COMMAND AND ADVISORY AND SUPPORT OFFICES
He is assisted by a Brigadier General as second in command and advisory and support Offices.
For more information see Command, Command Support Bodies and e Command and Advisory and Support Offices
MILITARY ACADEMY RESEARCH CENTRE
The Education Directorate of the Military Academy is the entity responsible for planning, programming, accomplishing and controlling the scientific, technical and cultural education of students.
It includes the professor board organized in Scientific Departments, the academic services responsible for planning, coordinating, managing and supporting educational activities, which are organized in the Department of Education Coordination and the Library and Museum.
In the dependence of this board there are the Course Advisory Committees, offices that assess evaluation, organization and functioning of the courses; Scientific Coordinators, responsible for the scientific academic activity and studies’ cycles; Course Directors, essential elements near the students and responsible for operational, educational and administrative coordination of the courses.
For more information see Teaching.
CADETS CORPS
The Cadets Corps of the Military Academy is the entity responsible for fitting the students of the formation courses, for planning, programming, accomplishing and controlling the military, behavioral and physical formation, as well as for the several military activities, in coordination with the academic, scientific and technical formation.
It includes Battalion and Company echelons that integrate students of different grades, through a command structure aiming at the development of the leadership and group integration capabilities, as well as an administrative support structure, to fulfill students’ academic and military needs.
The Cadets Corps is also responsible for the military formation and physical education, through its Military Formation Department.
For more information about the Cadets Corps and their activities, see Being a Cadet.
GENERAL SERVICES AND ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE
The General Services and Administration Directorate has the mission of permitting the normal functioning of the logistic and administrative activities of the Military Academy, as well as the security and defence of its facilities, ensuring the efficiency of the services and the celerity of the resources available.