"After the 9th grade, I began to think about entering. An eleventh grader I knew told me that he was entering the FSB Academy. Our language lyceum is one of the strongest in Moscow, we often receive assignments from the faculty of foreign languages ​​​​of this university, so I don’t very surprised."

Mikhail, entrant of the Academy of the FSB

I must admit that my friend was in excellent physical shape - he ran the hundred meters best of all, pulled himself up the most, was engaged in powerlifting. I remember how he used to play with his muscles in the school yard at physical education - all the guys looked enviously at him, pretending not to notice, and the most beautiful girls giggled merrily, crowding around him. But the guy did not respond to them. He was always calm and unruffled. “This is how a real FSB officer should be,” I thought and decided to prepare in order to also enter the foreign language.

Firstly, I took up physical training: for a year and a half I went to the rocking chair, went in for running, skiing. Secondly, I tried to get closer to him so that he would tell me more about the Academy, but that was not the case. He didn't say anything new. Only once did he mention: “In the AFSB, it is best to choose a wife. This one will keep her mouth shut and go with you to the ends of the world. The desire to look at such girls became an additional incentive for me to enter. The main motive was simple: the fate of the FSB officer is the choice of real men capable of much for the sake of their country. Hence, my destiny.

The saga of admission began in the eleventh grade. Now, even with his authoritative silence, my friend could not help me - he entered, I lost sight of him on social networks. They say that students of the Academy are generally forbidden to "sit" in them. I went once to the Academy, signed up for courses. The procedure was incredibly difficult. Two weeks later, an FSB officer contacted me, held a so-called conversation - acquaintance. The very first question: "Do you have any relatives serving in the FSB, or convicted." Neither the first nor the second appeared. I acted without blat, lived in an ordinary honest family. After that, I received confirmation that I was enrolled in courses at the Academy.

Classes have begun. My level of German was at a fairly high level, so there were no problems. According to the Russian language and social science - they were. The level of the teachers was so high that I spent several days preparing for each lesson. The USE has received little attention here. We were strictly forbidden to spread about how they taught and what they asked. I understood the main thing - you need to pass a medical examination, pass internal exams in the right subjects and keep quiet.

But first you had to get a coupon for a medical examination. Parents with applicants stand for hours to get the coveted ticket for a medical examination at the place of residence. Everything is very strict with the medical commission - the slightest deviation and you are out of the game. Here everyone is really watching - in my presence they “wrapped up” a guy whose visual acuity was 1.2% below the required level. Guys with messy hair that covers their ears are immediately pointed to the door. However, I passed this stage successfully.

The next test is a psychological test. For 4 hours, applicants sit in a special room and answer idiotic, at first glance, questions. For example: “How do you feel about death?”, “What do you do at night when you don’t want to sleep?”. We were asked to solve several strange problems. You are shown a picture of an apple tree. You can easily count how many apples there are. And next to the tree is a girl with a basket. They ask the question: “How many apples does Masha have”? You need to choose from several intricate options. At the last stage, my head went spinning: the officer showed me 50 figures for 10 seconds, then mixed them up and asked me to arrange them in the original order. The third test is a polygraph. I had already understood that the FSB's strong point was simple questions with complex overtones, so I was mentally prepared. But when I found myself alone in a dark room with a serious man in uniform, I was involuntarily taken aback. The questions confused me, my heart sank into my heels. Then I was told that my enrollment was over.

It was a shame that I did not get to pass physical education and specialized subjects - I prepared a lot. But, apparently, I'm not so reserved and calm as to become a real FSB man.

“Based on my experience, I can say: people enter the AFSB either according to family tradition, or from crystal clear romance. By the way, subsequently such “romantics” of our profession create family traditions. places are signed among "their own people". There is a small opportunity to enter the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and ICSI *. I repeat: a small one. If an applicant is afraid of any difficulties during admission, then you should not meddle in the authorities. Everything is clear here - you decided, then you act Let me give you the figures: out of 150 applicants, 20 people reach the internal exams."

