Global Campus
NIU has a global footprint with its main campus situated in the heart of the National Capital Region, on the Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda (ICC-B) in Bethesda, Maryland. The university’s four academic centers and sites are strategically located and structured to effectively meet its mandate to provide relevant, accessible, and continuous intelligence education.
Intelligence Community Campus - Bethesda
The main campus is the central hub of all NIU academic, research, and engagement activities. It is the home of the College of Strategic Intelligence, the School of Science and Technology Intelligence, the Ann Caracristi Institute for Intelligence Research, the National Intelligence Press, and the NIU Library. The main campus offers the widest range of academic programs, including full-time graduate and undergraduate study, as well as part-time study in the evenings and on weekends
Academic Centers
The NIU Academic Centers work with approved instructional sites where students can participate via secure video teleconference (VTC). Each of the NIU Academic Centers is managed by an onsite center director and offers courses taught by full-time and adjunct faculty. Students who begin at any of the NIU Academic Centers must move to the area or have access to an NIU instructional site, during their studies.
European Academic Center (EAC)
The EAC is located in RAF Molesworth, UK, and primarily serves students assigned overseas to US European Command (EUCOM) and US Africa Command (AFRICOM). With additional instructional sites in Stuttgart and Ramstein, Germany, EAC supports students throughout Europe and Africa who can attend classes via secure VTC.
Quantico Academic Center (QAC)
The QAC is located in the FBI Academy Intelligence and Investigative Training Center in Quantico, VA, and primarily serves students who live and work in the vicinity of Marine Corps Base Quantico. QAC supports a diverse student population representing multiple organizations and agencies and pursuing a Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI).
Southern Academic Center (SAC)
The SAC is located at US Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida, and primarily serves students who live and work in the vicinity of MacDill Air Force Base but also supports students from six instructional sites: US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Hurlburt Airfield and Joint Interagency Task Force–South (JIATF-South) in Florida, National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) in Ohio, Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, and Fort Liberty in North Carolina. These various agencies support a large and diverse student population representing eight different organizations and agencies.
National Security Agency Academic Center (NAC)
The NAC is located in NSA Headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland, and includes an instructional site in Fort Eisenhower, Georgia. As NIU’s longest standing academic center, the NAC has a large student and alumni population and is seeking to expand to other NSA locations across the country. The NAC offers the MSSI degree in a convenient location and format for its civilian and military personnel.