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269 universities and colleges promoted service in the Russian Unmanned Systems Forces among students, including the universities in the annexed Ukrainian territories. Watch the list
Since the very beginning of the campaign to recruit students into the so-called “special unmanned systems forces,” the outlet for Russian students Groza has been documenting cases of recruitment efforts in universities and colleges across Russia and occupied Ukrainian territories, based on readers’ reports and open-source data.
On January 26, human rights advocate Artem Klyga reported that universities had received guidelines from the Ministry of Defense on how to promote service in Unmanned Systems Forces of the Russian Federation among students and explain its “benefits” — for example, a “special contract,” “guaranteed” discharge, and academic leave.
Later, Klyga and other human rights defenders explained that these promises are false and that no special contract for students exists:
“No one can guarantee students a special one-year contract, continued tuition-free education, or service away from combat zones. University staff are encouraging students to sign the standard Ministry of Defense contract, under which military service cannot be counted in place of academic results. The presidential decree on mobilization remains in force — which means that in practice, the contract cannot be terminated,” said representatives of the student-focused human rights project Molniya.
In February, a college in Ulyanovsk published an addendum to the contract offered to students for supposed service in USF — stating that they may be reassigned to other branches of the military
The appendix to the contract offered to students specifies that they may be assigned to positions in other military branches if they are deemed unsuitable for service in Unmanned Systems Forces. This decision would be made after the contract has already been signed.
“In other words, this explicitly establishes the legal possibility of assigning you to an infantry position on the grounds that you simply did not meet the requirements for other military roles — after signing the military contract,” wrote human rights advocate Artem Klyga about this clause.
Klyga told Groza that although this appendix has so far only appeared on the website of the college in Ulyanovsk, it is highly likely to be included with all contracts for service in unmanned systems units offered to students:
“The military service contract is also standardized — there is a single approved template. There are no individual contracts.”
Subsequently, reports emerged of students being pressured to attend meetings about service in “special forces” units, as well as threats from university administrations. Many students have also found it more difficult to clear academic debts — for instance, at Far Eastern Federal University, the exam retake period was reduced by half compared to last year. Also, colleges started the PR campaign of service in Unmanned Systems Forces.
In Russia, institutions commonly referred to as colleges are closer in meaning to vocational schools or secondary vocational education institutions. They provide professionally oriented training focused on practical skills and specific trades, rather than academic degrees.
On April 1, the outlet Faridaily, citing the rector of one of Moscow’s universities, reported that the head of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education told rectors of the largest Russian universities that at least 2% of students must sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense. In addition, according to documents prepared by the Ministry of Defense for internal use and mistakenly published on the websites of several colleges, Russian authorities plan to recruit 78,800 people into drone forces this year, including from among students.
Groza identified at least 182 universities and 64 colleges that are promoting contract-based service in UAV units among students. Also it happens in the universities in the annexed Ukrainian regions Here is the list
Universities in Russia
- Altai State University
- Angarsk State Technical University
- Astrakhan State Medical University
- Baltic State Technical University “VOENMEH” named after D. F. Ustinov
- Bashkir State University
- Belgorod State Technological University named after V. G. Shukhov
- Birsk Branch of Ufa University of Science and Technology
- Buryat State University named after Dorzhi Banzarov
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
- Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University
- Vladivostok State University
- Vladikavkaz Branch of Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
- Volgograd State Agrarian University
- Volgograd State Technical University
- Volgograd State University
- Volgograd State Institute of Arts and Culture
- Volgograd State Medical University
- Volzhsky Institute of Economics, Pedagogy and Law
- Volzhsky Branch of Volgograd State University
- Volzhsky Branch of National Research University “MPEI”
- Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G. F. Morozov
- Voronezh State University
- HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics), Moscow
- HSE University, Nizhny Novgorod
- HSE University, St. Petersburg
- Gorno-Altai State University
- Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping
- State University of Management (Moscow)
- Far Eastern Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Far Eastern Federal University
- Don State Technical University
- Transbaikal State University
- Transbaikal Institute of Railway Transport
- Znamensk Branch of Astrakhan State University
- Institute of Food Technologies and Design
- Irkutsk Branch of Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation
- ITMO University
- Ishimbay Branch of Ufa University of Science and Technology
- Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekov
- Kazan State Agrarian University
- Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering
- Kazan National Research Technological University
- Kazan Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Karachev Branch of Orel State University
- Tsiolkovsky Kaluga State University
- Krasnodar State Institute of Culture
- Kuban State University
- T. F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University
- Kursk State University
- Kazan Federal University
- Pushkin Leningrad State University
- Lipetsk State Pedagogical University
- Lomonosov Branch of Pushkin Leningrad State University
- Luga Branch of Pushkin Leningrad State University
- Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI)
- Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University)
- Maykop State Technological University
- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Moscow City University
- Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University
- Kutafin Moscow State Law University
- National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET)
- Moscow State Technological University “STANKIN”
- Murmansk Arctic State University
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Mtsensk Branch of Orel State University
- National Research University “MPEI”
- Novosibirsk State University
- Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University
- Nizhnevartovsk State University
- Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
- Novorossiysk Branch of Belgorod State Technological University named after V. G. Shukhov
- Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management
- Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
- Novosibirsk Law Institute (branch of Tomsk State University)
- Orel State University named after I. S. Turgenev
- Orsk Humanitarian and Technological Institute (branch of Orenburg State University)
- Perm State University
- Penza State University
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
- Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
- Volga Region Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Pyatigorsk State University
