National Security and Intelligence

• Benefit from a unique multidisciplinary approach that merges security leadership skills with an understanding of civil liberties.
• Learn from a faculty of security experts who will share their real-world experiences as constitutional lawyers, White House advisors, CIA operatives, military intelligence officers, and more.
• Engage with a world-class security curriculum that prepares both domestic and international students to excel with a set of foundational courses and a broad range of electives.
• Focus your degree by selecting one of two tracks: strategic intelligence and analysis or homeland security and emergency management.

All students are required to take a set of core courses, including an experiential capstone, focused on developing the skills to thrive in the national security field.

Past capstones include creating a real-time national security strategy, developing a cybersecurity strategy for a private healthcare organization, and creating a tabletop security exercise for large public events.

Our admissions process operates on a rolling basis; however, we do recommend the application guidelines below to ensure you can begin during your desired start term:

Domestic Application Guidelines

International Application Guidelines*

_{*International deadlines are only applicable if the program is F1 compliant.}

• Online application

• Professional resumé

• Unofficial undergraduate transcripts; official transcripts required at the time of admission

  • The Foreign Credential Evaluation (FCE) is a required assessment of all transcripts and documents from non-U.S. accredited post-secondary education institutions. (Review the FCE requirements by country.)

• English language proficiency proof. Students for whom English is not their primary language must submit one of the following:

  • Official associate or bachelor's degree transcript from an accredited college or university in the U.S., stating degree conferral and date

  • TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, Duolingo, or NU Global Exam scores

• Other materials may be required