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Albania
Military Schools
Specialized military schools were essentially scaled-down copies
of those in the Soviet Union. Three military schools trained officers
for the People's Army or provided advanced professional training
for mid-career officers. The Skanderbeg Military School was a
secondary school that prepared students to enter the United Higher
Officers' School. Students at Skanderbeg were generally sons of
party, government, and military leaders. The United Higher Officers'
School, formerly named for Enver Hoxha, was the oldest military
education institution in the country. According to the APL, it
began operating before German occupation forces left the country
in 1944 and initiated a formal curriculum in 1945. Its graduates
received a university degree and became commissioned officers.
The Military Academy, once named for Mehmet Shehu, was an advanced
institution offering training equivalent to that of command and
staff schools or war colleges in Western military establishments.
It provided specialized officer courses for pilots and those serving
in artillery units or aboard ship.
Data as of April 1992
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