On 28 January 2015, AFIT welcomed its first Provost and Vice Chancellor Dr. Sivaguru S. Sritharan[1] former Dean of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School.

The Graduate School focuses on studies and research that are relevant to the Air and Space Force mission as well as the needs of the defense establishment as a whole.

The student body consists primarily of Air Force and Space Force officers, but is rounded out by members of the other four U.S. Armed Services, select enlisted Airmen,[6] international students from coalition countries, U.S. Government civilians, and civilians (U.S. citizens) not affiliated with the Government.

Many of the AFIT student thesis projects are influenced directly or indirectly by AFRL, NASIC, NRO and other Air Force and defense agencies.

AFIT is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools to offer degrees to the doctorate level.

Air Force students attending civilian institutions have earned more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees in the past twenty years.