Baltic Defence College

{{Short description|Multinational defense college}}

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|name = Baltic Defence College

|native_name = {{flagicon|Estonia}} Balti Kaitsekolledž
{{flagicon|Latvia}} Baltijas Aizsardzības koledža
{{flagicon|Lithuania}} Baltijos gynybos koledžas

|image_name = Baltic Defence College emblem.png

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|motto = Ad securitatem patriarum (Latin: For the fatherlands’ security)

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|established = 25 February 1999

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|type = Military college

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|faculty = Approx. 50{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

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|students = Approx. 80{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

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|city = Tartu

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|country = {{Flag|Estonia}}

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|affiliations = ISMS; IAMP

|website = {{url|http://www.baltdefcol.org}}

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The Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) is a multinational military college that was established by the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) in 1999. It serves as a centre of strategic and operational research and provides professional military education to intermediate- and senior-level officers and government officials from the founding states, other member states of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, as well as other European countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine.{{cite web|last1=Baltic Defence College|title=Facts about the courses|url=http://www.baltdefcol.org/?id=45|website=Baltic Defence College|accessdate=12 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313214413/http://www.baltdefcol.org/?id=45|archive-date=13 March 2015|url-status=dead}}