Additional requirements
Basic Camp
As a sophomore or transfer student, you’ll practice becoming a leader in a team setting while getting helpful feedback to grow. Basic Camp is a 32-day intensive training event.
Advanced Camp
As a junior or senior, you’ll be trained and tested through leadership development exercises in real-world scenarios. Advanced Camp is a 35-day rigorous field training event during the summer—and the most significant in your ROTC journey—which you must pass to qualify as an Army officer.
Commitment
You may take the first two years of Army ROTC at WMU without military obligation. If you decide that becoming an officer and leader in the Army is right for you:
- You will serve full time in the active Army for three years (four years for scholarship recipients).
- You may choose to serve part time in the U.S. Army Reserve or Army National Guard while pursuing a civilian career for six years (eight years for scholarship recipients).
Flexibility for you through our partnership schools
Army ROTC is offered to students in the Grand Rapids area at Western Michigan University's Grand Rapids regional location through partnerships with the following schools:
- Calvin College
- Davenport University
- Grand Valley State University
Students who attend full time at Calvin College or Davenport University must be accepted to WMU as a guest student. Grand Valley State University students can register for ROTC classes through GVSU.
Fill out WMU's online guest application and select that you "want to take classes at WMU to transfer back to my college." If you need any assistance completing the guest application, please contact us.
Interested in nursing?
If you're considering an undergraduate nursing degree at WMU or any of our partnership schools, enrolling in Army ROTC can enhance your leadership skills and critical thinking abilities while providing financial support to help make your professional goals a reality.
Being a nurse in the Army provides you with unique opportunities including a three-week paid Nurse Summer Training Program, which introduces students to the Army Medical Department and the roles and responsibilities of an Army Nurse Corps Officer.
Yet another advantage of joining ROTC is that Bronco Battalion has two upper-division nursing spots guaranteed every year in WMU's highly competitive nursing program.
