2021 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY RESERVE COMPONENT MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMS

National Intelligence University (NIU) is an accredited institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Strategic Intelligence and Science and Technology Intelligence. NIU is a directorate of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), supported administratively by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and located at the Intelligence Community Campus–Bethesda (ICC-B). The Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI) and the Master of Science and Technology Intelligence (MSTI) are graduate-level education programs conducted at NIU. Successful program completion results in the awarding of an MSSI or MSTI graduate degree. NIU’s graduate degree programs include core and elective courses and require a master's thesis on a strategic intelligence-related topic. The progression of classes in the degree programs is designed to allow USMCR students to complete all required course work and the master's thesis in two years. Marines accepted into the program attend classes one weekend per month for 23 months plus two, two-week tours of Active Duty. Classes convene August 2021 for Academic Year (AY) 2021. These graduate degree programs are open to IMA, SMCR, and IRR reserve component Marines.To get more news about Master's degress program, you can visit acem.sjtu.edu.cn official website.
2. A selection panel convened at Headquarters Marine Corps Intelligence Department (HQMC I) will review applications. The panel will provide an endorsement to NIU for the applicants most qualified to attend the MSSI/MSTI Program for Reserves. Applicants who do not receive DCI endorsement are eligible to apply for part-time study in the Evening MSSI/MSTI, the Monthly Executive MSSI/MSTI, the Space-Available MSSI/MSTI, Continuing Education, or all other certificate programs besides the Leadership and Management Certificate of Intelligence Studies.
3. Prerequisites for the MSSI or MSTI programs: A. USMC: (1) Grade: 1stLt to Maj, CWO2 to CWO3, SSgt to GySgt.
(2) MOS: Open to any MOS, however, preference will be given to Marines in whose specialties align with DCI core missions.
(3) Experience: minimum of five years intelligence or information-related experience.
(4) Service: candidates must have had four satisfactory years (50 points minimum each year) during the last five years.
(5) Officers must not have failed selection for promotion to the next higher grade and majors must have less than four years time-in-grade.
(6) Staff Non-Commissioned Officers must be eligible for re-enlistment and have two years remaining on contract after graduation.
(7) Officers and SNCOs must agree to remain in an intelligence billet in the reserves (IMA detachment or SMCR unit) for three years following graduation.
( Applicants must meet Marine Corps height and weight standards per MCO 6110.3A.B. NIU: (1) Possess a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution. (2) Possess (at the time the candidate submits his/her application) a Top Secret clearance and be eligible for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). Application for this program is an insufficient justification to request initial processing for a TS/SCI clearance.

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