Military School of Border Troops FSB. FSB Academy: faculties, specialties, exams

The training of specialists via correspondence is carried out at the Faculty of Correspondence Education of IPOS.

3. The Academy provides training in the following specialties:

at IPOS faculties

• legal support of national security;

at the faculties of ICSI

• information and analytical security systems;
• information security of automated systems;
• information security of telecommunication systems;
• computer security;
• cryptography;
• countering technical intelligence;

at the Faculty of Foreign Languages

• translation and translation studies.

3. These rules have been developed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of education, legal acts of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, as well as legal acts of the FSB of Russia.

4. The selection of candidates for the Academy is carried out by the bodies of the federal security service in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and the legal acts of the FSB of Russia regulating the procedure for selecting candidates for military service under a contract in security agencies.

The selection of candidates for the Academy by other departments in their own interests is carried out in accordance with interdepartmental agreements.

When selecting candidates, security authorities familiarize them with Section III of the Instructions on the procedure and conditions for admission of citizens of the Russian Federation to educational organizations of the FSB of Russia, approved by Order of the FSB of Russia dated May 20, 2014 No. 277, and these Rules.

5. The candidate’s application (report) for admission to study at the Academy must indicate: faculty, specialty or area of ​​training, a list of subjects of the unified state exam and additional entrance tests that the candidate plans to take, as well as a record of the candidate’s familiarization with these Rules reception.

6. For full-time study the following are accepted:

• citizens of the Russian Federation who have not undergone military service - aged 16 to 22 years inclusive;
• citizens of the Russian Federation who have completed military service, and military personnel undergoing military service by conscription or under contract - until they reach the age of 24 years.

The age of candidates is calculated on the date of their enrollment in training.

7. For distance learning the following are accepted:

citizens of the Russian Federation performing military service under a contract in security agencies (departments) - without age restrictions.

8. Females are accepted only to the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and the Faculty of Correspondence Studies of IPOS.

9. Candidates must have at least a general secondary education. The presence of education is confirmed by state documents on education of the established form.
Persons with higher education are not accepted to study in specialty programs.

10. Security authorities conduct a study of candidates, their medical examination, professional psychological selection (with a mandatory survey using a polygraph), checking the level of physical fitness, the procedure for obtaining access to information constituting state secrets, testing related to ensuring the security authorities’ own security, allowing to determine the suitability of candidates for military service under a contract in security agencies, the possibility and feasibility of sending them for training at the Academy.

11. Candidates undergo an initial and final medical examination.
The initial medical examination of candidates is carried out by a military medical commission of a security agency or the Center for Military Medical Expertise of the FSB of Russia (hereinafter referred to as the TsVVE FSB of Russia).

The final medical examination is carried out by the temporary military medical commission of the Academy (hereinafter referred to as the Academy's Military Medical Commission) upon the candidates' arrival at the Academy.

For candidates who have passed the initial medical examination of the Central Higher Medical Examination of the Federal Security Service of Russia, this examination is final.

12. The security agency, in accordance with the requirements of legal acts of the FSB of Russia, forms the candidate’s personal file and sends it to the Academy by April 15, 2016.

13. The conclusion of the IHC of the security authority and the conclusion on professional suitability are attached to the materials of the candidate’s personal file.

With the personal file of a candidate who has not undergone an initial medical examination at the Central Higher Medical Examination Center of the FSB of Russia, the following documents are sent in a separate package: an act on the results of the initial medical examination of the candidate with notes on the category of suitability for military service, the results of the necessary tests and examinations, certificates from dispensaries, an outpatient card from birth until the moment of admission to the Academy, information from the military registration and enlistment office at the candidate’s place of residence (if there are restrictions on military service). The package is marked: “to the military medical service of the Academy.”

14. The personal file shall indicate documented benefits that the candidate intends to take advantage of upon admission to the Academy.

15. Personal files of candidates who entered the Academy after the established deadline, as well as those completed in violation of established requirements, are returned to the security authorities (departments) that sent them.

16. Personal files of candidates who have not passed the initial medical examination, professional psychological selection, checking the level of physical fitness, as well as those who are denied access to information constituting a state secret, are not sent to the Academy.

