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Welcome to the National Defense Intelligence College
The National Defense Intelligence College is chartered by the Department
of Defense to educate military and civilian intelligence professionals
and to conduct
and disseminate intelligence and intelligence-related research. The College's
Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI) degree and Bachelor of
Science in Intelligence (BSI) degree are both authorized by the Congress
and signed into law by the President. The College is accredited by the Committee
on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools.
As the nation's only accredited institution of higher learning awarding the
MSSI and BSI degrees, the College is educating the next generation of leaders
in a national-level, joint service academic environment for their roles and
responsibilities in the 21st century. More specifically, to meet the requirements
of sponsoring Services, departments and agencies, the College is educating
future intelligence, defense, law enforcement, and national security leaders
who will be full partners with their policy, planning and operations counterparts,
graduates prepared to address the revolution in military affairs and the new
range of intelligence challenges to the nation, graduates prepared to anticipate
and tailor the intelligence required at the national, theater, and tactical
levels.
All prospective students must be members of the U.S. Armed Forces or federal
government. Teaching and research at the College are conducted up to the highest
levels of security classification -- a central, essential capability for the
academic field of intelligence -- with all students, faculty, and staff holding
appropriate clearances. Award of the MSSI degree includes the requirement for
the successful research and writing of a Master’s thesis. Academic freedom
is central to the life of the College. Research by both students and faculty
is making a direct contribution to the national security interests of the United
States and to the theory, doctrine, and methodology of intelligence.
Again, welcome to the National Defense Intelligence College.
A. Denis Clift
President
National Defense Intelligence College
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