Royal Military Academy ( Belgium ) The Royal Military Academy ( RMA ) is the military university of Belgium . The school is responsible for the education of the officers of the four components of the Belgian defence ( Army , Air Force , Navy , Medical ) . The school is located in Brussels in a building constructed by the architects Henri Maquet and Henri Van Dievoet . The courses are given in French , Dutch and English . There are two faculties There is also the special division and the Royal Higher Institute of Defence , which are part of the RMA . Admission . Admission to the University is only possible through public exams . First , candidates have to pass military test common to all Belgian military categories ( Medical , Endurance and physical tests , and a psychologic evaluation ) . After passing these , applying students have to compete with each other in public exams . These consist of mathematics and French & Dutch written language tests . The University can only accommodate a certain number of student each year ( rough estimate : 400 / year ) ( strongly influenced by the need for officers of the Belgian military ) . Applying students have to compete with each other for these limited places . Bologna . Since 2003 , the Academy made some changes to its faculties to conform with the Bologna Process . Both degrees are now taught within a 5 year span . After the first three years , students receive a Bachelor Degree . The Master ' s Degree can be attained in succeeding the following 2 years . But in contrast to the common Bologna implementation , flexibility in attaining the degrees isn ' t greatly augmented . Student can only fail for one year within all five . Re - exams are however possible . Student cannot take courses with them to the next year , they have to pass the re - exams . Before 2003 most courses were fixed , however , students had a limited choice between optional courses . A lot of flexibility regarding course choices was added by implementing course modules . Students can opt for certain modules which each hold specific and related courses . For example : The choice of course module isn ' t always free , but is related with the chosen military speciality of the student ( Infantry , Logistics , Transmission , Air traffic control , Artillery , Naval Forces . . ) and often mandatory . The majority of the courses remains fixed in the bachelor years . In the Master years , the student follow more modules than fixed courses . Nationalities . The grand majority of the students have the Belgian nationality , but cooperation with other countries has opened up the University to other nationalities . A lot of Luxemburgian officers receive their education in the University and have a long history in it . More recently the University received military students from Canada , Congo , Morocco , Tunisia and Rwanda , thanks to military cooperation , training and development programs . However , these student often belong to the social elite of their home country . The foreign student have , in contrast to the Belgian students , no obligation to follow the Flemish ( or Dutch ) language courses . Notable alumni . Royal family . The tradition of the royal princes to study at the academy is continuous . Affiliation . The Belgian Staff College was voted into the International Society of Military Sciences during the November 2011 meeting .