On June 11, the Military Technical Faculty at the Belarusian National Technical University celebrates its anniversary.
The Military Technical Faculty was established in 2003 on the foundations of the Military Department, which began its illustrious history back in 1933 at the Belarusian Polytechnic Institute.
Over 30,000 students, who were awarded the first military rank of lieutenant in the reserve, studied at the Military Department. More than 3,000 of them dedicated their careers to the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Republic of Belarus. Approximately 80 percent are engineering officers.
Among the Military Department's graduates are ministers and academics, governors and mayors. It's worth noting that the vast majority of the Military Department's graduates from 1933–1941 went to the front from the first days of the Great Patriotic War. According to archival data, approximately 300 faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates were awarded orders and medals, and Fyodor Malyshev, an excellent 1941 graduate, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
The primary criterion for the professional training of military motorists, engineers, and financiers as future defenders of the Fatherland is the military component, which forms the foundation of both the educational and training processes.
The athletic life of the Military Technical Faculty is rich in victories at international and national arenas, as well as in championships of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. The cadets' motto is: "There is only one place in sports—first!" The Military Technical Faculty team emerged as the best in the 2021/22 academic year, taking first place in:
the 17th Spartakiad of military faculties and the institute in civilian higher education institutions;
In a Spartakiad among university cadets dedicated to the 77th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War;
In a review of sports and mass activities in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
The Military Technical Faculty is considered one of the best in the Republic of Belarus in terms of its material and technical infrastructure, modern teaching technologies, the integration of computer technology into the educational process, and the social and living conditions of cadets.
