Current Selection Results

Faculty selectees normally will be notified in February of the year of their selection.  Selectees must provide a decision of acceptance shortly thereafter. Selectees will begin school in the fall of the following year. Packets for the next selection board are due in November. Packets will be reviewed in December and feedback provided before being presented to the board.

Next selection process

The selection board for officers starting school in the fall of any academic year will be conducted in January of the year prior. Files to appear before the board should be complete NLT November of the year prior to the selection board.

Selection Board

The selection board for officers starting school in the fall of any academic year will be conducted in January of the year prior. Files to appear before the board should be complete NLT November of the year prior to the selection board.

Faculty selectees will be normally be notified in February of the year of their selection.  Selectees must provide a decision of acceptance shortly thereafter. Selectees will begin school starting the fall of the following year. Packets for the next selection board are due in November. Packets will be reviewed in December and feedback provided before being presented to the board.

Questions

Initial questions should be directed to eecsfacultyrecruiting@westpoint.edu.

To be considered for school to earn a master's degree, you must be on a path to complete branch qualification as a Captain prior to school. Normally this means excellent performance in a Captain's Key Developmental assignment (command or equivalent). If you're seeking a Ph.D., you must be very competitive for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel.  Normally this means outstanding performance in your major's key-developmental (KD) assignments.

Exact duties vary a great deal, but the following is typical. From arrival in July until school starts in August, you'll engage our Faculty Development Workshop (FDW), where you'll learn the basics of teaching at the college level. The first year is often spent teaching in the Core Program. Afterward, you're likely to spend the second summer supporting cadet military training as a trainer or staffer. In the second academic year, you may begin teaching courses in one of the majors - Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Cyber Science. In other cases you may remain with the Core Program. The last summer is often spent on scholarly research or on projects directly supporting the field Army. These are coordinated by the officer through one of our Research Centers: Cyber, Robotics, or Photonics. By the final year, many military faculty have earned promotion to assistant professor based on demonstrated proficiency in teaching, scholarship, service, and faculty and cadet development.  Assistant professors often serve as course directors responsible for all aspects of one or more courses, including leadership of other instructors.

The EECS Department has the following coded positions:

• 01 (Branch immaterial)
• 17 (Cyber Warfare Branch)
• 26A (Telecommunication Systems Engineering)
• 26B (Information Systems Management)
• 40 (Space Operations)
• 47 (Academy Professor)
• 51 (Army Acquisition Corps)

Assignments at EECS are key-developmental (KD) positions for majors in FA26 (26A & 26B) and FA40.

Absolutely not! We are constantly on the lookout for qualified officers from all commissioning sources.

We want you to seek admission at the highest quality school where you can succeed. For the most part, you will select courses and schools based on your academic interest, but you may receive some guidance on courses to take based on teaching needs. If you require guidance, immediately contact the EECS Faculty Recruiting Officer to be placed in contact with the appropriate program director.

Yes! We're always happy to see potential faculty members. Contact the Faculty Recruiting Officer to arrange for office calls.

The guidance changes from year-to-year. We want you to apply for the best possible schools without regard to cost. Our intent is that cost should be a tie-breaker, not a determining factor. As a safety measure, you are required to seek acceptance in at least one low-cost school.

Letters of acceptance must state the following:

• Name of officer being accepted
• Statement stating acceptance to the school
• Tuition cost (resident or non-resident) – must say resident status for universities that grant resident tuition to military students
• Degree to be obtained (MA, MS, Ph.D., JD, LLM, etc.)
• Department and discipline to which admitted
• Registration and class start dates
• Inclusive dates of the officer’s program of study (imperative that they be accurate)
• Expected graduation date
• Length of academic program (i.e., 33 semester hours or 18 months or three semesters).
• Required prerequisites (if any) and if they can be taken concurrently with the program or must be taken prior to official acceptance into the graduate program
• Tuition reduction agreement (if any)
• Point of contact at the institution

It is usually a good idea to make sure that the school is aware of this requirement since most do not usually have all of this information in their acceptance letters. Another method is to write the letter yourself and ask school admissions officer to endorse it.

Not necessarily.  Make sure you address the fees for summer term with the university.  You are required to maintain full-time status during the summer, so summer term fees need to be included in your acceptance letter.