The Pakistan Military Academy (also known as PMA or PMA Kakul) is a two-year federal service military academy. It is located at Kakul near Abbottabad . The Pakistan Military Academy is similar in function to Sandhurst, Saint-Cyr, andWest Point, and provides training to the officers of Pakistan Army. The academy has three training battalions, and 12 companies. Another 2,000 guests each year, from over 34 countries, receive some training at PMA.
Pakistan Military Academy is a highly residential baccalaureate college with about 100 halls of study, where each one of them is equipped with audio and visual equipments. The academy offers a two-year undergraduate program which are Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A) including some common subjects as English, Military Geography, National and International Affairs, Islamic Studies, Military and General Science or Social Science.
The academy also has a Central Library that has a large collection of books on nearly every subject. The library also has journals and research materials. Along with the library the academy also has three massive computer laboratories and four latest computer-controlled Language laboratories. It is important that the cadets be aware of the current national and international news, for which PMA has set up its own broadcast channel.
Apart from the above courses and facilities, Pakistan Military Academy also has a range of clubs and societies which are:
- Science Club
- Fine Arts Club
- Crafts Club
- Drama Club
- Debating Club
- Music Club
- Camera Club
- Literary Club
- Graphics Club
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