Officer Corps of the Royal Navy training period at Dartmouth before being employed within the same specialisation as their rating career. Initial officer training is undertaken at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and at sea undergoing initial sea training. Junior officers are appointed to seagoing ships for common and specialist fleet time and will then undertake specialist training as appropriate to their branch. Officers enter the service in one of the available branches; logistics, engineer, warfare, medical, and with each of these are a range of sub-specialisations. Entry into a sub-specialisation may define career direction or may only be for a short period. There is a
Royal Norwegian Naval Academy awarded at the Norwegian Defence University College in Oslo, but officers may continue with graduate studies also at civilian universities. In 2013, the Academy offered six programmes leading to the Bachelor of Military Studies degree, where of three programmes leads to a bachelor's degree in engineering. Royal Norwegian Naval Academy The Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA, "Sjøkrigsskolen" in Norwegian) is located at Laksevåg in Bergen. It was formally established 27 October 1817 in Frederiksvern. The institution educates officers for the Royal Norwegian Navy. The predecessor of the Norwegian Naval Academy was the "Søcadet-Akademiet", which was established in 1701 in Copenhagen