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UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT, NY

A revision of Title X of the U.S. Code in 1963 authorized up to sixty international cadets or midshipmen to study at any of these three U.S. Service Academies (Army, Navy, Air Force) at any given time. Any FAS citizens interested in applying for admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point are advised to contact the American Embassy in their home capital. Applicants must be nominated by their home government. For more details refer to the U.S. Military Academy website. (http://admissions.usma.edu/)

All non-citizen nationals and citizen nationals resident in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands are eligible to apply to any of the service academies and follow the regular admissions requirements.

Pursuant to Title X of the U.S. Code, Chapter 403, Section 4342, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands may have, at any one time, two cadets.  American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands may have, at any one time, one cadet at the Air Force Academy.


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Last Updated on 01/23/07