High school students interested in Air Force ROTC scholarship opportunities should contact their guidance counselors or nearest Air Force Recruiting Officer or Air Force ROTC unit for application information. Students may apply as early as June 1 prior to their senior year but not later than December 1 of their senior year. College students interested in Air Force ROTC opportunities should contact the Department of Aerospace Studies not later than early spring of their sophomore year in college. Approximately 75 students from both Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering are enrolled in aerospace studies at Duke. Over 85 percent of these students are on scholarship.
Introductory courses meet once weekly and upper-level courses meet twice weekly.
All students attend a leadership preparation laboratory twice weekly. As well as offering the summer encampment as mentioned above, the department offers students, on a competitive basis, several advanced training programs in the summer. During the school year, students travel to air force bases for orientation tours. The department also offers opportunities to participate in service and student-run organizations. There are currently four faculty members in the Department of Aerospace Studies, each of whom is a commissioned air force officer with military and academic experience ranging from engineering to command pilot.