17. If the candidates’ personal files meet the established requirements, the Academy sends them to the authorities security (department) calls from uka date, time and place of arrival.

Foreign language assignments for the counterintelligence faculty of IPOS consist of several standard assignments ranging from three to six (depending on the foreign language) - write words in the correct grammatical form, fill in the gaps with prepositions and articles, write questions for words and sentences, translate the text into foreign language, read a text in a foreign language and choose the correct answers, etc.

33. For additional entrance tests in physics, mathematics and social studies, the applicant is given 4 astronomical hours (240 minutes) without a break.

For the additional entrance test in the Russian language (exposition) for IPOS faculties, 3 astronomical hours (180 minutes) without a break are allotted.

An additional entrance test in a foreign language for the counterintelligence faculty of IPOS is allocated 1.5 astronomical hours (90 minutes).

34. Additional entrance tests in Russian and a foreign language to the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​consist of two parts.

In the Russian language, both parts of the additional entrance test are taken on the same day: the first written part (exposition) and the second written part (lexico-grammatical work).

The first part of the entrance test in the Russian language (presentation) is allotted 2 astronomical hours (120 minutes).

The second part of the entrance test in the Russian language (lexico-grammatical work) is allocated 1.5 astronomical hours (90 minutes).

Parts of the additional entrance test in a foreign language (written part and oral part) are taken on different days.

The first part of the additional entrance test in a foreign language (written part) is allotted 1.5 astronomical hours (90 minutes).

30 minutes are allotted to prepare for the second part of the additional entrance test in a foreign language (oral part).

35. The applicant is not given the opportunity to change the version of the written assignment or take a second ticket when passing the oral part of the entrance test.

36. The results of additional entrance tests are assessed according to a hundred-point system.

The results of entrance tests to the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​are assessed based on the sum of points received by the applicant during each part of the entrance test separately.

The Academy sets the following threshold score values, below which passing additional entrance tests is assessed unsatisfactorily:
Russian language, social studies, foreign languages, mathematics, physics - 40 points;
foreign languages ​​- 55 points.

37. During the additional entrance test, the applicant is required to have an identification document with him and present it at the request of the chairman (members) of the subject examination committee.

38. During additional entrance examinations, applicants are prohibited from:

talk, communicate with other applicants, change seats without permission;

make any notes or symbols on the sheets of written works, by which their authorship can be established;

use any auxiliary and reference materials not permitted by the subject examination commissions (textbooks, teaching aids, reference books, etc.);

use technical means (mobile phones, compact personal computers, voice recorders, etc.);

take notes while reading the text of the presentation.

39. Applicants who have violated one of the requirements of paragraph 38 of these Rules, by the decision of the chairman of the admissions committee or his deputy, may be removed from the exam, regardless of the amount of work performed. In this case, the chairman (deputy chairman) of the subject examination committee and the executive secretary of the admissions committee find out from the applicant the circumstances of the violation of these requirements. Upon the fact of a violation, the executive secretary of the selection committee and members of the subject examination committee draw up an act, which is approved by the chairman of the selection committee.

40. Repeated passing (retake) of additional entrance examinations in the same year is not permitted. Applicants who have received unsatisfactory grades are not allowed to participate in additional entrance tests for studies in other educational programs.

41. The applicant or his parents (legal representatives) must inform representatives of the admissions committee about the impossibility of taking additional admissions tests due to health reasons or other valid reasons, confirmed by documents, before the start of the additional admissions test. Medical documents on the state of health must be confirmed (certified) by the military medical service of the Academy.

By decision of the chairman or deputy chairman of the admissions committee, the applicant is allowed to take the missed additional entrance tests within the deadlines for their conduct.

Applicants who fail to appear for additional entrance examinations without good reason or who receive an unsatisfactory grade are excluded from the list of applicants by the decision of the chairman of the admissions committee.

Grades based on test results are communicated to applicants in accordance with the schedule. Announcing grades to parents (other legal representatives) is not permitted.

III. The procedure for filing and considering appeals against the results of entrance examinations

42. The applicant has the right to appeal the results of additional entrance tests.

To consider appeals during the period of additional entrance examinations, an appeal commission is created and the chairman of the appeal commission is appointed.

An appeal is a written statement by the applicant about the error, in his opinion, of the grade given on the additional admissions test. During the appeal process, only the correctness of the grade is checked. Consideration of the appeal is not a re-passing of additional entrance tests.

43. The appeal is submitted on the day the score obtained in the additional entrance test is announced.

Before filing an appeal, the applicant has the right to review his work in the presence of a member of the subject examination committee.

An applicant who wishes to file an appeal must have an identification document with him. The applicant has the right to be present during the appeal hearing.

One of the parents or legal representatives has the right to be present with a minor applicant (under 18 years of age).

44. If it is necessary to change the grade (increase or decrease), the decision of the appeal commission is formalized in an act, in accordance with which changes in the grade are made to the applicant’s examination paper, examination sheet and examination sheet of the applicant.

If disagreements arise, a vote is held in the appeal commission, and the decision is approved by a majority vote. The decision of the appeal commission is brought to the attention of the applicant (against signature). This decision is final and cannot be revised.

45. The fact that the applicant has familiarized himself with the Rules for filing and considering appeals based on the results of additional entrance tests at the Academy is recorded in the examination sheet and certified by the personal signature of the applicant.

IV. Procedure for holding the competition

46. ​​Applicants who have successfully passed additional entrance examinations and have positive results on the Unified State Examination participate in a competition held by the Academy’s admissions committee.

47. Applicants participating in the competition must submit educational documents (originals) no later than one day before the meeting of the admissions committee for enrollment.

48. The results of the competition are summed up according to the passing score, determined from the ratio of the number of applicants who successfully passed the entrance examination and the number of study places at the relevant faculty.

The passing score is set separately for each faculty (educational program).

For non-resident candidates, the passing score is determined taking into account the number of places to live in the hostel.

49. If all the necessary requirements are met, applicants who have scored a number of points equal to the passing score or more than the passing score when passing additional entrance tests are considered to have passed the competition.

If applicants who have scored the same number of points participate in the competition, applicants who have scored more points in the core subject have priority.

50. Applicants who did not pass the competition for training in the chosen educational program have the right to participate in the competition for training in another educational program, provided that additional entrance tests and Unified State Exam subjects coincide.

51. As additional entrance tests, the admissions committee, at the request of applicants, counts the results of:

winners and prize-winners of the Interregional Olympiad for Schoolchildren in Mathematics and Cryptography;

winners and prize-winners of the “Interregional Olympiad for schoolchildren on the basis of departmental educational institutions” in physics, mathematics and foreign languages.
Winners and prize-winners of the Olympiads are equal to those who scored 100 points when passing an additional entrance test in a general education subject corresponding to the profile of the Olympiad.

The decision to provide benefits for the winners and prize-winners of other school Olympiads held in the manner established by the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is made by the admissions committee before July 1, 2016.

52. Personal files and materials for applicants who did not pass the competition must be returned to the security authorities (departments).

53. Applicants who are not enrolled in training are sent to their place of residence (to the place of military service) in the manner established by the current legislation of the Russian Federation and departmental legal acts.

Appendix 1
to the Admission Rules

(clause 25)

Physical fitness standards

Execution conditions

Testing the level of physical fitness is carried out over one day in the form of practical exercises in the following sequence.

• pull-up on the bar. Performed with an overhand grip, each time from a stationary hanging position with straight arms (the hanging position is fixed, pause 1 - 2 seconds), without jerking or swinging movements of the legs; chin above the level of the crossbar;
• run 3 kilometers. Performed from a general start.

• raising and lowering the torso from a supine position, hands behind the head, legs secured, is performed within 1 minute, the torso is raised to a right angle, slight bending of the legs at the knees is allowed;
• 100 meter run. Performed from a high start;
• 1 kilometer run. Performed from a general start.

One attempt is given to complete all exercises. Repeated performance of the exercise in order to improve the score is not allowed (in case of a breakdown or fall, by decision of the commission, another attempt to complete the exercise may be granted).
The dress code for passing the standards is sports.

Appendix 2
to the Admission Rules
to the Academy of the FSB of Russia in 2016,
approved December 7, 2015, No. 38
(clause 25)

Extract from the certificate of passing physical training standards

Note: an extract from the statement of passing the standards for physical training is certified by an employee of the personnel department of the security agency and attached to the candidate’s personal file.

