ABOUT THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY
Shaping Minds, Leaders, and Community
We honor the history and the spirit that founded our university and celebrate the accomplishments and legacy of our graduates. We encourage each other to pursue unpredicated lines of thinking and the truth, wherever it may lead. We push forward to expand our limits, our understanding, and build self-awareness in service to the nation.
NIU Campus and Locations
European Academic Center
Southern Academic Center
Intelligence Community Campus - Bethesda
Quantico Academic Center
NSA Academic Center
Our Profile
As the US Intelligence Community’s (IC) accredited, degree-granting university, NIU holds a unique position as the cornerstone of education, research, and innovation for developing and enriching the intelligence profession. NIU students are immersed in a classified learning environment that fosters the development of real-world solutions to national security challenges at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) arena.
NIU Through The Years
Formally established by DoD Directive 5105.25 as a professional educational institution attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1962. In its 62+ year history, NIU has produced some of the IC’s most influential leaders and continues to empower minds and shape the future in service to the nation.
