Commissioned Officers

The Territory Air Defence Forces Command Offers you the possibility to become:

Officer of the Air Defence



1- Conditions of admission:

Direct recruitment, as a Career Officer Student, is open by Contest to candidates who meet the following conditions:
  • Bachelor's degree, obtained the same year of an average greater than or equal to (12/20), in: Experimental Sciences, Mathematics and Mathematical Techniques, option "Electrical Engineering";
  • To be between the ages of 18 and 21 on december 31th, of the considered year;
  • To be of Algerian nationality;
  • Do not have a criminal record;
  • To be unmarried;
  • To be in a good physical condition;
  • Succeed in the entrance examination.
Candidates for recruitment who have not reached the minimum required age, may be held on a derogation subject by paternal authorization or legal guardian. In this case, the engagement contract will only become final once the age of eighteen (18) years has passed.

2- The selection:

The selection is about:
  • The average required at the Baccalaureate;
  • The notes of both Mathematics and Physics;
  • A physical fitness test;
  • A medical examination;
  • A psychotechnical test.

3- Training Duration:

- Engineer Training:
  • One (01) year of basic common military training at the Military Academy of Cherchell "the deceased president Houari Boumediene";
  • Five years of training (05) of specialization culminating in an engineering degree in Air Defense at the Territory Air Defense Higher School "Chahid Ali CHABATI".

- License Training:
  • One (01) year of basic common military training at the Military Academy of Cherchell, "the deceased president Houari Boumediene";
  • Three (03) years of university training culminating in a License degree, followed by one (01) year of specialization:
    • At the Territory Air Defense Higher School "Chahid Ali CHABATI" in the field of air traffic control and radio technology (option: Missiles and Detection);
    • At the training establishments relevant of other commands and central directorates of National Defense Ministry in different fields: Equipment, Administration, Transport and Traffic, Anti-Air Artillery, Engineering Fight, Transmission and Electronic Warfare.

4- Composition of the pre-registration file:

  • information sheet (on the website préinscription);
  • one (01) success attestations in the baccalaureate;
  • one copie on the ID card;
  • one ID photo.

5- Composition of the preliminary application file:

  • one (01) handwritten demand;
  • one (01) birth certificate;
  • one (01) legalized photocopies of the university diploma for the trainee officers carrier(special training);
  • one (01) success attestations in the baccalaureate for the trainee officers of carrier (fundamental training) ;
  • one (01) excerpt of police record n°2 ;
  • one (01) certificate of nationality ;
  • one (01) certificate of residence;
  • four (04) ID photo.

6- Place of putting candidature folder:

Territory Air Defense Higher School "Chahid Ali CHABATI", B.P 07, Reghaia, Algiers.

- Inscriptions:

The registrations of the Officers candidates are done exclusively via Internet on the Website: http://preinscription.mdn.dz