How to Join NROTC
There are a variety of ways to achieve your goal of becoming a Navy or Marine Corps Officer through the NROTC program.
- Students enter the NROTC Four-Year Scholarship Program through national application submitted during their senior year of high school and are appointed Navy or Marine Option midshipmen in the Naval Reserve upon starting their first semester of college.
- While enrolled, a four-year-scholarship student receives government-provided tuition or room and board, fees, $375 per semester for books, uniforms, and an allowance of up to $400 per month.
- Upon graduation, students are commissioned with a minimum five-year active duty service obligation and three year reserve obligation.
- Scholarship Program students must all include in their graduation plan courses in English, calculus (I & II), cultural awareness, physics (I & II), national security policy, and naval science (4 credits per semester) regardless of major.
- If you are a junior or senior in high school, please visit www.nrotc.navy.mil to apply. Applications are open from 01APR of your junior year to 31JAN of your HS senior year.
- For students not possessing a 4-year NROTC scholarship who are already enrolled as a student at a participating NROTC university, please review FAQ question 4 on application for the NROTC College Program.
- Students who enroll in the College Program as either Navy or Marine options are eligible to apply for the 3- or 2-year "sideload" scholarships which officer similar tuition benefits as four-year students.
- As the NROTC program is designed as a 4-year training continuum, we cannot accept students who are classified as Juniors or Seniors in college. However there are other non-NROTC options such as Officer Candidate School (OCS) and the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program (NUPOC) that may be viable routes to obtain a commission as an officer in the United States Navy. For more information on this please contact your local Navy or Marine Corps Officer recruiter.
Required application forms
- Degree Completion Plan
- College Program Application
- Drug Statement
- NROTC Honor Code
- Fitness Assessment
- Most recent transcript
- UMD acceptance letter
- One-page signed and dated statement on why you want to become a Naval or Marine Corps officer
Submit all paperwork in a single PDF document to LT Gabriella Roselle, groselle@umd.edu, and provide days and times you are available to conduct an in-person interview. Zoom meetings will be allowed if you are transferring and currently at another university.
Requirements for all scholarships
- Minimum of 2.5 (out of 4.0 scale) GPA
- Be full-time student (minimum 12 credits per semester)
- U.S. Citizen and/or citizenship in progress
- Not less than 17 years old by 01SEP of the year the scholarship is effective and has not reached their 24th birthday
- Score at least a 60 on the Applicant Fitness Assessment
- Must be admitted to the school affiliated with the ROTC Unit
- Must be a student at UMD College Park