Naval School (Portugal)
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Escola Naval | |
Motto | Talant de bien faire |
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Motto in English | The talent of doing well |
Type | District of Setúbal , |
Campus | Lisbon Naval Base |
Website | Naval School |
The Naval School (
The school offers university and polytechnical graduate programmes intended to train the future officers of the Portuguese Navy. It also offers postgraduate programmes, these being open to civilians, as well to naval and other military personnel.
History
The present Portuguese Naval School was created in the 18th century as the Royal Academy of the Midshipmen (Academia Real dos Guardas-Marinhas).
In 1782, the Company of Midshipmen (Companhia dos Guardas-Marinhas) was created to frame and train the
The Royal Academy of the Midshipmen was created in 1792, as a university-level naval academy. This Academy integrated the already existing Company of Midshipmen as its student corps.
In 1807, the Army of Napoleon invaded Portugal. In order not to be captured by the Napoleonic forces and maintain the independence of the Kingdom, the Portuguese Royal Court and government are transferred to the Portuguese colony of Brazil, continuing to rule from there. The Royal Academy of the Midshipmen and its Company of Midshipmen also embark in the naval fleet that carries the Royal Court to Brazil and are installed in Rio de Janeiro, in 1808.
In 1823, one year following the
The Portuguese Royal Academy of Midshipmen was reorganized in 1845, becoming the Naval School (Escola Naval).
Organization
The Portuguese Naval School includes:
- Commanding officer - a rear-admiral;
- Deputy commanding officer - a naval captain;
- Scientific Council;
- Pedagogical Council;
- Board of School Discipline;
- Naval Research Center (CINAV);
- Office for the Coordination of Evaluation;
- Directorate of Teaching;
- Student Corps - a battalion composed of five cadet companies;
- Support services.
Academics
University graduate programmes
- Master in naval military sciences, Navy speciality (5 years)
- Master in naval military sciences, Naval administration speciality (5 years)
- Master in naval military sciences, Marinesspeciality (5 years)
- Master in naval military sciences, Naval engineering (mechanics) speciality (5 years)
- Master in naval military sciences, Naval engineering (weapons and electronics) speciality (5 years)
- Master in naval military sciences, Naval medicine speciality (only the part of naval training, the medicine studies being done in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon)
Polytechnical graduate programmes
- Bachelor, Administration and secretariat (3 years)
- Bachelor, Weapons and electronics (3 years)
- Bachelor, Mechanics (3 years)
- Bachelor, Marines (3 years)
- Bachelor, Computer science (3 years)
- Bachelor, Divers (3 years)
- Bachelor, Hydrography (3 years)
- Bachelor, Communications (3 years)
Postgraduate programmes
- Postgraduate in hyperbaric medicine
- Postgraduate in law and cybersecurity
- Master in maritime history
- Master in military history
Other programmes
- Training program for special duty officers
- Training program for limited duty Officers
- Basic training program for officers
Research and development
The Portuguese Naval School includes the Naval Research Center (CINAV, Centro de Investigação Naval) that has the responsibility of coordinating, developing and supporting naval research activities. Some research projects being developed at the CINAV are:
- Submarine acoustics;
- Light weapons;
- Electroencephalogram analysis;
- Georeferenced data analysis;
- Naval unmanned air vehicles;
- Marine machines maintenance.