SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas at San Antonio and the National Security Agency signed an agreement to allow NSA employees to earn undergraduate credit hours.

UTSA signs agreement with NSA

NSA employees get academic credit

8th university nationwide to partner with NSA

The employees will be tested on knowledge they already have from experience on the job. The agreement creates accelerated degree plans in cybersecurity and modern languages.

"It's the right thing to do to bring folks together who have this knowledge and expertise and give them academic credit for what they have already learned," said Nicole Beebe, the UTSA Cyber Center for Security and Analytics director.

UTSA is the eighth university in the nation to partner with the NSA for this unique program.