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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Naval Postgraduate School
|OrganizationType=Educational Institution
|Mission=NPS provides defense-focused graduate education, including classified studies and interdisciplinary research, to advance the operational effectiveness, technological leadership, and warfighting advantage of the Naval service and the Department of Defense.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Navy
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|Employees=1200
|Budget=$640 million (Fiscal Year 2023)
|OrganizationExecutive=President
|Services=Graduate Degree Programs; Research; Distance Learning; Professional Development
|HeadquartersLocation=36.59206, -121.87562
|HeadquartersAddress=1 University Circle, Monterey, CA 93943
|Website=https://www.nps.edu
}}
{{Short description|Graduate naval academy in Monterey, California, US}}
{{Short description|Graduate naval academy in Monterey, California, US}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
 
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox university
| name                  = Naval Postgraduate School
| image                  = Naval Postgraduate School emblem.svg
| type                  = [[Graduate school]]
| former_name            = School of Marine Engineering
| motto                  = Praestantia Per Scientiam
| motto_lang            = la
| mottoeng              = Excellence through Knowledge
| established            = 1909
| parent                = [[Naval University System]]
| provost                = Scott Gartner
| head_label            = President
| head                  = [[Ann E. Rondeau]]<ref name=ChicagoTribune>{{cite news |title=College of DuPage president who took over after predecessor's firing is leaving for Navy job |author=Staff Report |date=10 October 2018 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-college-of-dupage-president-resigns-20181010-story.html |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
| total_staff            = 887
| postgrad              = 629 full time residents
| city                  = [[Monterey, California|Monterey]]
| state                  = [[California]]
| country                = U.S.
| coordinates            = {{Coord|36.598|N|121.875|W|format=dms|source:dewiki_region:US-CA_type:edu|display=title,inline}} 
| campus_size            = {{Convert|627|acre|ha}}
| endowment              = $5.08 million (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2016-Endowment-Market-Values.pdf|title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2016 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY2015 to FY2016|website=NACUBO.org|access-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215040947/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2016%2DEndowment%2DMarket%2DValues.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| website                = [http://www.nps.edu/ nps.edu]
}}
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== History ==
== History ==
[[File:NPS herrmann hall lrg.jpg|thumb|right|Herrmann Hall]]
[[File:“UNITED STATES NAVY NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL” emblem in 1997 - Trends in Navy officer attitudes toward the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (IA trendsinnavyoffi00frie) (page 1 crop).jpg|thumb|1997 art]]
On 9 June 1909, [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[George von L. Meyer]] signed General Order No. 27, establishing a school of [[Marine propulsion|marine engineering]] at [[Annapolis, Maryland]].
On 9 June 1909, [[Secretary of the Navy]] [[George von L. Meyer]] signed General Order No. 27, establishing a school of [[Marine propulsion|marine engineering]] at [[Annapolis, Maryland]].


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The Naval Postgraduate School moved to Monterey in December 1951. Today, the school has over 40 programs of study including highly regarded M.S. and PhD programs in management, national security affairs, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical and astronautical engineering, systems engineering, space systems and satellite engineering, physics, oceanography meteorology, and other disciplines, all with an emphasis on military applications.
The Naval Postgraduate School moved to Monterey in December 1951. Today, the school has over 40 programs of study including highly regarded M.S. and PhD programs in management, national security affairs, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical and astronautical engineering, systems engineering, space systems and satellite engineering, physics, oceanography meteorology, and other disciplines, all with an emphasis on military applications.


Former [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] commander and [[World War II]] and [[Korean War]] veteran, [[Rear admiral (United States)|RADM]] [[Edward J. O'Donnell (military)|Edward J. O'Donnell]], assumed the role as superintendent of the school in 1965. He himself graduated from the school in the 1930s with a degree in [[Artillery|ordnance engineering]]. He would leave the role of superintendent in 1967 after retiring from the Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.nps.edu/nps-presidents-provosts|title=NPS Presidents & Provosts - Dudley Knox Library - Naval Postgraduate School|website=library.nps.edu|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>
Former [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] commander and [[World War II]] and Korean War veteran, [[Rear admiral (United States)|RADM]] [[Edward J. O'Donnell (military)|Edward J. O'Donnell]], assumed the role as superintendent of the school in 1965. He himself graduated from the school in the 1930s with a degree in [[Artillery|ordnance engineering]]. He would leave the role of superintendent in 1967 after retiring from the Navy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.nps.edu/nps-presidents-provosts|title=NPS Presidents & Provosts - Dudley Knox Library - Naval Postgraduate School|website=library.nps.edu|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref>


The Naval Postgraduate School has graduated more than 40 astronauts, greater than any other graduate school in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SSAG - Space Systems Academic Group - Naval Postgraduate School|url=https://nps.edu/web/ssag|access-date=2021-11-08|website=nps.edu}}</ref> The school is home to the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cisr.nps.edu/ |title=Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research |work=cisr.nps.edu |access-date=2014-04-22 |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School |location=Monterey, CA, USA}}</ref> and the [[Center for Homeland Defense and Security]] (CHDS).<ref>[http://www.chds.us/ Center for Homeland Defense & Security]. Chds.us. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> CISR is America's foremost center for defense-related research and education in Information Assurance (IA), Inherently Trustworthy Systems (ITC), and defensive information warfare; {{citation needed |date=November 2012}} and CHDS provides the first homeland security master's degree in the United States.<ref name="nps.edu">{{Cite web|title=NPS Launches Naval Warfare Studies Institute to Expedite Fleet Warfighting Solutions|url=https://nps.edu/-/nps-launches-naval-warfare-studies-institute-to-expedite-fleet-warfighting-solutions|access-date=2021-11-09|website=nps.edu|language=en-US}}</ref>
The Naval Postgraduate School has graduated more than 40 astronauts, greater than any other graduate school in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SSAG - Space Systems Academic Group - Naval Postgraduate School|url=https://nps.edu/web/ssag|access-date=2021-11-08|website=nps.edu}}</ref> The school is home to the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cisr.nps.edu/ |title=Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research |work=cisr.nps.edu |access-date=2014-04-22 |publisher=Naval Postgraduate School |location=Monterey, CA, USA}}</ref> and the [[Center for Homeland Defense and Security]] (CHDS).<ref>[http://www.chds.us/ Center for Homeland Defense & Security]. Chds.us. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.</ref> CISR is America's foremost center for defense-related research and education in Information Assurance (IA), Inherently Trustworthy Systems (ITC), and defensive information warfare; {{citation needed |date=November 2012}} and CHDS provides the first homeland security master's degree in the United States.<ref name="nps.edu">{{Cite web|title=NPS Launches Naval Warfare Studies Institute to Expedite Fleet Warfighting Solutions|url=https://nps.edu/-/nps-launches-naval-warfare-studies-institute-to-expedite-fleet-warfighting-solutions|access-date=2021-11-09|website=nps.edu|language=en-US}}</ref>
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