Bolivarian Military Technical Academy

The Bolivarian Military Technical Academy COL Juan Vicente Bolívar y Ponte (in Spanish Academia Técnica Militar Bolivariana), is an academy to train officers in technical skills to the National Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Bolivarian Military Technical Academy
Academia Técnica Militar Bolivariana
Former names
Armed Forces Basic School (1991-2007)
Military Technical School (2007-2010)
TypeMilitary
Established2010 (current form)
Parent institution
Bolivarian Military University of Venezuela
SuperintendentLTGEN Jackson Antonio Sanchez Villarroel[1]
Location
Maracay
,
Venezuela
ColorsBlue and Red
AffiliationsArmed Forces of Venezuela
Websitewww.umbv.edu.ve/atmb/

Formerly the Armed Forces Basic School, it was given its current charter in 2007 and renamed to its present name in 2010, with its main campus in Maracay with branches in Tachira and Caita del Mar.

Curriculum

The BMTA is a medium-sized, highly residential baccalaureate college, with a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that emphasizes instruction in the arts, sciences, and professions with no graduate program.

As all cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants and ensigns in the technical services upon graduation, military and leadership education is nested with academic instruction in the following specialties and subjects:[2]

  • Navigation
  • Hydrology
  • Geography
  • Industrial production and manufacture
  • Military security and sciences
  • Air power
  • Logistics
  • Information technology and electronics
  • Finance
  • Transport
  • Health and Medicine

All cadets, aside from their officer's commission, receive a Bachelor of Science degree upon graduation regardless of their major. The Academy is accredited as a public education institution by the Ministry of Higher Education.

References
  1. "REGLAMENTO GENERAL DE CONDECORACIONES Y RECONOCIMIENTOS DE LA ACADEMIA TÉCNICA MILITAR BOLIVARIANA" (PDF). Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • - Official webpage
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