The military training center () is a division within a civilian university or other higher education institution, intended for training commissioned officers from among students in the Russian Federation. The abbreviation of military training center is MTC ().
History Military training centers appeared with enactment of the Federal Law of 3 August 2018 No.309-FZ which entered into force on 1 January 2019. Previously existing organizational structures which conducted military training of students of civilian universities were abolished. On 13 March 2019, the list of 93 civilian institutions of higher education with military training centers was approved by Government of Russia. The Regulations on the military training centers was approved on 3 July 2019.
Mission Military training centers have 2 main functions: Training commissioned officers for active duty Graduates are commissioned as a lieutenant (after graduation from their civilian university), are exempted from military draft, but under the conditions of the signed contracts, they are obliged to serve in Russian Armed Forces with a mininum service time of three years. Training reserve commissioned officers Graduates are commissioned as a lieutenant (after graduation from their civilian university), are exempted from military draft, are not to obliged to serve, and are enrolled in the mobilization human resource immediately after a graduation. They can join active duty military service or mobilization human reserve (part-time military service) on a voluntary basis.
Furthermore, some military training centers pursue programmes of training reserve non-commissioned officers and reserve enlisted personnel, which are reduced curriculums compared to officer's programme. These programmes' alumni enter service as a sergeant/1st class petty officer (non-commissioned officer programme) or private/seaman (enlisted personnel programme), are exempted from the military draft, are not to obliged to serve, and are enrolled in the mobilization human resource pool.
Organizational structure Typical military training center has the following structure: Head of military training center Deputy head of military training center Head of department (each military training center has several departments) Chief of educational unit – deputy head of department Chief of training cycle – principal teacher (educational unit has 2 cycles minimum) leading teachers senior teachers teachers junior teachers Head of educational-methodical division personnel of educational-methodical division Head of logistic and engineering division personnel of logistic and engineering division Head of transport and production division personnel of transport and production division secretary-clerk
List of Russian civilian institutions of higher education having military training centers There are the following civilian institutions of higher education having military training centers in Russia:
Central Military District
Barnaul
Altai State Technical University
Chelyabinsk
South Ural State University
Irkutsk
Irkutsk National Research Technical University Irkutsk State University
Kazan
Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev Kazan National Research Technological University
Krasnoyarsk
Siberian Federal University Siberian State Aerospace University
Kyzyl
Tuvan State University
Novosibirsk
Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics
Omsk
Omsk State Technical University Siberian State Automobile and Highway University
Penza
Penza State University
Samara Oblast
Samara
Samara National Research University Samara State Technical University
Tolyatti
Togliatti State University
Saratov
Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov
Tomsk
Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk State University
Ufa
Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation
Yekaterinburg
Ural Federal University
Eastern Military District
Chita
Transbaikal State University
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk
Far Eastern State Transport University
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur State University
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Kamchatka State Technical University
Ulan-Ude
East Siberia State University of Technology and Management
Vladivostok
Far Eastern Federal University Maritime State University Vladivostok State Medical University
Northern Military District
Murmansk
Murmansk State Technical University
Southern Military District
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar
Kuban State Agrarian University
Novorossiysk
State Maritime University
Rostov Oblast
Novocherkassk
South Russian State Polytechnic University
Rostov-on-Don
Don State Technical University Rostov State Medical University Rostov State Transport University Southern Federal University
Stavropol
North-Caucasus Federal University
Vladikavkaz
North Ossetian State University
Volgograd
Volgograd State Agrarian University
Territory of Crimea peninsula Source:The territory of Crimea peninsula is annexed by Russia. Ukraine and the majority of the international community continue to regard this territory as the part of Ukraine but de facto it is under Russian control.
Sevastopol Sevastopol National Technical University
Simferopol Crimean Federal University
Western Military District
Belgorod
Belgorod Technological University
Ivanovo
Ivanovo State Power Engineering University
Kostroma
Kostroma State University
Kursk
South-West State University
Moscow and Moscow Oblast
Lyubertsy
Russian Customs Academy
Moscow
All-Russian State University of Justitia Bauman Moscow State Technical University Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation First Moscow State Medical University Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas Higher School of Economics Kutafin Moscow State Law University Moscow Academy of the Investigative Committee of Russia Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Moscow Power Engineering Institute Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Linguistic University Moscow State University Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry Moscow Technological University (MIREA) National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) National Research University of Electronic Technology Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy Russian State University of Justice Russian University of Transport State University of Land Use Planning
Nizhny Novgorod
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk State University
Ryazan
Ryazan State Radio Engineering University
Saint Petersburg
Baltic State Technical University ITMO University Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Russian State Hydrometeorological University Saint Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee of Russia Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University Saint Petersburg Mining University Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping
Tambov
Tambov State University
Tula
Tula State University
Vladimir Oblast
Kovrov
Kovrov State Technological Academy
Voronezh
Voronezh State Technical University Voronezh State University
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