About 650 young people aged 18-22 have expressed interest in having a higher military education during 2020. This was a new alternative for them as long as the bachelor program for the Armed Forces Academy starts for the first time for military science after the fall of the communist rule.
Only 14 young people managed to qualify in the first round. But by the beginning of the academic year, the number is expected to increase.
Unlike other universities, in order to gain the right to study at the Armed Forces Academy in Albania, it's not enough to have high grades but also physical preparation is needed.
Military training in Albania, since the Liberation, has been offered at several levels of education, such as secondary or higher. But for many years the only form of graduation was through the 1-year training course for new military officers, which could be attended by those who had previously graduated from another faculty.