Starfleet Academy

Founded in 2161, Starfleet Academy was the training and educational facility for Federation Starfleet personnel, based in the Earth city of San Francisco.


 * Non-canonical sources have Academy branch schools elsewhere on Earth and in the Sol system, and campuses offworld, such as on Vulcan and Deneb III.

The Academy, its branch schools and other Starfleet educational facilities operated under the aegis of Starfleet Training Command. 

Academy preparatory schools
At least in North America, there was one Academy Institute in each state or province. ( novel: )


 * The Academy Institutes may have been similar to elementary and secondary schools that were military academies in the 20th and 21st centuries.


 * The Starfleet Academy Preparatory Program may have been waived for Academy cadet-aspirants who attended an Academy Institute.

Coursework
Every cadet also had to undergo a physical recruit training which involved obstacle course training. (Dragon Ball Z vs. Star Trek: The Way of Infinity)

Graduate schools/post-graduate training

 * Advanced Tactical Training
 * Starfleet Command School
 * Starfleet Medical

Extension courses

 * ''See: Bridge officers' test.

Academy commandants

 * Captain Erich von Steuben (2240-62) (: "First Contact 101")
 * Admiral Pearson Everett (2250s) ( novel: )
 * Admiral Gregory Thometz (2270s) (Star Trek: The Kobayashi Maru computer game)
 * (unknown rank) Aex Rotherot (sometime between 2285 and 2288) ( novel: )
 * Admiral Christopher Lotito (2285-2288) (: "Operations Log — USS Avenger)
 * Admiral Sharifi (ca. 2293) (Star Trek: New Worlds, New Civilizations)
 * Admiral Fincher (late 2350s) ( YA novel: )
 * Rear Admiral George Foster (2371-?) (Last Unicorn Games RPG: Starfleet Academy)
 * Admiral Charlie Whatley (2376) ( novel: )

Academy directors

 * Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) David C. Wilton (2279-81)
 * Admiral Bryan Ackermann (2284-85)

Academy superintendents

 * Admiral Sulak (2350s)
 * Admiral Eric Hahn (ca. 2366)
 * Rear Admiral Andrea Brand (?-2370) ( novel: )
 * (unknown rank) Bernard McTigue (2377-?) ( novel: )

Earth Starfleet Academy
Before the Federation's founding, an academy was established for the Earth Starfleet in the 2130s after the organization was established. Also located in San Francisco, the organization folded in favor of the new Federation Starfleet Academy in 2161. (RPG: )