The Warsaw Corps of Cadets (; or Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów) was the first state school in the PolishâÂÂLithuanian Commonwealth.
The state Corps of Cadets was established in Warsaw on 15 March 1765 by King Stanisà Âaw August Poniatowski and was housed in the Kazimierz Palace (Paà Âac Kazimierzowski, now the rectorate of Warsaw University). The Corps' commandant was Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. The school was closed in 1795 following the suppression of the Koà Âciuszko Uprising, which had been led by one of the Corps' first alumni, Tadeusz Koà Âciuszko.
In the reign of Stanisà Âaw August Poniatowski, several private corps of cadets were also established: by A. Tyzenhauz at Grodno, K. Radziwià Âà  at Nieà Âwieà ¼, W. Potocki at Niemirów, A. Suà Âkowski at Rydzyna.
In the period between the two World Wars, the institution of the Corps of Cadets would be revived in Poland. Three state secondary schools of that name would be created: at Kraków (later at Lwów), at Modlin (later at Cheà Âmno) and at Rawicz.
After World War II, in the People's Republic of Poland, until 1956, there existed in Warsaw a Corps of Cadets of the Internal Security Corps (Korpus Bezpieczeà Âstwa WewnÃÂtrznego).
The original Corps' work is continued by Fundacja Szkoà Âa Rycerska.