degrees. The student population comprises active-duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services, and U.S. Government civilians. Most of the faculty are civilians.
The Naval Postgraduate School offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level to national and international scientists and engineers through the .
Prior to being purchased by the US Government, the School's campus was operated as the Del Monte Hotel.
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The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants both master's degrees and doctoral degrees. The student population comprises active-duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services, and U.S. Government civilians. Most of the faculty are civilians.
The Naval Postgraduate School offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level to national and international scientists and engineers through the .
Prior to being purchased by the US Government, the School's campus was operated as the Del Monte Hotel. Some NPS buildings and the cactus garden date from that time.
Academic Structure
The Naval Postgraduate Schooloffers graduate programs through four graduate schools and 12 departments:
- Graduate School of Business & Public Policy
- Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Sciences http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/index.html] Web page], including the following departments and units that offer M.S and Ph.D degrees:
- Applied Mathematics Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/AppliedMath/index.html]Web page]
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Departmenthttp://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/ECE/index.html] Web Page]
- Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/MAE/ Web page
- Meteorology Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Meteorology/index.html] Web page]
- Oceanography Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Oceanography/index.html] Web page]
- Physics Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Physics/index.html] Web page]
- Systems Engineering Department http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/se/index.html] Web page]
- Space Systems Academic Group http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/SpaceSystems/index.html] Web page]
- Meyer Systems Engineering Institute http://www.nps.edu/Academics/GSEAS/Navigation/Institutes.html] Web page]
- Under Sea Warfare Systems Academic Committee naval construction]], and [[civil engineering]] as well as continuing the original program in marine engineering.
During [[World War II]], [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Ernest King]], chief of naval operations and commander-in-chief of both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, established a commission to review the role of graduate education in the Navy. In 1945, [[U.S. Congress|Congress]] passed legislation to make the school a fully-[[School accreditation|accredited]], degree-granting graduate institution. Two years later, Congress adopted legislation authorizing the purchase of an independent campus for the school.
In December 1951, the Postgraduate School moved across the nation, establishing its current campus in Monterey. Today, the school has over 40 programs of study including highly regarded M.S and Ph.D. programs in electrical and computer engineering (NRC Ranking 68,), mechanical and astronautical engineering(NRC Ranking 30), space systems and satellite engineering, physics, oceanography (NRC Ranking 22), meteorology, applied mathematics , . NPS is home to the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security . CISR is
America's foremost center for defense-related research and education in Information Assurance (IA), Inherently Trustworthy Systems (ITC), and defensive information warfare; and CHDS provides the first homeland security master’s degree in the United States.
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