Education and Professional Development

Overview

NC-U is responsible for academic and professional development in cryptologic and cryptologic-related disciplines in support of U.S. mission requirements.

NC-U executes this responsibility through the following Colleges:

  • The College of Language and Analysis
  • The College of Leadership and Business
  • The College of Cyber and Cryptology
  • The College for Professional Development

The NC-U offers over 1,600 courses in over 130 curricula covering a wide spectrum of training and education levels, from basic job skills to graduate-level educational instruction. Colleges and universities accept NC-U accredited courses as meeting credit requirements within their degree programs through the NC-U Accelerated Degree Program (ADP).

Accelerated Degree Program (ADP)

NSA's NC-U, accredited by the Council on Occupational Education (COE), offers a comprehensive program of education, training, and development opportunities in support of the cryptologic community. Additionally, the University has coursework that is accredited through the American Council on Education (ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT).

The University’s Accelerated Degree Program (ADP) partners with higher education institutions to provide high-quality affordable educational degrees for civilians and military members. The program partners with colleges and universities across the country that meet requirements in the following focus areas:

  • Academic Relevance and NSA Mission
  • Academic Rigor and Integrity
  • Access and Availability

The ADP is looking for new partners to expand educational opportunities for our workforce. Not only will ADP market partnering colleges and universities to civilians and military members, partners will be featured as premiere learning institutions that build and sustain the workforce. We enable the Nation with competitive advantage in the areas of:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Data Analytics
  • Languages
  • Computer Analytics
  • Artificial Intelligence

If you want to learn more about the ADP, email accelerateddegreeprogram@uwe.nsa.gov.