Schools and Departments
Schools & Departments
Schools
Graduate School of Defense Management
The Graduate School of Defense Management (GSDM) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) offers world-class education programs and professional development opportunities in defense management and public policy to U.S. and allied military officers, defense civilians and defense contractors. Our academic and research programs promote national security and support the DON/DOD by developing intellectual leadership in a broad range of topics in defense management. Visit the site.
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (GSEAS) includes seven departments (Applied Mathematics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Meteorology, Oceanography, Physics, and Systems Engineering) and two academic groups (Space Systems and Undersea Warfare). Applying best practices and state-of-the art advances in science and engineering, GSEAS is at the forefront of research that addresses Navy and DOD needs, with a mission to increase the technical capability of the Navy and United States military forces. Visit the site.
Graduate School of International and Defense Studies
The Graduate School of International and Defense Studies (IDS) conducts research and offers various education opportunities in international security studies. Programs seek to identify and address current and emerging security challenges and strengthen multilateral and bilateral defense cooperation between the United States and other nations. Visit the site.
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences
The Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences (GSOIS) prepares future senior military leaders to succeed in an uncertain, rapidly changing, and information intensive environment through research and educational programs. Visit the site.
Departments
Applied Mathematics (MA)
Computer Science (CS)
Defense Analysis (DA)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Information Sciences (IS)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
Meteorology (MR)
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Oceanography (OC)
Operations Research (OR)
Physics (PH)
Systems Engineering (SE)
Academic Groups, Centers, and Institutes
Academic Groups
Cyber Academic Group (CAG)
Energy Academic Group (EAG)
Space Systems Academic Group (SSAG)
Undersea Warfare Academic Group (USWAG)
Research Institutes
Cebrowski Institute for Innovation and Information Superiority
Consortium for Intelligent Systems Education and Research (CISER)
Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation Institute (MOVES)
Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI)
Department-Level Institutes
Naval War College - Monterey
We are a satellite office of the United States Naval War College, College of Distance Education (CDE) located on campus at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California.
Official NPS Research Centers
Several Research Centers of Excellence have been established at NPS under the auspices of the Associate Provost and Dean of Research. A Research Center is a group of faculty/staff with a significant concentration of expertise in a particular area normally with an emphasis on applications. Every Research Center supports the NPS educational mission and displays a clear benefit to NPS, the Navy and/or DoD.
Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Center (ADSC)
Center for Additive Manufacturing
Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research (CAVR)
Center for Cybersecurity and Cyber Operations (C3O)
formerly the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research (CISR)
Center for Infrastructure Defense (CID)
Center for Joint Services Electronic Warfare
Center for Materials Research (CMR)
Center for Multi-INT Studies (CMIS)
Center for Network Innovation and Experimentation (CENETIX)
Center on Contemporary Conflict
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Lab
DOD Information Strategy Research Center
Littoral Operations Center (LOC)
Remote Sensing Center (RSC)
SEED Center for Data Farming (Simulation Experiments & Efficient Designs)
Spacecraft Research and Design Center (SRDC)
Additional NPS Centers, Programs and Facilities
Adaptive Optics Center of Excellence for National Security (AOCOE)
Center for Asymmetric Warfare
Center for Decision, Risk, Controls and Signals Intelligence
Center for Defense Management Reform
Center for Executive Education (CEE)
Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
Center for Information Warfare and Innovation (CIWI)
Center for Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) Research
Center for New Security Economics and Net Assessment
Center for Radiation Hardened Electronics
Center for Survivability and Lethality
Center for the Study of Mobile Devices and Communications
Center for the Study of Potential Outcomes
Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
Culture and Conflict Studies (CCS)
Cryptologic Research Center
Data Science and Analytics Group
Information Dominance Center for Excellence
Information Operations Center for Research
Software Engineering Center
Unique Research Facilities
The Naval Postgraduate School has several unique research facilities. These facilities have been developed to provide faculty and students with a dynamic research environment to work on problems of special interest to the Department of the Navy/Department of Defense. Classified facilities at NPS allow research up to the Secret Compartmented Information (SCI) level.
Common Operational Research Environment (CORE) Program
Cryptologic Research Laboratory (CRL)
Directed Energy Simulation Laboratory
Interactive Digital Environment Analysis (IDEA) Laboratory
Ocean Acoustic Observatory
Radar/Electronic Warfare Laboratory
Rocket and Combustion Laboratory
Secure Computer Network Research Laboratory
Small Satellite Development Laboratory
Secure Space Systems Research
Spacecraft Research and Design Center
Systems Technology Battle Laboratory