The military training center () is a division within civilian university or other higher education institution, intended for training commissioned officers from among students, currently widespread in 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 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 3 years at least. 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 mobilization human resource immediately after a graduation. They can join active duty military service or mobilization human reserve (part-time military service) on 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 graduates are commissioned as a sergeant/1st class petty officer (non-commissioned officer programme) or private/seaman (enlisted personnel programme), are exempted from military draft, are not to obliged to serve, and are enrolled in mobilization human resource.
Organizational structure
Typical military training center has 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: