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.
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]
The institutes provides training for officers in the following areas:[13][14]
Graduates of the Military Institute are awarded the military rank of Lieutenant and a state diploma.[15]