Benefit Fact Sheet
The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), located at Wright Patterson AFB, is the Department of the Air Force's leader for advanced, multi-disciplinary academic education, as well as its institution for initial technical and professional continuing education. A component of Air University and Air Education and Training Command, AFIT provides innovative, defense-focused graduate education and related research, and operationally-relevant initial skills training and professional continuing education to sustain the technological supremacy of America's air, space, and cyber forces.
AFIT accomplishes this mission through four schools: the Graduate School of Engineering and Management, the School of Systems and Logistics, the School of Strategic Force Studies, and the Civil Engineer School. Through its Civilian Institution Programs Office, AFIT also manages the educational programs of Department of the Air Force Service Members enrolled in civilian universities, research centers, teaching hospitals, and industrial organizations.
Retired Air National Guard Service members may be eligible for AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management. Contact the Department of Veterans Affairs at 1-888-442-4551 to determine your eligibility under those programs, your state’s office of veterans affairs, or the Graduate School of Engineering and Management’s Office of Admissions for details.
The Graduate School of Engineering and Management accepts all veterans education benefits available under the Department of Veterans Affairs and any State veteran program as well. Please contact the Department of Veterans Affairs at 1-888-442-4551 to determine your eligibility under those programs or your state’s office of veterans affairs.
Apply online at: https://www.afit.edu/ADMISSIONS/AFITApplicationProcess/index.cfm
Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Certificate Programs
- Autonomy
- Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Certificate
- Cyber-Physical Sensing: Artificial Intelligence
- Cyber-Physical Sensing: Cyber Attack
- Cyber-Physical Sensor Analysis
- Data Analytics
- Graduate Certificate Program in Hypersonic Flight
- Graduate Certificate Program in Space Systems
- Graduate Certificate Program in Space Vehicle Design
- Human Systems Integration
- Low Observable Materials Engineering
- Low Observables Radio Frequency Engineering
- Modeling, Simulation and Analysis
- Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation
- Systems Engineering
- Test and Evaluation
Master’s Programs
- Acquisition and Program Management
- Advanced Study of Air Mobility (ASAM)-M.S. in Operations Management
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Applied Systems Engineering (M.E.)
- Astronautical Engineering
- Atmospheric Science
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Cost Analysis
- Cyber Operations
- Data Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering: Distance Learning – Guidance, Navigation, and Control
- Engineering Management
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Master of Science in Supply Chain Analytics
- Materials Science-Electronic/Photonic
- Materials Science-Structural
- Nuclear Engineering
- Operations Research
- Optical Science and Engineering
- Space Systems
- Systems Engineering
Doctoral Programs
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Physics
- Astronautical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Material Science-Electronic/Photonic
- Material Science-Structural
- Nuclear Engineering
- Operations Research
- Optical Science and Engineering
- Space Systems
- Systems Engineering
Online Programs
- Master’s Degree: Applied Systems Engineering (M.E.)
- Master’s Degree: Electrical Engineering: Distance Learning – Guidance, Navigation, and Control
- Master’s Degree: Systems Engineering
- Certificate: Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Graduate Certificate
- Certificate: Data Analytics
- Certificate: Graduate Certificate Program in Space Systems
- Certificate: Human Systems Integration
- Certificate: Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis
- Certificate: Nuclear Weapons Effects, Policy, and Proliferation
- Certificate: Systems Engineering
- Certificate: Test and Evaluation
Air Force Institute of Technology:
https://www.afit.edu/
AFIT Fact Sheet:
https://www.afit.edu/docs/FY2023_AFIT_Fact_Sheet_Final.pdf
AFIT Eligibility Information:
https://www.afit.edu/qualifications.cfm