Special Department № 2 is a core academic unit of the Institute of Special Communications and Information Protection of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. The Department conducts educational activities jointly with other special departments of the Institute in training specialists at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels.
The Department employs highly qualified professionals, including three PhDs in Technical Sciences.
Training of specialists is carried out through general military and tactical-special academic disciplines for all study programmes of the Institute.
In general military training classes, cadets acquire knowledge and practical skills in:
- Tactics
- Military topography
- Small arms and fire training
- Radiation, chemical and biological protection of units
- Tactical combat casualty care
- Combat engineering training
In tactical-special training classes, future officers gain theoretical knowledge in:
- Organisation and management of special communications
- Structure, purpose and application of government communication nodes and stations
- Fundamentals of organising the information and telecommunication infrastructure of the government bodies of Ukraine
They develop practical skills in:
- Organising marches
- Conducting reconnaissance
- Setting tasks for the deployment and coordination of units
- Deploying nodes and lines of government communications
- Establishing engineering infrastructure;
- Organising security and defense of communications nodes and lines
- Setting tasks for the use of government communication facilities and nodes
- Making decisions on the combat use of the government communication node
- Fulfilling operational standards for government communications units
- ensuring communications security
- Maintaining operational and technical documentation at government communications stations and nodes
Practical classes in these disciplines are conducted both at the Institute and – up to 80% of the time – using the material and technical base of the territorial divisions of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.
The Department’s material and technical base includes a specialised training classroom for tactical medicine and an electronic shooting range, where cadets acquire practical skills in professional and special disciplines.