Beyond the classroom
Student Clubs
Connect with peers who share your interests, develop new skills, and live your college life to the fullest.
Clubs
At the University of the Armed Forces – ESPE, we consider our students as integral beings, from a Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual perspective, for this reason, in the University Welfare Unit, we seek development in all possible areas. To this end, our students can be part of a series of extracurricular activities that contribute to their social-emotional growth.
Clubs are the gateway to each of our students’ extracurricular human development activities. With this criterion, we carry out a management of Cultural (TECHNICAL AND ARTISTIC/SOCIAL DISSEMINATION), Academic and Sports clubs that, depending on their nature, may or may not depend on a specific career.
ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL DISSEMINATION CLUBS
They are those that are intimately linked to a specialty or area of knowledge and that require their participants to have a relationship with the area of technical performance. These clubs are usually linked to an ESPE career and are dedicated to the scientific dissemination of their area. In this category there are active clubs such as: ASSOCIATION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS “ASME”, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, ECOLOGICAL, STUDENT GROUP (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) “EERI-ESPE”, FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMACY, IEEE STUDENT BRANCH, ROBOTICS, IASA FARMERS.
CULTURAL, ARTS/SOCIAL CLUBS
They are those clubs that maintain a direct relationship with the expression of art in all its forms, but that do not depend on a specific career or area of knowledge, but their members can be from any area or career, but are related to some artistic expression. Within this category are the clubs of: DANCE, STRING ENSEMBLE, CHORAL TRAINING, ORATORY AND DEBATE.
SPORTS CLUBS
They are those that are aligned with some sports or physical expressive discipline. Within this category are the clubs of: BASKETBALL, SOCCER, TAEKWONDO.
ACTIVE CLUBS:
Association of Mechanical Engineers "ASME"
Objective: To carry out activities that involve students with engineering and experience an option to exercise their professional life.
EERI-ESPE (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute) Student Group
Objective: Promotes the study and research of earthquake engineering and encourages students to learn about earthquake risk mitigation by studying this field.
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch
Objective: It is an association dedicated to the advancement of innovation and technological excellence for the benefit of humanity.
Software Develpment
Objective: Technology seems to set the course of the world, it is important that professionals in these areas are able to face the relevant challenges while always finding the best solutions
Robotics
Objective: To develop different robotic prototypes of different categories in order to participate and promote the study, design and construction of Robotics technology, both in national and international competitions.
Dance "ANKA KURI"
Objective: Development and acquisition of skills and abilities, in knowledge of movements according to music considering social and cultural aspects.
String Ensemble
Objective: To execute rhythms with precision by identifying different rhythms in different musical styles. Priority is given to national music, emphasizing art and culture of our land.
Chorus
Objective: Musical group of people who sing together in a choir, whether for recreational, educational or religious purposes .
Radio and Television
Objective: To strengthen institutional communication in the university community, through the media; to maintain rapprochement with the community and society in general, in order to communicate, inform and entertain; to direct efforts to promote university identity.
Economy (Online Club)
Objective: To generate spaces for reflection and development of critical and analytical thinking of students through congresses that allow the analysis of the importance of the adequate redistribution of wealth for the benefit of society.
Foreign policy and diplomacy
Objective: To foster interest in international affairs: By organizing conferences, panel discussions, and educational events.
Public Speaking and Debate
Objective: To develop activities through oral expression tools and argumentation techniques for national and international competitions
Club Chacareros IASA
Objective: To experience the attachment to nature of their professional work, to promote the identity of the agricultural engineer
Ecological Club
Institutionalization and Student Leadership in Sustainability
The University of the Armed Forces ESPE has the Ecological Club formally legalized since April 15, 2005, consolidated as a fundamental axis in the comprehensive training of students. Its main mission is to promote environmental awareness and social responsibility through the execution of sustainability projects with a direct impact on the campus and its area of influence.
Lines of Action and Recent Achievements
The club operates under a model of active participation that integrates practical, educational and community activities, aligned with the institutional sustainable development goals, in the academic period October 2025 – March 2026, activities were carried out, which are highlighted below:
Biodiversity and Urban Tree Management
In February 2026, the club carried out a technical day of manual removal of Tillandsia recurvata (old cloth) in the critical areas of the campus (main flowerbeds and administrative areas). This action not only guaranteed the phytosanitary health of the specimens of arupo and other species, but also promoted practical knowledge on the management of plant species with invasive potential and the conservation of the university landscape.
Responsible Management of Hazardous Waste
The club leads the "Battery Collection Campaign", an ongoing programme of maintenance and management of strategic containers within the university. During the 2025 period, this initiative ensured the correct final disposal of heavy metals at authorized collection points, preventing the contamination of ecosystems and raising awareness among the academic community about the segregation of hazardous waste.
Contacts
Eng. Wilson Jácome, PhD
wojacome@espe.edu.ec
Cristian López
crlopez6@espe.edu.ec
ESPE to the maximum
Objective: Promotes innovative strategies that are born from the students themselves to help new students who require academic and social support, in such a way as to build a space where collaboration skills among students are enhanced
Research Hotbed
Objective: To promote a solid research culture within the university community in various areas of study, generating relevant research, providing a space dedicated to learning and development of research skills, which allow the promotion of critical thinking, teamwork, and the exchange of knowledge in order to enhance the academic and professional profile of students .
Taekwondo
Objective: To teach and give a sense of self-esteem, knowledge of self-defense, greater mental and physical well-being that contribute to having harmony in daily activities .
Fitness
Objective: To perform physical activities and exercises to improve their overall health and well-being.
Football
Objective: Community organization whose purpose is to develop individual and collective soccer excellence to compete at the highest possible level.
Bodybuilding
Objective: Bodybuilding is a physical activity that focuses on the development and control of muscles through weight training and a specific diet.
Basketball
Objective: It is constituted from the need to achieve a goal or objective, in a given time in which each member must optimally develop all their competencies.
Llactacunga Folk Dance Club
The LLactacunga Folkloric Dance Club of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE Latacung Headquarters, promotes the comprehensive training of its students through the authentic dance of Ecuador.
Likanantay Folk Music Club
The Likanantay Folk Music Club of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE Sede Latacunga, was born with the vision of a group of students to form Andean music that connects with the community.
Robotics Club
The Robotics Club of the University of the Armed Forces ESPE, Latacunga Campus, is an academic and practical space designed to enhance the talent, research and creativity of our students.
Mechatronics Club
Technology sets the pace of today's world . Therefore, it is highly important that professionals in these areas motivate their students towards the integration of theory and practice, achieving a comprehensive training.
Club de Software
Technology seems to set the pace of the world, and it is highly important that professionals in these areas motivate their students to integrate theory and practice, achieving a comprehensive education .
Club Creation Requirements
The Teaching Teacher/Technician and/or professional who will be responsible for the creation and coordination of an institutional club, must present to the University Welfare Unit:
1. Club creation project (format in SGI repository) Link to the document: https://uespe-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/personal/udi_espe_edu_ec/_layouts/15/Doc.aspx?sourcedoc=%7BDF20118E-089C-4EEF-BECD-1FC5770E3BCC%7Dfile=FOR%20PROYECTO%20CREACION%20CLUBES.docxaction=defaultmobileredirect=true
2. Document designating the professional who will be responsible for the coordination of the club issued by his immediate boss (Director of Department).
3. List of students Full names and surnames, ID, Citizenship Card, Career, Level to which they belong, Email, No. of Cell Phone and Signatures (format attached to the creation project, minimum 20 students).
4. Certificate of enrollment for the academic period you are studying.