Military Academy of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union S. M. Budyonny, SAC

• Location: St. Petersburg, Russia,
• Age of students: from 17 years,
• Type: mixed,
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The Academy was founded in 1919 in the city of St. Petersburg.

The process includes a course of lectures and seminars, practical and laboratory classes, undergraduate practice and further service under contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The educational process is organized at the following faculties:

• Radio
• Multi-channel and telecommunication systems,
• Automated control systems,
• Team
• Special
• Advanced education.

The Academy conducts its own research work in the following scientific areas:

• Research and solution of problems of ensuring the effectiveness of the content, forms and methods of military education and scientific work,
• Improvement of existing communication and automation systems,
• Development of signal troops, their organizational and staff structures and tactics of combat use,
• Development of technologies for the construction and combat use of information and communication systems,
• Ensuring the protection and security of communications, information, information and network technologies,
• Research and development of efficient next-generation antenna systems,
• Research and development of effective signal processing methods for advanced secure military communication networks,
• Study of problems and development of system-technical principles for the construction and operation of automated control systems,
• Research and development of the principles of organization, conduct of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare,
• Development of a new generation of methodological apparatus for military-economic justification and evaluation of the effectiveness of educational, informational, network and other technologies in the field of command and control and military infocommunications,
• Development of a new generation of regulatory support.

The Academy has received the following awards:

• Order of Zhukov,
• Order of Lenin,
• 2 Orders of the Red Banner,
• Military Order "For Merit to the People and the Fatherland" in gold,
• Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, I degree,
• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland",
• Order of the Red Banner of Battle,
• Order of Military Merit, First Class.

The university provides 5 dormitories for nonresident full-time students, in which 4.5 thousand people can live.

For meals for students and staff, the university has a cadet canteen for 2500 people. Meals are sold on the principle of "buffet".

To involve cadets in social and scientific activities, the university organizes and takes part in the following events:

• International Summit of Inventors and Innovators,
• Memory Watch,
• Open Day,
• Interactive exhibition "Living Streets",
• All-Russian tournament "Engineers of the Future",
• Competition of innovative technical projects "Engineers and inventors",
• Exhibition dedicated to the day of the signalman in the Patriot Park,
• Intellectual and cognitive quest "Dominoes of interests",
• Championship of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in international military pentathlon,
• International Olympiad of cadets in informatics,
• City festival-competition "The way of the hero - to the cherished dream!".

The educational process takes place in buildings equipped with classrooms for lectures, practical and laboratory classes. The classrooms are equipped with modern equipment for vocational education: video and audio equipment, fiber-optic transmission systems, complexes for tropospheric and satellite communications.

Cadets are given free access to the educational and scientific library with a fund of more than 490 thousand copies.

To maintain physical fitness, the academy offers:

• Base for general military education,
• Pool
• Outdoor stadium with obstacle course elements,
• Sports and Physical Culture Complex,
• Shooting range.

At the Military Academy of Communications, the academic year begins in early August with combined arms education. Cadets have the opportunity to go on vacation in winter for 15 days and in summer for 30 days.

Cadets are fully provided by the state: education, accommodation, medical care and food.

For admission to the Military Academy of Communications, you must provide:

• Birth certificate,
• Proof of Identity and Citizenship,
• SNILS,
• INN
• Autobiography
• Characteristics of the candidate from the place of study (work, military service),
• A document on education and (or) on qualifications confirming it (a copy of the certificate, certificate, certificate, diploma),
• Three certified photographs (without a headdress) measuring 4.5x6 cm,
• Service card of a serviceman (for military personnel),
• Certificate of education or period of study (for students in educational institutions of secondary vocational and higher education);
• Certificate from the territorial bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation at the place of residence on the presence (absence) of a criminal record and (or) the fact of criminal prosecution or termination of criminal prosecution (issued in accordance with the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the issuance of certificates of the presence (absence) of a criminal record and (or) the fact of criminal prosecution or the termination of criminal prosecution, approved by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated September 27, 2019 No. 660);
• Confirmation of the pre-emptive right;
• Confirmation of individual achievements.

The necessary package of documents is provided to the university:

• By mail,
• Personally to the admissions office.

Upon admission, the competition ranges from 10 to 20 people per place.

After graduating from the academy, cadets can sign a contract and become servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

For admission to bachelor's and specialist's educational programs, an applicant must:

• Completed education not lower than secondary general,
• Successful delivery of physical standards,
• Points received for the exam are not lower than:
  • Mathematics — 27,
  • Physics — 36,
  • Russian language — 39.

For admission to master's programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of the entrance examinations of the university with scores not lower than the threshold set by the academy itself.

For admission to postgraduate programs, you must:

• Completed higher education,
• Successful completion of entrance examinations with scores not lower than the threshold set by the academy itself.

First-year cadets are paid a allowance of 2000 rubles. In subsequent years of study, depending on the conclusion of the contract, academic performance and activity, payments range from 15 to 22 thousand rubles per month.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision