The military training center (Russian: военный учебный центр) is a division within civilian university or other higher education institution, intended for trainingcommissioned officers from among students, currently widespread in Russian Federation. The abbreviation of military training center is MTC (Russian: ВУЦ).
History
Military training centers appeared with enactment of the Federal Law of 3 August 2018 No.309-FZ[1] which entered into force on 1 January 2019. Previously existing organizational structures which conducted military training of students of civilian universities were abolished.[2] On 13 March 2019, the list of 93 civilian institutions of higher education with military training centers was approved by Government of Russia.[3][4] The Regulations on the military training centers was approved on 3 July 2019.[5]
Mission
Military training centers have 2 main functions:[6]
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.
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 following structure:[5]
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)
^О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации в части совершенствования военной подготовки студентов федеральных государственных образовательных организаций высшего образования (Federal Law 309-FZ) (in Russian). State Duma. 3 August 2018.
^Dolgosheva, Anastasiya (22 February 2019). "Прощай, военная кафедра. Где студента научат Родину защищать". Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti (in Russian).
^Gavrilov, Yuriy (15 March 2019). "Лейтенант из института. Определены вузы для военной подготовки студентов". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian).
^ a bОб утверждении Положения о военных учебных центрах при федеральных государственных образовательных организациях высшего образования и о признании утратившими силу некоторых актов Правительства Российской Федерации (Decree 848) (in Russian). Government of Russia. 3 July 2019.
^Об определении Порядка приёма и обучения граждан Российской Федерации в военных учебных центрах при федеральных государственных образовательных организациях высшего образования (Order 400) (in Russian). Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation. 26 August 2020.