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National Security Affairs Program
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The National Security Affairs Program (NSAP) admits students once per year, for summer entry only. To apply, qualified applicants must submit all of the following items by May 1, 2025:

Application

Apply by submitting an online GradCAS application to the Bush School’s Summer 2024 NSAP program.

To apply, applicants will create an account in GradCAS and proceed with filling out four quadrants of information (Personal Information, Academic History, Supporting Information, and Program Materials). When starting the Program Materials quadrant, applicants are prompted to select the program they wish to apply to. Look for and select the following:

  • Summer 2025 National Security Affairs Program

Then, proceed with filling out the Program Materials quadrant, which includes entering the contact information for one recommender.

When all four quadrants are completed, submit your application. See below for detailed instructions on each section.

Application Fee

Applicants must pay a nonrefundable application fee to submit their application in GradCAS. The application fees are:

  • $89 for domestic applicants
  • $114 for international applicants

Refunds cannot be issue once an application is submitted.  Payments can only be made via credit card: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

Resume

The application automatically requires applicants to upload their resume. This requirement is system-defined and cannot be modified. However, we do not require a resume for your application, so you may choose to upload a resume if you have one, or upload a blank document to fulfill the requirement.

Transcripts

UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED TO APPLY
In GradCAS, applicants must upload a copy of their transcript from every 4-year college they attended to the Academic History quadrant→ Colleges Attended section. Applicants are asked to enter every college/university attended, but only need to upload a transcript for the 4-year colleges they attended. For each degree earned, the corresponding transcript must indicate the name of the degree and the date it was awarded. Note: Transcripts uploaded to GradCAS or sent via email are considered unofficial but will be used to review an application for admission.

  • International Transcripts: For transcripts from a college not located in the United States, upload your transcript and diploma (or degree certificate) in its’ native language along with an English translation (if applicable). Save all documents into one file and upload to your GradCAS application.
  • Texas A&M Current or Former Students: Please upload a copy of your Texas A&M transcript to GradCAS. However, you do not need to submit official transcript if admitted.

OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED UPON ADMISSION
If admitted, a student cannot register for courses until their official transcript(s) from all 4-year colleges they attended is received and processed by the Texas A&M Office of Graduate Admission. A registration hold will be placed on the student’s account until officials are on file. It can take the Texas A&M Admissions Office up to 14 business days to process official transcripts, so it is imperative for an admitted student to request their official transcripts be sent immediately upon admission.

For a transcript to be considered official, transcripts must be submitted directly from the university/college to Texas A&M’s Office of Graduate Admissions (NOT the Bush School) in one of the following ways:

  • Electronically via SPEEDE, eSCRIPT-SAFE, PARCHMENT, or National Student Clearing House to admissions@tamu.edu. Institutions outside of the USA can send official transcripts and degree certificates (including an English translation for both, if applicable) to admissions@tamu.edu.
  • Mailed to Texas A&M Graduate Admissions Processing in a sealed envelope with the registrar’s signature or stamp across the seal.
    • U.S. postal mail
      Graduate Admissions Processing
      Texas A&M University
      PO Box 40001
      College Station, TX 77842-4001
    • Express mail or courier (FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.)
      Graduate Admissions Processing
      Texas A&M University
      General Services Complex
      750 Agronomy Rd, Suite 1601
      College Station, TX 77843-0200

International Transcripts: Please have the college submit an official transcript and diploma (or degree certificate) in its’ native language as well as an official English translation for both directly to the Texas A&M Admissions Office via email at admissions@tamu.edu.  They are to be signed by the registrar, controller of examinations, or president of the university issuing the document. Translations sent directly from the institution attended or from a recognized translator are considered official. Consolidated and provisional mark-sheets are NOT considered official. Please ask your registrar to send individual mark-sheets with the grades earned in each term. Photocopies or other duplications such as notarized copies and faxes are not considered official.

  • Academic Records from China: Please provide transcripts and degrees verified by the Center for Student Services and Development (CSSD). These verification reports can be issued in English and sent to admissions@tamu.edu.

Texas A&M (College Station, Galveston, or Qatar) Current or Former Students: You do NOT need to submit your official Texas A&M transcripts or transcripts you previously sent to Texas A&M.