Organization:Armed Forces University - ESPE

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Armed Forces University - ESPE
Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE
Logo ESPE.png
Official Coat of Arms of the University
Latin: Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - UFA
MottoInnovación para la Excelencia
Motto in English
Innovation for Excellence
TypePublic
Established1922
AffiliationEcuador
RectorLt. Víctor Emilio Villavicencio Álvarez
Location
Sangolquí
,
Pichincha
,
Ecuador
Websitehttps://www.espe.edu.ec/ Official website

The Armed Forces University - ESPE (Spanish: Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE, can also be translated as Army Polytechnic School, formerly called "Escuela Politécnica del Ejército" ESPE) is a higher education university in Sangolquí, Pinchincha Province, Ecuador. It was established on June 16, 1922.[1]

It originated from the Escuela de Oficiales Ingenieros (School of Engineer Officials), created on 16th of 1922 by the Ecuadorian President José Luis Tamayo.

Currently, Armed Forces University - ESPE (Spanish: Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE), has different campuses throughout Ecuador. Namely ESPE Sangolquí (Main Campus), IASA (El Prado estate), ESPE Latacunga Campus, and ESPE Santo Domingo Zoila Luz Estate.

The main Polytechnic Campus consists of several laboratories, courts, auditoriums, virtual classrooms, and a library.

History

Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE was established on June 16th, 1922, when the Escuela de Oficiales Ingenieros was created, focused on the formation of Army Officers in Military Engineering procedures, based on war protocols. Afterward, in 1936, it would be renamed as Escuela de Artillería e Ingenieros, helped by the Second Italian Military Mission, that restructured this institution toward technical education, merging artillery and engineering according to the European Canon. After engineering became a global breakthrough, especially after World War II, the institution once again was renamed, this time as Escuela Técnica de Ingenieros and for the first time it allowed admission to civilian students in 1972. In December 1977, the Ecuadorian Congress decided to rename the institution as Escuela Politécnica del Ejército - ESPE.

On June 26 of 2013, the Superior Education Committee of Ecuador decided to approve the constitution of a new Education Center that merged the three extant military Higher Education institutions: Escuela Politécnica del Ejército - ESPE, Universidad Naval Rafael Morán Valverde - UNINAV and Instituto Tecnológico Superior Aeronáutico - ITSA into a bigger institution dubbed Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE.

Organization

Departments

Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas is divided in Departments, which give scientific and administrative support for the different careers they offer.[2]

  • Computer Sciences
  • Electricity, Electronics y Telecommunications
  • Languages
  • Life Sciences and Agriculture
  • Security and Defense
  • Exact Sciences
  • Earth and Construction Sciences
  • Economic, administrative and Commerce Sciences
  • Mechanics and Energy Sciences
  • Human and Social Sciences
  • Distance Education Unit

References

  1. ↑ "Atrae programa de Mecatrónica a escuela ecuatoriana; diseño curricular" (in Spanish). Editorial El Porvenir. 2007-02-16. http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=113038. Retrieved 2008-07-23. 
  2. ↑ Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas, Departamentos

External links

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