The Staff College was inaugurated on 25 November 2010, which also marked the official formation of Defence Academy. The Staff College delivers the Command and Staff Course aimed at senior Majors in a tri-service as well as joint environment with officers from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces, the Royal Brunei Police Force, MINDEF and other local security agencies. The course is very international with students attending from overseas, not only from the regional ASEAN partners such as Indonesia Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and but also the Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, UK, Pakistan, Oman, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and USA. The staffs are also international in nature and have an exceptional operational and teaching pedigree.
The Command and Staff Course, aiming to expand professional and academic knowledge towards a contemporary strategic environment and its implications on their works being the defence and security specialists. The 40-week course is delivered in partnership with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) as its primary academic provider.
By the end of the course, successful course participants will be awarded the UBD Graduate Diploma in Defence and Security Studies with an opportunity to pursue their Master’s degree in Defence and Security Studies.
