# Merit Badge University

> Merit Badge University explains every Scouting America merit badge: the official requirements, synced from scouting.org, and a Digital Resource Guide for each badge.

The full text in one file: [llms-full.txt](https://merit-badge.university/llms-full.txt)

## Merit Badges

- [American Business](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/american-business/requirements/index.md)
- [American Cultures](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/american-cultures/requirements/index.md)
- [American Heritage](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/american-heritage/requirements/index.md)
- [American Labor](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/american-labor/requirements/index.md)
- [Animal Science](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/animal-science/requirements/index.md)
- [Animation](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/animation/requirements/index.md)
- [Archaeology](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/archaeology/requirements/index.md)
- [Archery](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/archery/requirements/index.md)
- [Architecture](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/architecture/requirements/index.md)
- [Art](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/art/requirements/index.md)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/artificial-intelligence/requirements/index.md)
- [Astronomy](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/astronomy/requirements/index.md)
- [Athletics](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/athletics/requirements/index.md)
- [Automotive Maintenance](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/automotive-maintenance/requirements/index.md)
- [Aviation](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/aviation/requirements/index.md)
- [Backpacking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/backpacking/requirements/index.md)
- [Basketry](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/basketry/requirements/index.md)
- [Bird Study](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/bird-study/requirements/index.md)
- [Bugling](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/bugling/requirements/index.md)
- [Camping](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/camping/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Canoeing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/canoeing/requirements/index.md)
- [Chemistry](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/chemistry/requirements/index.md)
- [Chess](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/chess/requirements/index.md)
- [Citizenship in the Community](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/citizenship-in-the-community/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Citizenship in the Nation](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/citizenship-in-the-nation/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Citizenship in the World](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/citizenship-in-the-world/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Climbing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/climbing/requirements/index.md)
- [Coin Collecting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/coin-collecting/requirements/index.md)
- [Collections](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/collections/requirements/index.md)
- [Communication](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/communication/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Competitive Gaming](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/competitive-gaming/requirements/index.md)
- [Composite Materials](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/composite-materials/requirements/index.md)
- [Cooking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/cooking/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Crime Prevention](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/crime-prevention/requirements/index.md)
- [Cybersecurity](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/cybersecurity/requirements/index.md)
- [Cycling](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/cycling/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the fitness group)
- [Dentistry](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/dentistry/requirements/index.md)
- [Digital Technology](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/digital-technology/requirements/index.md)
- [Disabilities Awareness](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/disabilities-awareness/requirements/index.md)
- [Dog Care](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/dog-care/requirements/index.md)
- [Drafting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/drafting/requirements/index.md)
- [Electricity](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/electricity/requirements/index.md)
- [Electronics](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/electronics/requirements/index.md)
- [Emergency Preparedness](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/emergency-preparedness/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the emergency group)
- [Energy](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/energy/requirements/index.md)
- [Engineering](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/engineering/requirements/index.md)
- [Entrepreneurship](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/entrepreneurship/requirements/index.md)
- [Environmental Science](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/environmental-science/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the environment group)
- [Exploration](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/exploration/requirements/index.md)
- [Family Life](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/family-life/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Farm Mechanics](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/farm-mechanics/requirements/index.md)
- [Fingerprinting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/fingerprinting/requirements/index.md)
- [Fire Safety](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/fire-safety/requirements/index.md)
- [First Aid](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/first-aid/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Fish and Wildlife Management](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/fish-and-wildlife-management/requirements/index.md)
- [Fishing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/fishing/requirements/index.md)
- [Fly Fishing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/fly-fishing/requirements/index.md)
- [Forestry](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/forestry/requirements/index.md)
- [Game Design](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/game-design/requirements/index.md)
- [Gardening](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/gardening/requirements/index.md)
- [Genealogy](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/genealogy/requirements/index.md)
- [Geocaching](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/geocaching/requirements/index.md)
- [Geology](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/geology/requirements/index.md)
- [Golf](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/golf/requirements/index.md)
- [Graphic Arts](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/graphic-arts/requirements/index.md)
- [Health Care Professions](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/health-care-professions/requirements/index.md)
- [Hiking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/hiking/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the fitness group)
- [Home Repairs](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/home-repairs/requirements/index.md)
- [Horsemanship](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/horsemanship/requirements/index.md)
- [Indian Lore](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/indian-lore/requirements/index.md)
- [Insect Study](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/insect-study/requirements/index.md)
- [Inventing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/inventing/requirements/index.md)
- [Journalism](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/journalism/requirements/index.md)
- [Kayaking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/kayaking/requirements/index.md)
- [Landscape Architecture](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/landscape-architecture/requirements/index.md)
- [Law](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/law/requirements/index.md)
- [Leatherwork](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/leatherwork/requirements/index.md)
- [Lifesaving](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/lifesaving/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the emergency group)
- [Mammal Study](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/mammal-study/requirements/index.md)
- [Metalwork](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/metalwork/requirements/index.md)
- [Mining in Society](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/mining-in-society/requirements/index.md)
- [Model Design and Building](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/model-design-and-building/requirements/index.md)
- [Motorboating](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/motorboating/requirements/index.md)
- [Moviemaking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/moviemaking/requirements/index.md)
- [Multisport](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/multisport/requirements/index.md)
- [Music](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/music/requirements/index.md)
- [Nature](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/nature/requirements/index.md)
- [Nuclear Science](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/nuclear-science/requirements/index.md)
- [Oceanography](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/oceanography/requirements/index.md)
- [Orienteering](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/orienteering/requirements/index.md)
- [Painting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/painting/requirements/index.md)
- [Personal Fitness](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/personal-fitness/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Personal Management](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/personal-management/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required
- [Pets](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/pets/requirements/index.md)
- [Photography](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/photography/requirements/index.md)
- [Pioneering](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/pioneering/requirements/index.md)
- [Plant Science](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/plant-science/requirements/index.md)
- [Plumbing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/plumbing/requirements/index.md)
- [Pottery](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/pottery/requirements/index.md)
- [Programming](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/programming/requirements/index.md)
- [Public Health](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/public-health/requirements/index.md)
- [Public Speaking](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/public-speaking/requirements/index.md)
- [Pulp and Paper](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/pulp-and-paper/requirements/index.md)
- [Radio](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/radio/requirements/index.md)
- [Railroading](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/railroading/requirements/index.md)
- [Reading](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/reading/requirements/index.md)
- [Reptile and Amphibian Study](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/reptile-and-amphibian-study/requirements/index.md)
- [Rifle Shooting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/rifle-shooting/requirements/index.md)
- [Robotics](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/robotics/requirements/index.md)
- [Rowing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/rowing/requirements/index.md)
- [Safety](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/safety/requirements/index.md)
- [Salesmanship](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/salesmanship/requirements/index.md)
- [Scholarship](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scholarship/requirements/index.md)
- [Scouting Heritage](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scouting-heritage/requirements/index.md)
- [Scuba Diving](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/scuba-diving/requirements/index.md)
- [Sculpture](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/sculpture/requirements/index.md)
- [Search and Rescue](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/search-and-rescue/requirements/index.md)
- [Shotgun Shooting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/shotgun-shooting/requirements/index.md)
- [Signs, Signals, and Codes](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/signs-signals-and-codes/requirements/index.md)
- [Skating](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/skating/requirements/index.md)
- [Small-Boat Sailing](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/small-boat-sailing/requirements/index.md)
- [Snow Sports](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/snow-sports/requirements/index.md)
- [Soil and Water Conservation](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/soil-and-water-conservation/requirements/index.md)
- [Space Exploration](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/space-exploration/requirements/index.md)
- [Sports](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/sports/requirements/index.md)
- [Stamp Collecting](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/stamp-collecting/requirements/index.md)
- [Surveying](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/surveying/requirements/index.md)
- [Sustainability](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/sustainability/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the environment group)
- [Swimming](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/swimming/requirements/index.md): Eagle-required (one choice in the fitness group)
- [Textile](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/textile/requirements/index.md)
- [Theater](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/theater/requirements/index.md)
- [Traffic Safety](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/traffic-safety/requirements/index.md)
- [Truck Transportation](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/truck-transportation/requirements/index.md)
- [Veterinary Medicine](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/veterinary-medicine/requirements/index.md)
- [Water Sports](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/water-sports/requirements/index.md)
- [Weather](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/weather/requirements/index.md)
- [Welding](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/welding/requirements/index.md)
- [Whitewater](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/whitewater/requirements/index.md)
- [Wilderness Survival](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/wilderness-survival/requirements/index.md)
- [Wildland Fire Management](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/wildland-fire-management/requirements/index.md)
- [Wood Carving](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/wood-carving/requirements/index.md)
- [Woodwork](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/woodwork/requirements/index.md)

## Guides

- [Eagle Scout Merit Badge Strategy & Planning Guide](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/eagle-required/strategy/): when to start each Eagle-required badge, 90-day time locks, and the choice groups
- [Eagle Required Merit Badges](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/eagle-required/): the 14 badges a Scout needs for Eagle Scout, with the three choice groups

## Optional

- [Citizenship in Society](https://merit-badge.university/merit-badges/citizenship-in-society/requirements/index.md): discontinued February 27, 2026
- [Merit badge categories](https://merit-badge.university/categories/): badges grouped by category
- [Search Requirements](https://merit-badge.university/search/): full-text search across all badge requirements