On July 9, 1929, by a decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR in Moscow, Higher Improvement Courses for the senior commanders of the administrative-police apparatus were organized, the first graduation of which took place at the end of 1930.

In 1934 courses received all-Union status with the formation of the NKVD of the USSR, a police department and a faculty for training personnel in correctional institutions were formed in its composition.

[citation needed] Source:[2] The Cultural Center of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for patriotic education in cadets.

[3] The university regularly holds events in the framework of the patriotic campaigns Memory Watch, the Relay of achievement and the Week of courage.

On 9 May 2019, for the first time in the history of the Moscow Victory Day Parade, a ceremonial unit of the university took part in the procession on Red Square.