18 Month Option

This fast-track option was designed for FAO military personnel, but is available to all students.

• You can finish the MA program in eighteen months.
• You can enter this program in the spring semester.
• UNC-CH qualifies as a low-cost school.
• You can defer admission to this program for up to one year.
• The MA Program was designed with the help of the Army FAO Program Office.

WHY CHOOSE UNC? 

• UNC-CH is the only university with a curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, and courses from this curriculum are available to students of our MA program. PWAD also coordinates the Triangle Institute for Security Studies.
• UNC-CH has ROTC units representing all branches of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force), guaranteeing a hospitable environment for the education of military personnel.
• UNC-CH is the flagship institution of the sixteen-campus UNC system. In national rankings it is consistently listed among the best public universities, and is widely considered a “public ivy league school.”
• UNC-CH was granted a prestigious National Security Education Program Institutional Award to launch the MA in Russian/East European Studies.

For further information about this option, please contact Adnan Džumhur, CSEEES Associate Director.