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Whether you want to branch out into new areas or become an expert in your field, we offer a variety of internal and external academic and work opportunities to help you meet your professional goals.
We encourage our employees to leverage the following opportunities to grow their expertise and reach their career potential:
Full-time employees with at least one year of experience can receive a salary while splitting time between work and their studies for up to four semesters at accredited colleges or universities.
As an employee, you can use this program to take job and mission-related undergraduate or graduate courses at an accredited college or university of your choice.
We award a limited number of mission-related scholarships and fellowships that offer full tuition, salary and time off for selectees to attend a full-time degree program at a local college or university.
Education and training opportunities are available through NSA’s in-house National Cryptologic University and the Intelligence Community’s accredited National Intelligence University.