Department of Air Force Aerospace Studies
Established in 1946
Location: 151 6th Street O’Keefe Bldg. 2nd Floor
Telephone: 404.894.4175
Fax: 404.894.6857
Web site: www.afrotc.gatech.edu
General Information
The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Air Force ROTC, is a three- or four-year educational program designed to give men and women the opportunity to become Air Force officers while completing a degree. It involves an elective curriculum taken along with required college classes. Students participating in the program will attend Air Force ROTC classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students earn a college degree and an officer’s commission in the U.S. Air Force at the same time.
Air Force ROTC offers competitive four, three and a half, three, two and a half, and two year college scholarships to qualified college students based on merit. Non-competitive scholarships are also available based on major, including certain foreign languages and engineering specialties. Scholarships vary from $3,000, $9,000, $15,000, all the way up to full tuition and required fees. Scholarship winners also receive a stipend of up to $500 for each academic month, in addition to a $900 allowance for books and other educational items. Non-scholarship students also receive the stipend and book allowance as Professional Officer Course cadets in the program.
The curriculum is divided into two courses: a General Military Course open to all freshmen and sophomores, and a Professional Officer Course for qualified juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Students undecided about pursuing a commission can participate in the General Military Course without incurring a military obligation.
Successful completion of the General Military Course, a minimum 2.0 GPA, and the appropriate physical and medical qualifications are prerequisites for enrollment in the Professional Officer Course. Successful completion of both courses with the award of a bachelor's degree allows students to become commissioned second lieutenants in the United States Air Force.