Appendix 3
to the Admission Rules
to the Academy of the FSB of Russia in 2016,
approved December 7, 2015, No. 38
(clause 27)

Anyone who has decided to devote their life to working in the authorities must have three qualities: true patriotism, respect for the rank of officer and readiness for difficulties.

TOP 10

Talking about the TOP-10 (or any other leading number of universities) in this structure will not be entirely correct for two reasons. Firstly, there are only 14 such educational institutions in the Russian Federation (including the First Cadet Border Corps of the FSB, which only prepares young cadets for higher education). And, secondly, in this structure, for clear and obvious reasons, there are no shortcomings in financial or material support, nor the problem of poor teaching. The only institution that can be given some preference is the Moscow FSB Academy, which trains specialists (of course, narrowly specialized ones) of a simply fantastic level.

In addition, metropolitan universities in general are traditionally considered more prestigious. In this regard, it would be correct to list all higher educational institutions that are part of the Russian FSB system.

1. (Odintsovo district, Moscow region).
2. (Anapa, Krasnodar region).

Features of training

The specificity of training in universities of this type is not just special - it is unique. Due to the closed nature of most of the curricula, especially those related to professional training, the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Professional Education in academies and institutes of the FSB regulates the content of only the first two basic cycles, which include subjects in the humanities/social/economics and mathematics/natural sciences. Accordingly, their selection is the same in all universities. The disciplines that future officers will need to master do not vary depending on the professional specialization of the educational institution - be it the training of border guards, cryptographers or counterintelligence officers.

The first of the cycles necessarily includes the study of the fundamentals of management, law, economics, foreign language and philosophy. The second program includes information theory, computer science, physics, discrete mathematics, mathematical statistics, probability theory, analytical geometry and mathematical analysis.

The professional part includes disciplines from the field of information security. These are programming languages, hardware and software and cryptographic methods of information security, electrical engineering and circuitry, document management, information security management and others.

In addition, serious attention is paid to physical and psychological preparation. Even if admitted without passing high sports standards, passing an internal medical examination and an interview using a polygraph (“lie detector”), the candidate is not allowed to take the entrance exams. Only 1 person out of 8 manages to pass this initial “sieve” of selection.

When training employees in the structure of the FSB, more than anywhere else, the principle of continuity operates, so the chances of getting into the number of students without being “one of our own” are frankly meager. Nevertheless, they exist: for example, for applicants to ICSI, a huge advantage will be knowledge of one of the rare languages ​​(Hindi, Chinese) or perfect knowledge of one of the European languages ​​(Spanish, French, etc.).

Quality of training

This is a rare case when you can honestly say: the quality of education is at the highest world level. The teachers are legendary personalities, many of whom are Heroes of Russia and Heroes of the Soviet Union. According to reviews of current FSB officers who attended departmental universities at different times, the level of legal, physical, mathematical and language training in them is higher than in Moscow State University and MGIMO. In addition, the program includes such secret disciplines that they are taught in special classrooms, from which it is forbidden to take notes, not even pens. In lectures on other subjects, 35-40 pages covered in a couple of pages are considered the norm.

The most popular specialties (bachelor's degree)

In the FSB system, it is more correct to talk not about the bachelor’s specialties, but rather about the military specializations of newly minted lieutenants (this rank is mandatory for graduates). But even in this case, it is difficult to determine the greater or lesser popularity of one direction or another - in this structure there are simply no unpopular ones. Nevertheless, we can note the officer professions that are in high demand among applicants:

• operational specialist;
• counterintelligence officer;
• operational employee with knowledge of foreign languages;
• information security specialist;
• investigator.

FSB institutes do not accept girls for all specialties. Most often, “female persons” (nothing personal - this is what they say in the official admission rules) can enroll in foreign language faculties. In the capital's Academy of the Federal Security Service, in addition to foreign language, for beautiful (and, of course, smart) ladies, the IPOS faculty (Institute for the Training of Operational Personnel) is also open, but only for distance learning.

Prospects

The prospects of studying at FSB universities are evidenced by the fact that serious companies do not hesitate to hire graduates who have not chosen departmental service for the highest positions.

