Royal Naval College (Netherlands)

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Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine
Royal Naval College

Motto	Sumus et fore speramus
Motto in English	We are and hope to become
Type	National military academy
Active	28 August 1829–2005
Administrative staff	90[1]
Undergraduates	150[2]
Location	Den Helder , The Netherlands
Campus	Naval base
Website	www.kim.nl

The Royal Naval College was the service academy of the Royal Netherlands Navy. From 2005 it is part of the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine ("Royal naval institute" or KIM) as part of the Nederlandse Defensie Academie ("Netherlands defence academy") in Den Helder. It offers a program of four or five years and also a short course of 16 to 22 months. Upon the completion of the program a graduate is awarded a bachelor's degree and is commissioned in the Royal Netherlands Navy.^[3] The training of officers for the Royal Netherlands Army and Royal Netherlands Air Force is done by the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in Breda.