Selected students enter into a mutual agreement with the Secretary of the Navy in which they agree to take certain Naval Science courses and drills, attend University-taught courses, and complete three summer training periods.
Eligible students are sophomores advancing to their junior year.
You must be selected and complete a summer training course in Newport, Rhode Island. Two-year Scholarship students are selected through national competition administered by the Navy Recruiting Command. Upon graduation and successful completion of the Naval Science curriculum, all scholarship midshipmen are commissioned as Ensigns in the U.S. Naval Reserve or as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and serve on active duty for a minimum of four years. Two summer training periods, one aboard a U.S. Navy ship and one at a Navy Hospital, are required. Students are selected through national competition conducted by the Chief of Naval Education and Training.