National Defence College (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးတက္ကသိုလ်, abbreviated NDC) is a military academy in Myanmar's national capital of Naypyidaw. Opened in 1958, NDC was one of several training facilities opened in the mid-to-late 1950s, the most well known among them being the Defence Services Academy.^[1][2] NDC provides post-graduate master's degrees in defence studies to military officers.^[2]

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National Defence College

နိုင်ငံတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးတက္ကသိုလ်
Other name	NDC
Established	1958 (1958)
Parent institution	Ministry of Defence
Commandant	Zaw Min Latt
Location	Naypyidaw , Naypyidaw Union Territory , Myanmar

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Since 1994, NDC has offered one-year courses for officers above the rank of colonel.^[2] In 2016, nearly all military MPs appointed to the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw had nearly all completed master's degrees at NDC.^[3]

In April 2023, Zaw Min Latt, the commandant of DSA, became NDC's commandant, replacing Kyaw Shwe Tun.^[4]