Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College - Selection and Entry

Selection and Entry

Candidates for DSFC are sponsored by the elements of the British Armed Forces or the MOD Civil Service, entry is predicated on having been selected as a potential officer candidate or technical civil servant. All candidates must be considered likely to succeed in a technical undergraduate course and will be funded through University and accepted into the sponsoring service.

Royal Navy candidates are required to undergo the Admiralty Interview Board and are selected into the Engineer branch specialising in Weapon Systems, Marine Systems or Aviation. After undergraduate studies they will enter Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth for initial officer training.

Army candidates make up the bulk of each Welbeck intake and are required to undergo the Army Officer Selection Board and are selected into a technical role; Royal Signals, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Engineers or the Royal Logistic Corps. After undergraduate studies they will enter Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for initial officer training.

Royal Air Force candidates are required to undergo selection at RAF College Cranwell Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre and enter either as Engineer Officers, or, more recently are now able to enter as Logistics Officers. After undergraduate studies they will enter RAF College Cranwell for initial officer training.

Defence Engineering and Science Group students also attend the OASC at Cranwell, and as such go through much the same process as the RAF candidates, however there are fewer places for DESG students (12-15 per year), and so fewer boards.