[1] 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.

[3] In January 2011, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow signed documents on the establishment of the Border Institute.

[6][7][8][9] The best cadets represent the service at the annual Turkmen Independence Day Parade.

The institute trains cadets in the following specialties: management of border protection units, legal studies.

During the study period, the students of the institute are in full state supply and are provided with food, military uniforms, scholarships and dormitories.