The National University of Public Administration was established in 2012 with the merger of the Miklós Zrínyi University of National Defense, the Academy of Police Officers, and the Faculty of Public Administration of the Corvinus University of Budapest, and it considers the Royal Hungarian Ludovica Defense Academy as its antecedent. The profile of the university focuses on the various activities of the state and its functions and services. The university provides education for the future and present personnel of public administration, law enforcement, national defense, and security services, and its task now includes the training of hydrographical professionals.