Prospective Students

If you are interested in pursuing an NROTC Scholarship or the NROTC College Program, please visit the official Navy ROTC website, which has a checklist of everything required to apply. During the application process, you need to complete an official officer interview as part of your application. 

No, if you have not started junior year of college. Students participating in NROTC but not on scholarship are called College Programmers.  The unit staff will work with you to help apply for a national three-year scholarship and other scholarships that the Navy offers for students who want to commission after college. If you want to join the unit but do not have a scholarship, please contact the freshmen advisor at contact.penn.nrotc@gmail.com

Contact the unit at contact.penn.nrotc@gmail.com so we can help you join NROTC.

Yes, freshman orientation convenes during normal unit evolution hours (0600-1000 Monday and Wednesday) for the first three weeks of the semester. The semester begins once Drexel freshmen arrive on campus.

As a Midshipman in the University of Pennsylvania NROTC program, you will have the opportunity to pursue a top-tier education while working toward a commission in the United States Navy or Marine Corps. The NROTC program is styled to complement a normal college lifestyle. Midshipmen excel academically and are encouraged to participate in varsity sports, student government, fraternities and sororities, and other extracurricular activities.  Unit evolutions are held 0600-1000 on Mondays, and 0700-1000 on Wednesdays.  These evolutions include physical training, naval science class, and leadership laboratories.

Yes, we would love to have you come and check out the program. Email contact.penn.nrotc@gmail.com to specify when you will be visiting Penn.  Unit evolutions are held Mondays from 0600-1000 and Wednesdays from 0700-1000.

No. Your ROTC scholarship will give you a living stipend but will not pay for your room and board. However, some universities subsidize your on-campus living expenses:

University of Pennsylvania

Room and Board charges are not subsidized by the University of Pennsylvania.

Drexel University

100 percent of Housing charges and 25 percent of Board charges are covered by the University for NROTC Midshipmen under scholarship. You are still required to pay the housing deposit at the beginning of your freshman year. It will be returned to you, as any deposit would, assuming you do not cause damage or otherwise violate Drexel’s housing agreement. It is possible that your housing deposit will be waived in subsequent years as long as you register in the designated window. 

Orientation is almost a month before classes start at Drexel University. If you are not from the surrounding area of Drexel University and there is an issue with you traveling to Philadelphia for orientation and then going home and returning to Philadelphia for the start of school, please inform LT Miller at contact.penn.nrotc@gmail.com.

Temple University

New NROTC Scholarship Midshipmen automatically receive $1250 per semester to go toward their Room and Board charges for their first fall semester. If they remain academically eligible with a 3.0 GPA, they will continue to receive $1250 per semester for Room and Board.

UPenn students are eligible to participate in the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) through a cross-enrollment agreement with St Joseph University. All military science courses are held on St. Joseph’s campus. The AFROTC program enables a UPenn student to earn a commission in the Air Force while concurrently satisfying requirements for his or her baccalaureate degree at Penn. Scholarship and non-scholarship programs are available. Visit the Air Force ROTC Det 750 website to learn more.

If you have any other questions, please contact us at contact.penn.nrotc@gmail.com.