Nikolay, graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​of the Academy of the FSB, former FSB officer

Mikhail has very necessary qualities for our profession - he managed to find the right people, he has the willpower to train physically, he meets the medical parameters. In general, the medical board is a difficult test. Everything is on an equal footing here, despite the fact that someone has a grandfather who is a general. By the way, during the entire training, health workers check your health every six months. When I studied at the Academy, a guy died on our daily run - his heart stopped, which could not withstand the loads. It turned out that he was a relative of some prominent official in the organs. There was a huge scandal, from that moment the selection criteria became even more stringent.

I hope that if he successfully passed the polygraph, Misha would have passed the GPP* exam. I think he had no illusions about physical training. The standards in the AFSB are not for wimps - for the test you need to pull yourself up 11 times without shortness of breath, run a hundred meters in a maximum of 13, 30 seconds, and overcome three kilometers in 12 minutes. There is only one advice here: if your hand reaches for a beer or a joystick in the evening, go run in the park or pull iron in a rocking chair. But it has not reached this stage. Misha cut himself off on a polygraph. The situation is quite understandable, because the personnel officers have already begun to form lists of potential first-year students. Maybe the documents submitted by Mikhail did not contain the necessary recommendations from the FSB officers. Apparently, this was one of his main mistakes. Or maybe the guy really was an excellent candidate for admission to the AFSB, but he did not know how to answer questions correctly. On the polygraph, you are like a transparent sheet, your inner convictions become visible to the personnel officer as if in purgatory. Therefore, it is important to be a patriot, to appreciate the rank of an officer, to express it honestly and truthfully, without pathos. No kidding, this is important.

In addition, Misha was going to take the German language, he graduated from the language gymnasium. German, of course, students study a little less often than English. But still, those who speak rarer languages: French, Spanish, Chinese or Hindi have chances to enter without blat.

A very sure step - admission to courses at the Academy. It is a good preparatory school, but not always sufficient. For example, speaking German at the level of a native speaker, I worked hard with a tutor in foreign, Russian and social studies for two years. I wanted to make sure I threw all my strength into it. As a result, he entered the top twenty enlisted.

Already from the first year, my illusions about studying there began to dissipate. The first-year student immediately feels that he enters the system. You know that your ten years are already booked. The first five of them you strain all your strength, you study. The second five you give back to the Motherland for a free and one of the best education in the world. It is not simple. You are either weak or you can handle it.

I'm really proud that I got the chance to study here. The level of linguistic, mathematical, physical and legal training is unlikely to be compared even with MGIMO and Moscow State University. Legendary personalities teach at the Academy, which, unfortunately, I cannot tell. Some of them were awarded the Order of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Hero of Russia. Many subjects are taught in special classrooms, from which nothing can be taken out - no notes, no pens. Everything they teach there is classified as secret. The Academy has a very strong legal background. True, you need to be ready for it - at lectures, students usually write out 30-40 pages each.

Mikhail's friend was right - the girls at our faculty are special. Intelligent, restrained, with excellent physical fitness. Many find their soul mates here. For example, I got married as soon as I received my diploma. It is known that the scholarship at the Academy is huge compared to civilian universities - about 15,000 rubles a month. But please don't compare us to a citizen. At the Academy, from 7 am to evening you are in the service, hard work. This is a strong emotional pressure every day. In my opinion, our scholarship is even small.

Important: it is undesirable to shine on social networks with the status of an AFSB student. Yes, and spread about it to friends - too. After receiving a diploma, you spend 5 years in the service of the Fatherland. From Moscow they are often sent to serve in Rostov, Volgograd. There is also service in hot spots. If we get lucky. It turns out that you can spend 10 years side by side with classmates. It happened to me as well. During this time I found true colleagues, devoted friends.

In civilian life, the concept of “a devoted heart” is not quite understood. With my friends, I experienced misfortune, poverty, visited all their weddings. They have rescued me many times. If any of them have difficulties, I am ready to fly to their place of service the next day. Now the fate of my friends has developed in different ways. Someone continues to serve, someone moved to Alpha, some, like me, took up legal civil service. There were no problems with employment - with a diploma from the AFSB they took even without an interview for a good position. Why didn't I continue my service? Frustrated with the system. Understand, in the bodies of 90% of incredibly worthy, patriotic, gifted people. They are the color of the country. But there are 10% of corrupt officials. It's probably like that everywhere, but I couldn't bear it.

5 facts about the Academy of the Federal Security Service:

    Established in 1921. In April, about 150 students were admitted to training courses for the operational staff of the Cheka. Classes were held in an old building in the center of Moscow on Pokrovka.
    The structure of the Academy includes ten faculties, 46 departments, 5 functional and 14 support units and a Research Center.
    More than 40 academicians and corresponding members of various academies of sciences, more than 100 doctors and 400 candidates of sciences teach at the AFSB.
    Girls can enter the Academy only at the Faculty of Translators, but for a short period since 1994, school graduates have also had the opportunity to study at the Faculty of Investigation.
    The phraseological Russian-Farsi dictionary created at the Academy has no analogues in the world.

*ICSI - Institute of Cryptography, Communications and Informatics at the Academy of the FSB. The best information security specialists in Russia are trained here.
* OFP - exam in physical education (general physical training).

In order to become an employee of the Federal Security Service, of course, you need to get a higher education, but to solve the question “where to go to study?” First you need to decide on the choice of profession. In the FSB, as well as in any other organization, a person must perform a certain labor function, that is, work in a certain profession.

The structure of the FSB bodies includes, in addition to the Central Office of the FSB of Russia and local territorial bodies, also bodies, security bodies in the troops. The Federal Security Service has its own aviation squads, special forces, units that provide auxiliary assistance in the implementation of the tasks facing the state security agencies. Such "auxiliary" units are understood as research, expert and medical institutions subordinate to the FSB.

Thus, the FSB agencies require employees of various specialties: lawyers, experts, and other military specialists.

Universities FSB

The main educational institutions that train personnel for counterintelligence are universities that are part of the FSB system. Such universities are available in various regions of Russia. These are the institutes of the FSB of Russia in the cities of St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, and the Academy of the FSB of Russia, located in Moscow. However, in the Academy of the FSB of Russia, basically, acting employees improve their skills, while everyone who wishes has the opportunity to enter the institutes of the structure. The rules and procedures for admission to FSB universities can be found on the official website of the selected institute.

In addition to these educational institutions, there are universities in the FSB system. These are the Border Academy of the FSB of Russia in Moscow, and the Border Institutes in Moscow, in the Moscow Region (in the city of Golitsino, Odintsovo District), as well as the Kaliningrad, Kurgan and Khabarovsk Border Institutes. Institutes have branches in other cities of the country. For example, in the Stavropol Territory there is a branch of the Golitsyn Border Institute.

In the educational institutions of the FSB, you can get higher education in the specialties "legal support of national security", the psychology of official activity, "border activity". These areas of training fill the ranks of personnel with employees of the foreign and domestic intelligence departments, high-class psychologists and lawyers in various fields, as well as officers of the border units.

But this is not all the specialties necessary for the operation of such a powerful structure. In the work of scouts, technical means play an important role, and, therefore, technical specialists are required to maintain them and even develop and create them. Specialists in this category are trained both in institutions of higher education, such as the Institute of New Information Technologies in Moscow, and in civilian educational institutions. Graduates with rare technical specialties are often invited to work in the system.

Military universities

The bodies of the FSB are known to the townsfolk, mainly by the brave fighters of the Alpha, Vympel detachments, and other special forces units. Contrary to popular belief, service in these units also requires higher education. You can become a representative of the elite by graduating, for example, from the RVVVDKU, popularly called "Ryazanka", where specialists-saboteurs, military translators, and officers of landing units are trained. You can also graduate from a college in St. Petersburg, where the so-called Marines are educated. Among the special educational institutions of the FSB is the Coast Guard Institute, which is located in the city of Anapa.

Service in the FSB is not only intelligence, the FSB also carries out anti-terrorist activities, is engaged in the disclosure and investigation of crimes against state security. Future and operational employees can receive education in higher educational institutions of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the relevant areas of training.

It is now considered very prestigious to train as an FSB officer in order to have a good salary. How to enter the FSB after grade 9 and is it possible to pass exams without any connections, are there any specific health requirements? Many high school students dream of studying at such an institution as the FSB school. How to enter after the 9th grade at the chosen faculty? To begin with, it is worth considering whether a person needs a profession, whether he will cope with his official duties, where he can work if he receives a diploma. It is very important. Graduates of the FSB Academy are in great demand, but it must be understood that officer service is sometimes associated with frequent moves, changes of residence, work in difficult conditions, in border areas. Not all people agree to endure some inconvenience, especially for the fair sex.

Why is the FSB Academy so attractive? It turns out that not only children of high-ranking officers can enter this educational institution after the 9th grade. But it will be difficult to do so. The high level of salaries of the employees of the structure allows us to consider the academy a very prestigious university. If a high school student has finally decided that he should connect his life with the federal security service, first you need to go through a medical commission. Applicants are subject to the most stringent requirements. A student of an educational institution and a future officer should not have serious chronic diseases. This rule is observed very strictly. Even with connections in the admissions committee, it is simply impossible to enter the academy through dishonest means. As a rule, the medical commission takes place in a departmental clinic. When applying to an educational institution, you need to fill out a questionnaire. All information contained in it is verified.

A not very “clean” biography of a close relative or the presence of a criminal record in one of the family members can become a serious obstacle on the way to entering the academy. If the high school student himself was brought to criminal or administrative responsibility, you can forget about studying at the FSB school. If the medical commission is passed successfully and there are no other obstacles for further admission, the applicant is allowed to pass the exams. The list of subjects, the delivery of which is required, is specified in the selection committee. As a rule, applicants have to take the Russian language and social studies. These examinations are held in written form. The chosen faculty is also of great importance. So, for example, for future counterintelligence officers, it is planned to pass not only the Russian language and social science, but also foreign languages.

For some faculties, where specialists who are proficient in information technology are taught, it is necessary to pass exams in the Russian language, social science and mathematics. Some FSB schools also require students to take an exam in physics. Reception of documents is carried out approximately from the middle of summer. Training begins, as in all educational institutions, from September 1. To increase the chances of successful admission, it is necessary to prepare in advance for the submission of documents and passing entrance examinations. Already from the first quarter of the 8th grade, you can begin to find out the conditions for admission to the academy, clarify the list of exams. If possible, you should be like preparatory courses, work out with a tutor. Some academies have special courses to prepare for admission.

Experts advise weighing your chances before applying. For some areas of study, the competition for admission is not too big. Sometimes it makes sense to apply for a less prestigious faculty. Moreover, the possibility of transfer to another specialty still exists. Some high school students are interested in whether it is worth entering the FSB academy after the 9th grade. Maybe it's better to try your luck after graduating from a full comprehensive school? But after the 11th grade, as practice shows, it can be even more difficult to enter. It is also necessary to warn applicants that in some cases they require the passage of a lie detector or a polygraph. This procedure will be repeated throughout the entire period of study with a certain frequency. FSB officers also regularly undergo polygraph tests in order to promptly identify facts of corruption.

Candidates are selected carefully, for admission it is necessary to have not only a certain knowledge base, but also high physical data. After being enrolled for training, students of military higher educational institutions have benefits and a high scholarship. Everyone receives medical support, food and housing.

Universities of the Federal Security Service of Russia list of conditions for enrollment in education

Bodies of the federal security service do not accept for training in such cases:

1. If, by a court decision, the applicant is recognized as incapacitated or partially incapacitated.

2. The presence of a disease that prevents the performance of official duties.

3. Persons who do not have Russian citizenship.

4. The candidate does not have the appropriate physical fitness.

Universities of the FSB of Russia list of professions: operative, investigator, special forces soldier, commander of a coast guard ship, translator.

Foreign languages ​​trains specialists in linguistics and intercultural communication, qualification "linguist translator with knowledge of two foreign languages". Girls are admitted to this faculty.

The investigative officer trains specialists in the jurisprudence of the legal departments of the FSB of the Russian Federation, with the qualification "lawyer", specialty "jurisprudence".

The counterintelligence faculty trains professionals in operational activities.

2. Moscow Border Institute of the FSB. The higher educational institution trains specialists in the field of "jurisprudence". Experts: border outposts, specialists at border crossing points, field officer, special forces officer. Girls with a Moscow residence permit can enter the specialty of border control.

3. Galician Border Institute of the FSB of Russia. The university produces such specialists: a lawyer, a psychologist, a border guard. Training in all specialties for five years. Qualifications: manager of service and combat activities, manager of morale and combat activities.

4. The Kaliningrad Border Institute graduates a large number of various specialties, namely:

Engineer (use of special mining and demining equipment, repair and use of signaling weapons).

Lawyer (border control) - an operative with knowledge of foreign languages.

5. The Kurgan Border Institute of the FSB of Russia conducts training in the field of jurisprudence. The term of study is 5 years.

The interest of our readers in the topic of admission to higher educational institutions of the Federal Security Service of Russia prompted us to create a material that will reveal all the secrets of this seemingly complicated process, and will help those who are just about to enter.

Vladislav Alekseevich, an employee of the personnel department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Republic of Karelia, who is engaged in the selection and referral of candidates for passing entrance examinations to educational institutions of the Federal Security Service of Russia, answered our questions.

- Vladislav Alekseevich, who exactly is expected at the universities of your department? Anyone can go there?

For training in educational organizations of the FSB of Russia, graduates of the 11th grade and institutions of secondary vocational education under the age of 21 are selected. Everyone has a chance to enter, regardless of where he received his secondary general (complete) education, in a city, village or urban-type settlement. Many children from the districts believe that they received an education in a village school at a level lower than those who live in big cities and have the opportunity to study at a gymnasium and lyceum, but I assure you that this is not so. In recent years, children from the villages of Loukhskaya Chupa, Ledmozero, Lahkolampi, Porosozero, Pindushi, Pyalma have entered our educational institutions. From my personal experience in recruiting to educational institutions of the FSB of Russia, I can say with confidence that a lot depends on the great personal desire and self-training of future cadets.

- When should graduates contact you?

I recommend at the beginning of the last year of study, preferably before December. It is necessary to apply to the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Republic of Karelia with an application for consideration as a candidate for study at one of the educational organizations of the Federal Security Service of Russia. The application must be submitted before March 1 of the year of admission to the university of the FSB of Russia. In the first conversation, I find out the motives that prompted the potential candidate to connect his life with the service in the security agencies, and also identify the factors that prevent the receipt and registration of access to state secrets. In particular, this is the presence of close relatives permanently residing abroad, close relatives of those who were brought to criminal responsibility, and the use of drugs by the candidate. If during the conversation no facts preventing admission are revealed, the candidate fills out questionnaires and is sent for a medical examination, professional psychological selection, his level of physical fitness is checked, and the procedure for obtaining access to information constituting state secrets and verification related to ensuring the own security of the authorities is carried out. FSB, the results of which determine the suitability of a candidate for military service under a contract in the bodies of the FSB of Russia

- And then what?

At the beginning of July, at the call of the university, candidates are sent to pass the entrance examinations to the educational institution. Upon arrival at the institute, applicants undergo a second medical examination, pass entrance examinations in the form of an exam in physical fitness and in one of the core subjects. Admission to an educational institution of the FSB of Russia is carried out on a competitive basis. According to the results of the exam and all tests, their total passing score for admission is added up. Those applicants who did not pass the competition for faculties of higher education are invited to enroll in faculties that teach in secondary vocational educational programs, i.e. for 2.5 - 3 years, the guys study in the streams of secondary vocational education, receive qualifications and at the end they are awarded the rank of ensign, and if they wish to become an officer, they write an application and complete their studies in absentia at one of the institutes of the FSB of Russia. Young people who entered higher education programs are awarded the military rank of lieutenant upon graduation.

- What is considered the most difficult for a candidate, what problems arise when preparing for admission?

At present, I do not see any difficulties for entering the educational institution of our department. Everyone who wishes must competently motivate the desire to connect his life with the service in the security agencies and meet the requirements for physical fitness and health. When I first communicate with candidates, I ask the question: “Have you used drugs?” Almost everyone denies it. In the future, during a conversation with a psychologist, identified cases of drug use entail a refusal to further consider this person as a candidate for study, due to the fact of hiding information.

- How is the level of physical fitness checked? Are there people who can't pass the standards?

Candidates pass physical fitness standards, such as pull-ups, 100-meter and 3-kilometer runs, in the security body, which reviews and evaluates them according to the “pass” and “fail” grading system, and at the institute, during a second test, as I said , the better the performance, the more points the applicant for admission can score, which is taken into account in the competition. Now the guys come, mostly prepared, physically developed.

- Are there minimum requirements for USE scores?

In 2014, it was required to score over 40 points in each required exam to receive a call.

Every young person must understand that everything depends on him, how he will prepare for passing the exam, for passing the profile entrance test and passing the standards for physical training at the institute, this will be the result of his admission.

- Which destinations are the most popular?

Most of the guys who come to me for the first time, as a rule, do not have any information about the educational organizations of the FSB of Russia. In the first conversation, I talk about educational institutions, faculties and areas of study. I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the legal acts regulating the goals, tasks and activities of the bodies of the FSB of Russia. Such faculties as “Legal support of national security”, “Border activity”, “Navigation”, and technical faculties, including the faculties of the Academy of the Federal Security Service of Russia, where we also select candidates for training, are very popular.

- What are the job prospects?

All graduates of educational institutions of the FSB of Russia are awarded a military rank upon graduation: those who have received secondary education - ensign, young men who have received higher education - lieutenant, and for the next 20 years they are employed throughout the Russian Federation. When candidates are enrolled in a university, they are given the rank of private, and they, in fact, become military personnel. The first two years of training for cadets are counted as a year of service in the army. After one year of study, at the age of 18, they enter into their first contract and begin to receive their first salary, about 16,000 rubles.

- Do the guys have a choice after graduation, where to go to serve?

As a rule, the opinion of only excellent students is taken into account. The rest go to serve in the units where they are assigned. Therefore, there is an incentive to study well.

Does it happen that the guys do not want to get a military specialty, but either follow the instructions of their parents in order to get a prestigious education? Or is it often their own choice?

It happens that parents consider it right to make a choice for their child, not taking into account the fact that young people who graduate from grade 11 are no longer children and may have their own views on their future profession. As I said earlier, in the first conversations, I immediately find out the motives that prompted the citizen to apply to us in order to enter the university of the FSB of Russia. Thus, if during the conversation I understand that a person does not need this or he came out of idle curiosity, then why waste your and my time preparing for admission to an educational institution where he will not study and receive an education that is not interesting to him ?

But the bulk of graduates still come competently motivating their desire to enter the service of the FSB of Russia. Of course, providing military personnel with a social package, a decent salary, and free medical care plays an important role here. Upon graduation from the university, young officers automatically become participants in the accumulative mortgage system of housing for military personnel, and three years after graduation from the university, while continuing their service, they can purchase housing under the military mortgage lending program in any region of the Russian Federation, i.e. the employee knows that with the conscientious performance of his official duties, his family will be provided with comfortable housing. Not many employees of various civil organizations have such conditions. I explain all this to the guys at the first meetings.

- How many people enter? Are there many applicants?

From Karelia about 20-25 people enter the educational institutions of the FSB of Russia every year. And believe me, there are many who want to.

- Many thanks!

Recall that more detailed information on admission can be obtained from the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Republic of Karelia at the address: Petrozavodsk, st. Andropova 5

Plots: