Military Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Communications

The Military Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and Communications (Uzbek: Axborot-kommunikatsiya texnologiyalari va kommunikatsiyalarining harbiy instituti; Russian: Военного института информационно-коммуникационных технологий и связи) is a specialized educational institution in the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan, under the Education System of the Ministry of Defense in Tashkent. It is currently led by Lieutenant Colonel Khakim Mukhitdinov.^[1] Its main campus is located in Yunusabad.

History

It was established on 17 January 2019 by order of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.^[2][3][4] It was the first special military institute to open in Uzbekistan.^[5] It was established in order to further improve the system of training officers in the field of information and communications. It was formed from a Special Department of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, and is therefore the legal successor of the Special Faculty (which was established on 13 May 1993).^[6][7][8] On 26 December, the institute, as well as another military unit, were moved to a camp in the Zangiata District where it is currently located.^[9][10][11] The first ceremonial graduation of cadets took place on 26 June 2020.^[12]

Educational aspects

The institutes provides training for officers in the following areas:^[13][14]

• Tactical Communications
• Tactical Special Communications and Protection of State Secrets
• Tactical Information Systems and Technologies
• Tactical Radio-Electronic Intelligence and Combat
• Tactical Radio-Engineering Anti-Aircraft Defense Forces
• Tactical Anti-Aircraft Missile Defense

Graduates of the Military Institute are awarded the military rank of Lieutenant and a state diploma.^[15]

See also

• Budyonny Military Academy of the Signal Corps
• Military Engineering Institute of Radio Electronics and Communications
• Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies