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Juan Antonio Martínez Sánchez
Thoughts on military education and training in Spain
In any event, it it necessary to clarify several issues in this regard: firstly, the alleged
“failure” of the new military higher education system that certain authors refer to appears
only to apply to the AGM, and not to the ENM or AGA. As can be seen from
table 1, during the 2010/11 and 2011/12 academic years, the success rates for cadets in
their first year at the CUD in Zaragoza was around 70%, and more than 95% at the
CUDs in Vigo (ENM) and San Javier (AGA).
Table 1. Success and performance rates of cadets at CUDs since the implementation of the new military education
system for officers in 2010. 60 (Source: prepared by the author based on data provided by the CUDs).
Secondly, data on the AGM shows that the success and performance rates of recent
classes (those of LXXII and LXXIII) increased significantly over those of the 2010/11
academic year, and that the differences between these rates and the rates obtained by
cadets at the ENM and AGA were less pronounced.
In addition, it should be borne in mind that the courses given at the CUDs are
also available at numerous public and private Spanish universities that have similar
curricula approved by ANECA. 61 A comparison of the results obtained by cadets at
the CUDs with those of students taking the same courses at other universities should
prove enlightening. The first piece of data to consider in this case is the information
60 Success rate (SR) = approved academic credits / assessed credits. Performance rate (PR) = approved
academic credits / assessed credits.
61 Industrial Engineering and Operations Research undergraduate degree courses are provided by the
following universities, among others: Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of the Basque Country,
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Polytechnic University of Catalonia,
Pontifical University of Comillas, the Rey Juan Carlos University, University of Seville, University of
Deusto and the University of Navarra. On the other hand, Mechanical Engineering undergraduate degree
courses can be taken at the following universities, among others: Alfonso X el Sabio University, Jaume I
University, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, University of Seville, University of Málaga, University of
Cantabria, University of La Rioja, University of Salamanca and University of La Laguna.
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