Cooperative Education Program (Co-Op) for Language: Students in this program will alternate semesters between college and working at NSA as a language analyst.  Students can apply for the Co-Op Program starting their second semester Freshman year or during their Sophomore year.  For those outside the commuting area, housing is provided while working at NSA.  Application period is open from September 1st to October 31^st and from February 1st to March 31^st and is for Chinese and Russian students.

Language Analysis Development Program (LADP):  The LADP is a full-time development program for new-hires and involves rotational tours in a variety of offices, coursework to build foundational knowledge, and quality mentoring. Applicants should be proficient (reading and listening) in one or more critical foreign languages. Any level of Mandarin Chinese is encouraged to apply. If proficiency is not high enough to enter directly into the LADP, the applicant could be selected for full-time language training for 1-1.5 years before rolling into the LADP. The LADP application (Linguist/Language Analyst) is open February 26^th through April 12^th.  This job is usually posted every other month. Watch a short video on language work at NSA.

Intelligence Analysis Development Program (IADP): The IADP is designed to provide an intensive, accelerated opportunity to acquire the unique technical skills and experience needed to successfully apply knowledge and analytic ability to the Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) mission and help analysts achieve core analytic. The application is open March 21^st through April 4^th.  Make sure to complete the online test that gets emailed shortly after applying (check your SPAM folder). The test takes ~3 hours and must be completed and passed to process for the program. This job generally runs only twice a year for two weeks a time, so don’t miss it!

NSA’s Summer Internships: Mark your calendar for our Summer job ads that run September 1st through October 15th and are processed on a rolling basis, so the earlier the application the better!