Defense Acquisition University
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| Established | October 22, 1991 |
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| Budget | $220 Million |
| President | James P. Woolsey |
| Vice-president | Joanne Schoonover |
| Location | Fort Belvoir, VA, USA |
| Nickname | DAU |
| Affiliations | US Federal Government, Department of Defense |
| Website | DAU Website |
| Accredited by COE, IAECT, ACE | |
The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a corporate university of the United States Department of Defense offering "acquisition, technology, and logistics" (AT&L) training to military and Federal civilian staff and Federal contractors. DAU is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and is accredited by the American Council on Education (ACE), International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and the Council on Occupational Education (COE).
The University Charter was created in October 1991 by Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5000.57. Originally a loose consortium of existing training commands, DAU worked to standardize the training courses and establish mechanisms that allowed for centralized management of training funds for the DoD workforce.
In the late 1990s, the consortium arrangement was replaced by a centralized structure, more like that of a corporate university. By 2014, DAU had grown to the point of graduating 181,970 students.
DAU was headed by a Commandant until the year 2000 when it became a civilian institution, and since then the chief executive position has the title "President." DAU's Commandants and Presidents have included William L. Vincent (1991-1993), Claude M. Bolton (1993–1996), Richard A. Black (1996–1997), Leonard Vincent (1997–1999), Frank J. Anderson (1999-2010), Katrina McFarland (2011-2012), and James P. Woolsey (2013–present).
DAU is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and serves approximately 150,000 members of the defense acquisition workforce in all. DAU also has several other locations across the United States as well an online presence. The Capital and Northeast Region campus is located at Fort Belvoir and provides access and services to The Pentagon and Washington Department of Defense agencies. It is the biggest facility, serving an AT&L workforce of about 33,000 people. Other facilities include DAU Mid-Atlantic, located in California, Maryland (near the Patuxent River Naval Air Station), DAU South, in Huntsville, Alabama (just outside Redstone Arsenal), DAU Midwest, located in Kettering, Ohio, and DAU West in San Diego.
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