HISTORICAL
REVIEW
The Orense
community had to carry out great journeys to achieve the foundation of the
university, from the struggles in the streets that cost the lives of men of our
town, to the parliamentary controversies, as a product of the interests that
are reflected in the interior of society. .
After a
series of steps and procedures, Technical University of Machala, was created by
the resolution of the honorable National Congress of the Republic of Ecuador,
by decree of Law No. 69-04, of April 14, 1969, published in the Register
Official No. 161, of the 18th of the same month and year. Having started with
the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary.
By official
resolution was entrusted to the House of Culture Core of El Oro, chaired by the
State. Diego Minuche Garrido, the organization of the university, with the
Advisory of the Academic Coordination Commission of the National Council of
Higher Education, until the rector is appointed.
On July 23,
1969, the President of the Republic, Dr. José María Velasco Ibarra, solemnly
declared the Technical University of Machala in a visit to the province of El
Oro.
On February
14, 1970, the University Assembly met and nominated Ing. Galo Acosta Hidalgo as
Vice Chancellor, entrusting the rector. During this administration, the
organization of the university was fundamentally undertaken.
On March
20, 1972, in the fourth University Assembly, Econ was elected. Manuel Zúñiga
Mascote, as the first Rector, is also appointed as Vice Chancellor Mr.
Guillermo Ojeda López. This administration faced with the needs of the studious
youth of the Province, proceeded to the structuring of new faculties, the
creation of the Research Department and the adaptation of the citadel Ten of August,
to meet the demand for enrollment in the university.
On December
12, 1972, Mr. Rafael Bustamante Ibáñez, Dean of the Faculty of Agronomy and
Veterinary Medicine, was in charge of the Rector's Office; and Dr. Gerardo
Fernández Capa, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Administration, assumed the
functions of Vice Chancellor in charge.
On November
20, 1973, the university assembly elected Rector Gonzalo Gambarroti Gavilánez
and Vice Chancellor Dr. Carlos García Rizzo. The administration of Eng. Gonzalo
Gambarroti lasted approximately two years and its management was based on the
implementation of classrooms and equipment that were demanded by then. It was
undertaken in cultural extension programs and the necessary procedures were
carried out for the acquisition of new properties.
The H.
University Assembly of January 15, 1977, appointed as rector of the Technical
University of Machala, Dr. Gerardo Fernández Capa and Vice-rector to Dr. Jaime
Palacios Peralta; who after successfully completing their administrative period
deserved their reelection, in their same dignities on January 17, 1981.
These
authorities carried out programs and works that demanded the own demands of the
growth of the university population and the development of the environment.
They gave priority attention to the adequate academic-administrative progress
of the University, to the initiation of the construction of the University
Campus and the Sports Complex and to the high scientific and technical training
of the students.
With regard
to the construction of the University Citadel, the Faculty of Agronomy and
Veterinary Medicine was given an architectural complex; and the works of the
buildings of the Faculties of Sociology, Civil Engineering and Chemical
Sciences began. During this administration the Department of Planning and three
new careers were created: Aquaculture, Nursery Education, and Nursing.
In December
1983, Dr. Jaime Palacios Peralta, Vice Chancellor of the University, died, and
in his replacement on June 30, 1984, the H. University Assembly appointed Ing.
Marino Urigüen Barreto.
The
educational task must lead to teaching how to discern the true from the false,
the just from the unjust, the moral from the immoral, what elevates the person
and what manipulates it.
FACULTY OF
BUSINESS
MISSION
Integrally
form entrepreneurial professionals, through academic excellence and education
based on ethical and moral values capable of managing well-being and wealth
through the productive and competitive administration of all the resources of
the country and acting with sensitivity towards others and protecting and
conserving environment.
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Offer to
the country and the world people with optimal professional, human, scientific
and technical training in administrative sciences, with values and
competencies, that allow to satisfy the needs and demands of the sectors:
commercial, industrial, touristic, productive and services of the society.
CAREER OF
ADMINISTRATION OF HOTEL AND TOURISM
MISSION
Contribute
to national development through the training of ethical and competent human
talent, capable of developing and managing sustainable local, regional and
national tourism resources, creating and applying new knowledge, in close
relationship with the social, productive and environmental sectors.
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The
"Bachelor's Degree in Hotel Management and Tourism" from the
Technical University of Machala, is projected for 2013 as a nucleus of higher
education recognized nationally and internationally for its academic programs,
the ethical and humanistic values of the body teacher and the high professional
level of their students; thus contributing to the sustainable development of
local, regional and national tourism, with emphasis on the rescue of our
cultural values; with the application of computer technologies and the
functional operation of its facilities.
CURRICULUM
