The National Experimental University of the Armed Forces (Spanish: "Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Bolivariana", UNEFA) is a Venezuelan public university associated with the Venezuelan armed forces. Founded in 1974 as the National Armed Forces Higher Polytechnical Institution ("Instituto Universitario Politécnico de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales"), it was renamed by the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez in 1999 to its current name. Its mission is the training of civilian personnel in the NAF and all military personnel, plus civilians in educational skills, and it also offers doctoral programs and post-graduate studies.