- North-West Institute of Management, RANEPA
- Russian State Agrarian University – Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
- Russian Biotechnological University
- Russian State Hydrometeorological University
- Russian State University of Justice
- Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
- Russian University of Transport
- Rostov State Medical University
- Rostov Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- MIREA – Russian Technological University
- RUDN University
- Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Samara State University
- Samara National Research University named after S. P. Korolev
- Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation
- Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation
- Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
- Saint Petersburg State Institute of Culture
- Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University
- Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University
- Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University
- Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
- Saratov State Law Academy
- Saratov State Medical University
- Saratov State University
- Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov
- Siberian Transport University
- Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University
- North-West Branch of Kutafin Moscow State Law University
- North Caucasus Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- Siberian State University of Water Transport
- Siberian State University of Geosystems and Technologies
- Siberian Institute of Management (branch of RANEPA)
- Simferopol Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Smolensk State University of Sport
- Smolensk Branch of RANEPA
- Sochi State University
- Saint Petersburg State Agrarian University
- Saint Petersburg State Technological Institute
- Saint Petersburg State University
- Saint Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine
- Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”
- Saint Petersburg State University of Economics
- Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
- Siberian Federal University
- Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin
- Tver State Medical University
- Leonov University of Technology
- Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
- University of Tyumen
- Industrial University of Tyumen
- Tyumen State Medical University
- Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University
- Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation
- Ural State University of Architecture and Art
- Ural Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Ural State Law University
- Ural Federal University
- Ufa State Petroleum Technological University
- Ufa University of Science and Technology
- Ukhta State Technical University
- Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
- Central Branch of Russian State University of Justice
- Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture
- Chita State Medical Academy
- Chuvash State University named after I. N. Ulyanov
- Southwest State University
- Southern Federal University
- Ushinsky Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University
- Demidov Yaroslavl State University
Colleges in Russia
- Academy of Information Technologies and Management (St. Petersburg)
- Anapa Industrial Technical School
- Apatity Polytechnic College
- Astrakhan College of Professional Technologies
- Automobile Engineering College at Ulyanovsk State University
- Borovichi Pedagogical College
- Cheboksary College of Economics and Technology
- Cheboksary College of Economics and Technology
- Cheboksary Technical School of Transport and Construction Technologies
- College “Energia” (Reutov)
- College at Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov
- College at Volgograd State University
- College of Architecture, Design and Reengineering No. 26 “26 KADR”
- College of Automation and Information Technologies No. 20 (Moscow)
- College of Modern Technologies named after M. F. Panov
- College of Service Industries No. 10 (Moscow)
- College of Space Engineering and Technology named after A. A. Leonov
- College of the Volzhsky Institute of Economics, Pedagogy and Law
- Institute of Secondary Vocational Education (Orel)
- Kandalaksha Industrial College
- Kazan Construction College
- Krasnodar Mechanical Engineering College
- Krasnoyarsk College of Radio Electronics and Information Technologies
- Kuzovatovo Technological Technical School
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky Polytechnic Technical School
- Medical College No. 2 (Moscow)
- Meleuz Multidisciplinary Professional College
- Mezhdurechensk Mining and Construction Technical School
- Moscow Industrial College
- Moscow Technological College named after I. A. Likhachev
- Mosin Technical College of Tula State University
- Murmansk College of Economics and Information Technologies
- Murmansk College of Service Technologies
- Murmansk Industrial College
- Nizhnekamsk Polytechnic College
- Novgorod Construction College
- Novoaltaysk State Art School
- Novoaltaysk State Art School
- Novosibirsk College of Architecture and Civil Engineering
- Novosibirsk College of Printing and Information Technologies
- Novosibirsk College of Transport Technologies named after N. A. Lunin
- Orenburg College of Economics and Informatics
- Ozherelye Railway College (branch of PGUPS)
- Pechenga Polytechnic Technical School
- Petrovsky College (St. Petersburg)
- Polytechnic College named after N. N. Godovikov
- Ramenskoye College
- Revda Multidisciplinary Technical School
- Siberian Geophysical College
- St. Petersburg College of Fashion
- St. Petersburg College of Metro Construction
- St. Petersburg Technical School of Railway Transport
- Sterlitamak Vocational Technical College
- Talitsa Forestry Engineering College named after N. I. Kuznetsov
- Technological College No. 24
- Technological College No. 34 (Moscow)
- Tsaritsyno College of Management, Hospitality and Information Technologies (Moscow)
- Ulyanovsk Aviation College
- Ulyanovsk College of Culture and Arts
- Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation named after B. P. Bugaev
- Urban Planning College “Stolitsa”
- Vladivostok Marine Fisheries College
- Volgograd Technical School of Railway Transport (branch of Rostov State Transport University)
- Zelenogorsk Technical School (Krasnoyarsk Krai)
Universities in the Crimea
- Crimean Branch of the Russian State University of Justice named after V. M. Lebedev
- Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University named after Fevzi Yakubov
- Crimean University of Culture, Arts and Tourism
- Sevastopol Branch of Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University — Maritime Institute named after Vice Admiral V. A. Kornilov
- Sevastopol Branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Sevastopol Branch of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
- Sevastopol State University
- V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
Universities in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions
- Antratsyt Institute of Geosystems and Technologies (branch of Lugansk State University named after V. Dahl)
- Automobile and Road Institute (branch of Donetsk National Technical University)
- Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Donbas State Technical University
- Donetsk National Technical University
- Donetsk National Technical University (Википедия)
- Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mykhailo Tugan-Baranovsky
- Kherson State Maritime Academy
- Krasnodon Faculty of Engineering and Management (branch of Lugansk State University named after V. Dahl)
- Lugansk State Pedagogical University
- Lugansk State University named after Vladimir Dahl
- Mariupol State University named after Arkhip Kuindzhi
- Melitopol State University
- Pryazovskyi State Technical University (branch of Moscow State University of Civil Engineering)
- Stakhanov Institute of Engineering and Pedagogy (branch of Lugansk State University named after V. Dahl)