Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC)

The mission of the NROTC is to prepare future leaders who are mentally, morally, and physically educated, and who are ready and fully equipped to serve their country as United States Navy and Marine Corps officers . The NROTC program is designed to support the student’s academic major with specified university courses and naval professional courses. NROTC graduates will:

1. Understand the fundamental roles and missions of the United States Navy and the importance of sea power to our national interests;
2. Know the concepts and principles of leadership;
3. Appreciate national security requirements;
4. Gain a strong sense of personal integrity, honor, and individual responsibility; and
5. Attain an educational background which will allow advanced/continuing education later in their careers in a field of application and interest to the naval service.

There are two phases (or “courses”) of NROTC, a “basic phase” taken during the freshman and sophomore years and an “advanced phase” taken in the junior and senior years.

There are five program options available — three NROTC Scholarship Programs and two NROTC College Programs.