The Defence School is an initiative of the Meira Mattos Institute, implemented by the Graduate Programme in Military Sciences, which aims to arouse interest in Defence subjects and research in undergraduate students from different courses and universities. For this reason, the Postgraduate Programme in Military Sciences (PPGCM) promotes visits and short courses to present its activities and the work of ECEME, increasing the social impact of scientific research developed in the programme, as well as contact with different branches of society.
In addition to the activities within ECEME, the Defence School also provides teachers from PPGCM to interact with Higher Education Institutions in Brazil, building networks and disseminating research carried out under the programme. For that, the faculty will, on some occasions, use the support structures planned for the Strategic Studies Trip conducted by the IMM and, on others, they will proceed separately with resources specifically destined for the Defence School.
This initiative has already enabled new partnerships (academic and with other sectors of society) and the dissemination of the scientific production of PPGCM through personal contact and joint activities with undergraduate and graduate programmes in defence related research areas.