The three affiliated colleges are: - Command and Staff College, Quetta - Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore - PAF Air War College, Karachi Two major courses are taught at the university including the War Course focusing on military strategy, and secondly the broader National Defense Course which covered strategic and socioeconomic issues. Two courses were combined into a single 48 weeks National Security and War Course (NSWC) taught on an annual basis. Up till now3061 participants have graduated from the National Defense University including 469 officers belonging to thirty-nine friendly countries and 570 participants of National Security Workshops. Today, the NDU trains both the military officers and the civilian. An officer could only be designated as a general after he graduates from the NDU.