Military training centers of civilian universities (Russia)

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 Ã¢ÂÂ deputy head of department
Chief of training cycle Ã¢ÂÂ 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