About Army ROTC

ARMY ROTC IS A COLLEGE ELECTIVE THAT TEACHES YOU the skills needed for a successful career. You'll combine classroom time with hands-on experience, and learn leadership and management skills. And because it's an elective, you can try it out for up to two years. Army ROTC is offered at hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide, training college students to be officers in the active Army, Army reserve and Army National Guard. It’s a 4-year program, divided into two parts – a Basic Course and an Advanced Course.

The Basic Course is normally taken in your freshman and sophomore years. The Advanced Course is usually taken during your final two years of college and includes a five-week Advanced Camp that is normally attended in the summer, between your junior and senior years. The Advanced Camp will give you hands-on training and the confidence you can’t learn in a classroom.

The mission of Army ROTC is to “Commission the future officer leadership of the U.S. Army.