Joint Command and Staff College
The Joint Command and Staff College (JCSC) is one of the colleges of the UAE armed forces that specialize in teaching the art of war in general and the operational art in particular. The JCSC combines theory and practice as a basis for its instructional methodology and aims to develop leadership qualities in the students. The JCSC contributes to forming the concept of employment for the armed forces in joint operations and military operations in peacetime, such as peacekeeping and peace support operations. Historical background. On September 28, 1991, the UAE Federal Decree Law No . 9 was issued, founding the JCSC as the highest military college in the country, to handle the responsibility of preparing select officers to occupy command positions in the headquarters and units of the armed forces. On October 15, 1991, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces decided on the Statute of the JCSC. Inauguration. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces inaugurated the JCSC on Monday, January 20, 1992. In 1994, the Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces issued a decree turning  all the courses held at the college from general command and staff courses to joint command and staff courses, effective from Course 8, and the curricula were modified to joint curricula to serve all services of the Armed Forces. Admission and study. Instruction in the JCSC is no longer limited to military sciences, exclusive to qualifying staff officers; it goes beyond that to holding courses in strategic planning. In addition, the curricula of the Joint Command and Staff courses were developed to meet the requirements of educational accreditation to enable participants to receive bachelor's degrees in Management and Military  Sciences and master's degrees in Human Resource Management and through affiliation with Abu Dhabi University. Courses. The college regularly holds several courses based on directives issued by the GHQ of the Armed Forces: Command and staff. To keep pace with the development of arming officers with accredited academic degrees and listing the Joint Command and Staff College side by side with the academic institutions accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, the armed forces have developed the curricula of the Joint command and Staff Course to meet the requirements of academic accreditation in coordination with Abu Dhabi University. The  curricula were reformed and the subjects redistributed on the basis of credit hours, taken from the sub-curricula of the former course; however, the new curricula were designed to maintain the mission of the college and present the military arts and sciences with the same sequence and intensity previously used. The curricula of the course were developed taking into consideration the directives of the Chief of Staff, the Head of the Higher College Council, the requirements of the Commands of the main forces, and notes and constructive feedback generated after the practical application of the curricle of previous courses. The  advantages and disadvantages were considered and development and update areas were determined to meet the practical guidelines to qualifying staff officers capable of conducting command and staff functions and handling complex situations. The Joint Command and Staff Course aims at preparing officers to become military commanders and staff officers who possess experience and military training, awareness of legal, political, strategic, Islamic and historical knowledge, in addition to research and management skills to qualify them to perform command tasks assigned to them. Each course of study contributes significantly to the achievement of the program objectives that revolve around the following: Joint  Operations Course. This course aims at qualifying participants to function at the military strategic and operational levels as joint commanders, members of strategic planning groups and joint planning groups, joint task force commanders, or staff officers in joint commands. They must understand the outcomes of planning and functioning at the military strategic level needed for the Higher Council of Defense (military political advice) in order to achieve the following: Strategic Planning Course. This course aims at preparing participants and enhancing their skills in forming and organizing joint operations teams capable of understanding the dimensions and requirements of national security and  designing military political strategies, strategic planning mechanisms, decision making processes, leadership and strategic management, media, crisis planning and management, negotiations and scientific research. The course is designed to achieve the following objectives: Master's degree in human resource management. The Human Resource Management\Faculty of Management is a specialized program that focuses on effective management of human resources in institutions. It provides participants with a valuable opportunity to study advanced scientific studies in managing human resources. It also provides participants with an opportunity to progress at both the personal and professional levels. Upon the completion of 33 credit hours, participants are  awarded a master's degree. Upon completion of the program, graduates should be capable of: Applying theoretical techniques, concepts, and principles related to institutional behavior. Bachelor's degree in management and military sciences. In affiliation with Abu Dhabi University, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research accredited the BA program of Management and Military Sciences awarded to the graduates of the Joint Command and Staff College effective from Course 20. Furthermore, a special program was also accredited to qualify the graduates of former courses. A bachelor's degree will be awarded to graduates upon completion of 133 credit hours , at which time the graduates should be qualified to: The college program is made up of 38 courses distributed among prerequisites of management, economics, military training, and command and staff. The course syllabi vary between academic, military, and academic-military, where directing staff employ educational technology, research seminars, national and international tours, exercises, and varied training drills, as shown in the syllabus of each course.