After graduating from an academy or institute, you can work in your specialty within the FSB structures or move to other, no less authoritative organizations, for example, Alpha.

Before submitting documents and starting preparations for entering an educational institution, you need to decide for yourself that you are ready to connect your life with this structure.

Unlike civilian universities, they have a narrow prof. direction and after graduation it will be difficult to work in another field.

Admission to a civilian university is a choice of a profession, and admission to a university of the FSB of Russia is immediately a choice of a profession and, one might say, a place of work.

Preparation for admission

This is not to say that there are no difficulties with admission. However, if you have the preparation and desire, you can apply.

It is better to start preparing for admission at the beginning of the graduating class (grade 11). The first step is to contact the Russian FSB department at your place of residence with a statement of intention to enroll in an FSB educational institution, fill out a form and provide copies of personal documents (birth certificate, passport, military ID and diploma).

Based on the data and documents provided by the candidate, a check is carried out. All data is carefully checked.

An obstacle to access to the state. secrets and receipt will be: loved ones living abroad for a long time; relatives who were prosecuted; also if the candidate used drugs.

In addition to the check, a conversation is held with an employee of the personnel department of the FSB department, during which it is found out what motivated the candidate to join the FSB of the Russian Federation. If everything is in order with the interview and test, the candidate receives a referral for a medical examination (MEC), after which he is required to pass the physical examination standards. training (100-meter run, 3-kilometer run, pull-ups), which are assessed according to the “pass” and “fail” system.

After passing the test, you need to write an application to the selected university in early March. In it, the candidate must indicate: the faculty, field of study and specialty, a list of Unified State Examination subjects and additional entrance exams, and also sign that he is familiar with the admission rules.

Universities of the FSB of Russia

On the territory of the Russian Federation there are 14 educational institutions subordinate to the FSB of Russia.

These are the FSB Institutes in St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. FSB Academy in Moscow. Moscow, Golitsyn, Kaliningrad, Kurgan and Kharabovsky border institutes of the FSB. Academy and Border Academy of the FSB in Moscow. Coast Guard Institute in Anapa. Border Academy in Moscow.

Each university has its own list of faculties, some of which accept both boys and girls (faculty of foreign languages). Each faculty has its own subjects for which you need to take entrance exams.

You can enroll in full-time study. Without military service from 16 to 22 years and after military service up to 24 years. But correspondence training is available only to current security service employees.

Admission

When called by the University (in early June), candidates arrive to take entrance exams. First, they undergo a medical examination for the second time, after which they are allowed to take entrance exams. Physics exam common to all. preparation and one of the specialized subjects. Based on the results of exams and the EGE, the overall score is calculated; admission is carried out on a competitive basis.

If a candidate does not pass the competition for higher education, he can go to study in secondary educational programs (the training lasts 2.5-3 years, after graduation he is awarded the rank of warrant officer and, if desired, he can complete his studies in absentia at any FSB University). If you don't pass the competition, you can try again in a year.

After graduation, the rank of lieutenant is awarded.

Work experience and length of service are counted from the first days of training. The first two courses are counted as a year in the army, after which the first contract is signed and a salary is issued, approximately 16,000 rubles.

After graduating from the institute, they are assigned to units for service. Excellent students are given the right to choose their place of service, so there is an incentive to be one. Military personnel are provided with a social package and free medical care. service, decent salary.

Reviews about FSB Universities

According to reviews from applicants, it is difficult to enter FSB universities without cronyism, but it is possible. According to the standards, the guys passed 20 pull-ups, a 3 km timed cross-country race and other physical standards. They are also talking about lie detector testing, and naturally about the absence of a criminal record in several generations of relatives.

Students enter into a contract under which they must work in the system for a number of years, or return the money that the state will spend on your education. Already during your studies, you have the risk of becoming restricted from traveling abroad, and spending your subsequent holidays in Crimea at most.

Dresses, living in barracks (at least until the 3rd year), life according to the Regulations, enhanced physical training - everything here will remind you in many ways of ordinary military universities.

If you are a girl, then you should attend the Faculty of Military Translators. At the same time, you need to understand that after graduating from an educational institution there will be a mandatory assignment (and you may have to move far from home and from the center of the country).

