Enrollment is open to qualified students at all levels, including graduate students. Offerings are published each semester. Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis in engineering, nursing, physical science, business, social science and other fields. The scholarship pays for tuition, books, lab fees, and certain other academic expenses. Adventure training at the Airborne School, Air Assault School, and the Northern Warfare School is available to both Basic and Advanced Course students during semester breaks.
Adventure training is also available during the academic year.
Other training includes survival skills, hand to hand combat, rappelling, escape and evasion, orienteering, etc. Students incur no military commitment by participating in the Basic Course. Any prior military service, Reserve or National Guard Basic training, or other ROTC training may qualify for full or partial completion of the Basic Course. The training consists of four semesters of classroom instruction of three hours each week, lab, field training exercises, and a six-week training phase at summer Advanced Camp. The newly commissioned officer can be guaranteed Reserve or National Guard duty, or compete for an Active Duty commission.