Academic institutions seeking to partner with USCYBERCOM must:
- Be a two-year, four-year, or post-graduate degree institution with programs that align with the study and work in cyber.
- Computer-related arts, sciences, and certifications (information systems, cybersecurity, digital forensics, robotics, mathematics, physics, video gaming, virtual/augmented reality, Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- Cyber-related engineering (civil, electrical, computer, computer hardware, telecommunications)
- Cyber-related law (computer, patent)
- Intelligence-related arts and sciences (analysis, business, and financial intelligence, international relations, political sciences)
- Applied analytics-related sciences (big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence)
- Information-environment related arts and sciences (psychology, media analysis, journalism, social media analysis, marketing)
- Process-related arts, sciences, and certifications (Project Management Professional, Lean Six Sigma, systems engineer, IT requirements, and process assessment)
- In addition to having programs that align with the study and work in cyber, as defined above, institutions should be accredited by an Institutional accrediting agency or Programmatic accrediting agency as defined in 34 C.F.R. 602. Furthermore, academic institutions must be based in the United States and its Territories. Foreign institutions that have established branch campuses located in the United States or that offer distance education-based programs which serve U.S. students are not eligible for membership.