National Security and Foreign Affairs

The National Security and Foreign Affairs major combines an academic and practical, hands-on approach to diplomatic and security studies with special emphasis on U.S. national security and foreign language proficiency. You will examine U.S. security and foreign policy to analyze threats that challenge security both at home and abroad. Courses will explore how to devise appropriate strategies and policies to address them.

Students are required to reach proficiency in a foreign language.

• Security Analyst 
• Intelligence Analyst 
• Law Enforcement Officer 
• Military Officer 
• Diplomat 
• Foreign Correspondent 
• Consultant 
• Attorney 
• Foreign Service Officer 
• Teacher/Professor 
• Federal Agency Official 
• Politician 
• Corporate Government Relations Director 
• Foreign Affairs Specialist

For students entering in 2023, Virginia Tech will exclusively use the Common App for first-year and transfer applications. While we remain a Coalition member, we have paused the Coalition application for one cycle to provide ample time to adjust to the new application platform that Coalition will be using.