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Naval Sciences
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- Mission
To train professionals in Naval Sciences with a scientific, ethical and humanistic basis, providing them with a critical awareness of contribution to the defense and development of maritime resources and interests, a sense of social responsibility, which allows them to act in the face of the requirements of the contemporary world and lead processes of institutional change
- Vision
To be recognized as the national benchmark in naval military training, through the scientific and technological implementation from which leaders emerge who guarantee an adequate leadership of the Navy framed in ethical and moral values and principles.
- Program Objectives
- General objective
To train professionals in the naval field, with ethical-moral, scientific, technological, military and physical preparation, which will enable them to achieve the skills, competencies, and abilities of the naval profession, in order to ensure optimal use of the material and achieve the greatest efficiency in the management of human potential in times of peace and conflict, in the exercise of the sovereignty of the State over the territorial and jurisdictional sea, in the comprehensive security of aquatic spaces, in the support of national maritime development and public and State security.
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Profiles and outcomes
The professional we train and the competencies you will develop
- Professional Profile
Identifies the activities that take place in the territorial sea through participant research,identifies the fundamental characteristics of the main components and systems of a naval platform, usestools and procedures derived from the basic sciences for the planning of safe navigation, and uses the fundamental characteristics of the main components and systems of a naval platform.It uses tools and procedures of descriptive research (checklists, interviews, observation sheets) to collect information regarding the organization and operation of a naval unit, develops a process of basic operational analysis regarding the impact of the environment on the ship and naval systems, and systematizes projects in the naval field that contribute to the development and protection of maritime interests.
Itinerary in Naval Systems:
It proposes alternatives to correctly apply the doctrine in naval operations in a naval surface unit, from developing operational analysis processes regarding the ship and naval systems in the control of aquatic spaces, tofinalize the capabilities and expected performance of naval systems according to their operational conditions.
Itinerary in Naval Logistics:
It proposes alternatives for comprehensive logistical support for naval systems and platforms throughout their useful life, developsoperational analysis processes regarding the logistical support of the ship and naval systems in the control of aquatic spaces, andfinalizes the logistical aspects to maintain the capabilities and expected performance of naval systems according to operational needs.
- Graduate Profile
Once the degree is completed, the student will have solid and practical knowledge of the naval field. They will have a global and integrating vision of the elements of the Naval Force, that is, organization, tactical and administrative aspects that allow success in the development of naval operations. They will be able to advise and make decisions at their level, use information tools for the operational and logistical management of naval units, proposing innovative solutions for problems arising from the activity of the naval profession.
- Learning Outcomes
The Naval Sciences career is oriented from the principles and institutional values of the Ecuadorian Navy, assuming as a premise that this institution in its main mission of ensuring the security and defense of the country, requires a high moral standard of the people who make it up, transforming the students (Midshipmen), into people worthy of the trust that Ecuadorian society has placed in the institution.
Therefore, the career must generate, through comprehensive education, the foundations and practice of a genuine and responsible authority, which guarantees a command relationship that effectively and efficiently represents the real possibility of achieving institutional objectives at all levels and areas. Therefore, in the training process, a set of activities will be developed, longitudinal and transversal, with a system of evaluation and monitoring at the individual level, which accounts for the level of achievement of the results detailed below and which are based on the values and principles of the discipline. Honor, loyalty, responsibility, respect and temperance:
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Program cost:
Article 356 of the Constitution of the Republic establishes, among other principles, that third-level public higher education shall be tuition-free, and that this gratuity is linked to the academic responsibility of students.
- Admission Requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Passing the Admission Exam (Ser Bachiller / ESPE Exam)
- National ID Card or Passport
- Updated Medical Certificate