You will also be a permanent worker, both during your service and for 5 years after it. Therefore, there will be no practice with native speakers; you will be translating audio recordings and written documents. Going to the faculty of translators, a person may dream of something else.

You will not work abroad. The fact is that the FSB is counterintelligence. And it is designed to work to suppress intelligence and other operations of foreign intelligence services on the territory of its country. And employees of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) go abroad to work.

That is, all these points need to be carefully thought through in advance.

Students also note the high quality of education. They are happy about the upcoming benefits (travel, meals, extended vacation) when applying for a job after graduating from university. They talk about a stable salary (the last figure I saw on the forums was 36 thousand.

Moreover, if you live somewhere in the Russian outback, then this is quite decent pay. But if we proceed from the level of civilian salaries and prices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, then this is a very low allowance. So it all depends on your circumstances, on what motivates you.

18 comments on ““Universities of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and admission to them””

My grandson graduated from the Stavropol branch of the Golitsyn Border Guard Institute of the FSB in 2016 and since that time has been serving at one of the border posts of the Dagestan Border Directorate. Today, the issue of continuing his studies at the Border Troops University is acute. I have a question: can my grandson study at the correspondence department of the Moscow Border Institute or not? And if it can, what is needed for this? Please let me know.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel - Alexander Dmitrievich Grafkov.

Hello! Tell me what to do late, submitted documents to the FSB, everyone passed the polygraph test on May 24, 2018, they say that we don’t meet the deadlines, the documents are going to Moscow at the end of May, are exceptions possible?

Hello. I am 31 years old. There is a higher education in the specialty of Applied Informatics “in Economics”. I work in the field of information security. Can I enter a FSB university at a faculty related to my professional responsibilities? And is there correspondence/distance learning? If possible, a list of such universities.

Good evening. A question of this nature. Can a person study if his father is a former police officer (company commander) and was dismissed from the internal affairs bodies for very negative reasons. Those. under articles: abuse of official powers and extortion from subordinates. Convicted and the court handed down a suspended sentence of one and a half years!?

Good day. Can I enroll in the Novosibirsk FSB institution being a citizen of Kazakhstan of Russian nationality and studying at the Olympic Reserve Sports School?

Defending the state has always been an honorable activity. The people directly implementing it enjoyed great honor and authority in society. In addition, the constant wars that were fought throughout human history significantly enriched members of the military class. In some countries, the military was considered the highest caste with the most rights. A great example is the Japanese samurai. However, on the territory of our fatherland, warriors and their achievements have also been glorified at all times. It should be noted that the training system for such people is of great importance. After all, the need for professional military personnel will never go away. The system of training soldiers itself requires a special approach, since their skill consists not only of physical strength, but also of certain psychological qualities. In this case, it is worth noting the specifics of training the elite of all armed and security forces, that is, intelligence and state security. The latter structure performs extremely important functional tasks in the modern world. Therefore, the training of its representatives must be carried out at the highest level. In the Russian Federation today there is a Federal Security Service. This department is responsible for ensuring the security of our country. Specialists for its ranks are trained at a special FSB Academy.

What's happened

As mentioned earlier, in any state, security forces play an important role. The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation belongs to such formations. The number of the department is currently classified. The main task is to ensure state security of the Russian Federation.

It should be noted that the FSB, according to existing legislation, is the body that is authorized to carry out operational investigative activities. The department is replenished through recruitment for military and civil service. According to the regulations governing the work of the FSB, its activities are carried out in the following areas, namely:

Counterintelligence;

Fight against terrorism;

Intelligence activities;

Border activities;

Information security;

Fighting especially dangerous crime.

The main department is the security of the Russian Federation.

General information about the higher education institution

The Academy of the Russian Federation is a military institution that trains officers for the FSB. In addition, this institution also trains personnel for other intelligence agencies, as well as special services of friendly states. That is, we are talking about a complex military institution with a fairly broad training base.

The Academy was created in 1992 by a special presidential decree. The basis for the formation of this institution was the KGB Higher School named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky.

