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Institute in Brief

  • 1966 The Institute was established under the name of Wired & Wireless Telecommunication Training Institute which was affiliated with the Ministry of Communications.
  • 1972 The official inauguration of the institute under the patronage of the late Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait.
  • 1982 Issuing the law of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
  • 1986 The merging of the Institute of Wired and Wireless Communications and the Institute of Air Navigation, to form the Center for Communications and Air navigation, under the umbrella of The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
  • 1993 The Center was renamed to become The Telecommunications and Navigation Institute.
  • 1997 The Institute obtained the ISO 9001 Quality Certificate, which made it the first institute in the region to obtain such a certification.
  • 1999 The Navigation Department obtained Academic Accreditation from the Australian Marine College, for its Marine programs.
  • 2008 The Institute was renamed to become The Higher Institute for Telecommunications and Navigation.
  • 2010 The opening of the Institute’s new building under the patronage of the late Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
  • 2011 The launch of the first phase of the Marine and Aviation simulator complex.
  • 2014 The launch of the maintenance, computer networks, and fiber optics simulators.
  • 2014 The launch of the second phase of the Marine and Aviation simulators.
  • 2015 The Institute obtained the Academic Accreditation for the two programs, computer operation and wireless networking, from The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
  • 2016 The launch of phase three of the Marine and Aviation simulator complex, with that, the Institute possesses the latest simulation complex in the region.
  • 2017 The Institute received Academic Accreditation for some programs in the Computer and Telecommunication Departments, from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
  • 2017 The Institute obtained accreditation from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for its Air Traffic Control (ATC) program.
  • 2017 The Institute obtained the ISO 9001- 2015 certification.
  • 2019 The Institute obtained Institutional Accreditation from Paris Academy.
  • 2020 The completion of the Aviation simulator, after installing the Flight Simulator Airbus 320.
  • 2021 The Institute obtained Academic Accreditation for the Electronic Security Systems and Control Systems Maintenance and Robotics programs from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
  • 2022 The signing of a training memorandum of understanding in maritime operations between the Higher Institute for Telecommunications and Navigation and Kuwait Oil Company.