Do these tools actually file my application or settle my status?

No, they are purely indicative. Actual registration for recruitment and the Cadets schools happens only via preinscription.mdn.dz, and settling your national-service status goes through your local national-service centre or directorate.

Does ANP recruitment exempt you from national service?

Voluntary ANP recruitment integrates the recruit into the army on a track separate from the ordinary mandatory national service most people go through. Check each tool separately for your specific situation.

Who can join the Cadets de la Nation schools?

Algerian students born in 2011 or later, holding the BEM with an average ≥ 12/20 and admitted to 1st-year secondary Sciences and Technology stream, who then pass a medical, physical and written exam.

Do these tools assess physical and medical fitness?

No, physical, medical and psychological fitness conditions are assessed later by the competent selection boards at actual registration; both tools check only the administrative conditions (nationality, age, education level, average).

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Everything about defense and recruitment in Algeria: check your national-service status, your eligibility for recruitment in ANP training institutions, and the admission conditions for the Cadets de la Nation schools.

Guide to defense and recruitment calculators in Algeria

This category helps you place yourself on three paths tied to the Ministry of National Defense: mandatory national service, which moves through census registration, medical screening and incorporation; voluntary recruitment into the People's National Army (ANP) across its grades (officer, non-commissioned officer, enlisted man); and admission to the Cadets de la Nation schools, a school-military track for top students. Each tool is indicative and unofficial: it tells you whether you meet the conditions before you move to the official registration platform.

Which tool fits your situation?

Check your status regarding national service (census, screening, call-up)Check your national-service status
Find which ANP corps and grades you can apply toCheck your ANP recruitment eligibility
Top middle-school student wanting to join the Cadets de la Nation schoolsCheck your Cadets de la Nation eligibility

Check your eligibility for ANP recruitment

Enter your profile (age, education level, bac stream) to find out which corps and ranks of the Algerian People's National Army (officer, NCO, enlisted) you can apply to, per the official 2026 orientation guide.

MDN

Check your eligibility for the Cadets of the Nation Schools

Enter your profile (nationality, birth year, BEM and average) to find out whether you meet the admission conditions for the Cadets of the Nation Schools, secondary-education institutions under the dual supervision of the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of National Education, for the 2026/2027 school year.

Cadets de la Nation

Check your Service National status

Enter your birth year and current situation to find out which stage applies to you (census, medical selection, incorporation call-up, reserve), your contingent grade, and your eligibility to request a study deferment, an incorporation postponement, or an exemption, per the official Ministry of National Defence portal and law n°14-06.

MDN

What are the numbers based on?

National service rests on law n° 14-06 of 9 August 2014 and the Ministry of National Defense's official portal. Recruitment eligibility follows the official 2026 Guide d'orientation for recruitment into ANP training institutions. The Cadets schools follow the official leaflet (Direction des écoles des Cadets de la Nation) for the 2026/2027 school year.

Frequently asked questions

Official links

MDN — Plateforme de préinscription au recrutement ANP

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