University Officers' Training Corps

The University Officers' Training Corps (UOTC), also known as the Officers' Training Corps (OTC), are British Army reserve units under the command of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which recruit exclusively from universities and focus on leadership training and development. Their role is to provide university students with the opportunity to undertake modules of Reserve officer training designed to fit around their degree studies, while developing leadership abilities, skills, and experience that may be useful in either a future military or civilian career. While serving in the UOTC, officer cadets undertake the Reserve Officer Training Modules (Alpha and Bravo).

University students serving with the UOTC are members of the Army Reserve, and are attested and paid when on duty. They are classed as Group B (non-deployable) while serving in the UOTC. Students hold the rank of officer cadet. Students have no obligation to pursue further military service after leaving university and may resign from the UOTC at any time. UOTCs are staffed by officers and non-commissioned officers from both the Regular Army and the wider Army Reserve.

Each UOTC unit is effectively an independent regiment of the Army Reserve. Since 2011, six UOTCs have been grouped into joint units: Tayforth UOTC and Aberdeen UOTC form the Aberdeen and Tayforth Officers' Training Regiment; Leeds UOTC and Sheffield UOTC form the Yorkshire Officers' Training Regiment; and Liverpool UOTC and Manchester and Salford UOTC form the North West Officers' Training Regiment. Each unit retains its own cap badge, stable belt, customs, and traditions.

UOTCs also organise non-military outdoor pursuits such as hill walking and mountaineering, in addition to fielding sports teams that compete against other UOTCs and Army units. Officer cadets may also have opportunities to represent the Army in sport.