History of the academy's creation

The FSB Academy, whose faculties are presented in the article, begins its history with the courses of the All-Russian Emergency Commission, formed in 1921. The courses trained operational personnel for the Cheka. It is worth noting that a significant contribution to the training was made by teachers who had quite a lot of operational experience gained in carrying out special operations “Trust” and “Syndicate”. In 1934, fundamental changes took place in the structure of the state's law enforcement agencies.

The People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs is created. This leads to the creation of the Central School of the Main Directorate of State Security within the structure of the Soviet NKVD. During the Second World War, the educational institution graduated several thousand workers who managed to organize a fairly effective fight against the Nazis. The next reform of the school took place in 1952. On its basis, the Higher School of the USSR Ministry of State Security was formed. In 1962, this educational institution was named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky.

Academy structure

The FSB Academy, the faculties of which are presented in the article, trains personnel in many specialties that are in demand today in law enforcement and military departments. The structure of a higher institution contains three main segments within which training is carried out.

1) The Institute for Training Operational Staff provides qualified training of personnel in a number of main areas of activity of the FSB. Within this division of the academy there are investigative and counterintelligence departments. In both cases, graduates of the institution receive a diploma in the specialty “Legal Support of National Security”. The first trains employees of the investigative units of the FSB, and the second trains operational workers. At the same time, the counterintelligence faculty trains employees in two specific areas: operational activities with knowledge of foreign languages ​​and knowledge of modern information technologies.

2) The second division of the academy is the Institute of Cryptography, Communications and Informatics. Its graduates today are rightfully considered the best specialists in the field of information security. At the end of the training, employees are given a qualification such as “information security specialist.”

3) The Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​is the youngest department of the university. It was created in 1990. The faculty trains professional translators for the FSB.

Features of admission - first stages

There are many features of the recruitment process that the FSB Academy is famous for. Faculties and specialties of different directions are replenished with personnel on absolutely equal terms. The first stage of selection is a medical examination. To enter the academy you must be in good health. It will be checked throughout the entire period of study at the institution.

The second stage is the polygraph. Many applicants mistakenly consider such a test to be something easy. However, the polygraph tests a person’s honesty, respect for military service, his amenability to control, etc. Therefore, the test must be approached as seriously as possible.

Special exams and physical fitness assessment

If the applicant does not have any comments regarding his mental and physiological level, then he is allowed to take the internal exams. Physical fitness is tested in three tests: pull-ups, 100-meter run and 3000-meter run.

Additional tests are exams in individual disciplines. To enter a particular faculty, knowledge in various subjects is tested. For example, the investigative unit conducts additional exams in social studies and the Russian language, and the Institute of Cryptography conducts additional exams in physics and mathematics. Before entering, it’s a good idea to take advantage of special preparatory courses that improve the level of applicants.

Learning process

The FSB Academy, the faculties of which are presented in the article, prepares. The learning process is quite complex and specific. Students actively study law, mathematics and foreign languages. Much attention is paid to physical training, as it is one of the major subjects. Most items are classified. Some subjects are taught in such a way that even pens, let alone notes, cannot be taken out of the classrooms.

Daily life of students

The fact that studying at the FSB Academy can greatly unite people is not an exaggeration. Throughout all years of service, students at this institution are in almost constant contact with each other. But these are not all the features of preparation. For example, it is not advisable for students to distribute information about their studies on social networks. Talking to friends about it is also prohibited.

It should be noted that a large proportion of all students are girls. They, equally with representatives of the stronger sex, can declare that they were forged as professionals by the famous FSB Academy. “Faculties for girls” is a common misconception. There are simply no such units. Girls enter along with boys into those faculties that are provided for by the structure of the higher educational institution.

Academy management

For many years, the academy was headed by representatives of senior officers. Today the head is Viktor Vasilievich Ostroukhov. He holds the rank of Colonel General. At one time, Viktor Vasilyevich Ostroukhov graduated from the Higher Red Banner School of the KGB. In addition to military activities, he also conducts scientific activities and is a doctor of legal sciences.

So, we looked at what the FSB Academy is. Faculties, exams and specifics of training were presented in the article. In conclusion, it is worth noting that working in government agencies is not suitable for everyone. But if you have firmly decided to become an employee of this department, then you need to discard any doubts and stubbornly pursue your goal.