Military training centers of civilian universities (Russia)
The military training center (Russian: военный учебный центр) 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 (Russian: ВУЦ).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.