Turkmen State Border Service Institute

In August 2004, President Saparmurat Niyazov announced that personnel of the Ministry for National Security and the Border Service would be trained in the same compound, authorizing the KNB to conclude a $20 million contract with the Turkish firm GAP Insaat for the construction of an educational compound next to the Military Institute[2] in Ashgabat. It was commissioned in February 2006.[3] In January 2011, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow signed documents on the establishment of the Border Institute.[4] It was handed its new colors in October 2011.[5] Since December 2014, it has been located in a building near the DSG headquarters.[6][7][8][9] The best cadets represent the service at the annual Turkmen Independence Day Parade.[10]

Cadets at the institute are also acquainted Turkmenistan's foreign/domestic policy and the national military doctrine.[11] Signals and border post training are two courses that are taught at the institute. The institute trains cadets in the following specialties: management of border protection units, legal studies. The term of study at the institute is 5 years. During the study period, the students of the institute are in full state supply and are provided with food, military uniforms, scholarships and dormitories.[12]

• Batyra Kakageldiev (2011 – 13 November 2013)[13]
• Dovletmurat Annamuradov (13 November 2013 – 25 September 2014)[14]
• Amanmyrat Hommatliev (25 September 2014 – Present)[15]