Pupilos do Exército

Institute of the Pupils of the Army
Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército

Motto	Querer é poder
Motto in English	Willing is power
Type	Military academy
Established	1911
Director	Colonel João A. M. Soares
Location	Lisbon, Portugal
Campus	Benfica
Nickname	Pilões
Website	Official website

Dress uniforms of the students of the Pupilos do Exército.

The Pupilos do Exército (Portuguese for "pupils of the Army") is military vocational education school of Portugal. Presently, its complete official name is Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército (IPE, Institute of the Pupils of the Army).

Pupilos do Exército offers Basic (2nd and 3rd cycles) and Secondary Education programmes, in the boarding school (only for young males) and in the day school (for both sexes) systems. Despite operating under the supervision of the Portuguese Army, its Education programmes are considered official for all purposes, by the Portuguese Ministry of Education.

Until 2009, Pupilos do Exército used to have also an higher education section that offered bachelor degree programmes in Mechanical, Electronics and Electrical Engineering and in Accounting, but now this section is extinct.

History

The Pupilos do Exército were created on 25 May 1911 by decree of the War minister, General António X. C. Barreto, as the Instituto Profissional dos Pupilos do Exército de Terra e Mar (Professional Institute of the Pupils of the Army of Land and Sea), usually being referred to just as Instituto Profissional dos Pupilos do Exército.

At that time, it was designed mainly to provide vocational education to the children of the enlisted rank military personnel, to which access to the Colégio Militar (Military College) was restricted, as this was primarily reserved for the children of commissioned officers.

In 1959, it was renamed Instituto Técnico Militar dos Pupilos do Exército (Military Technical Institute of the Pupils of the Army). In 1976, it was renamed again, becoming the Instituto Militar dos Pupilos do Exército (Military Institute of the Pupils of the Army). Finally, in 2009, it become the Instituto dos Pupilos do Exército.^[1]

References

↑ História dos Pupilos do Exército

Portuguese Armed Forces

Branches	Navy (Marinha) Army (Exército) Air Force (Força Aérea)

Equipment and facilities	Naval ships Military aircraft Air bases

Organisation	Ministry of National Defence General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMGFA)

Academies and colleges	Joint Command and Staff College (IESM) Naval School Military Academy Air Force Academy Military College Pupilos do Exército Instituto de Odivelas

Special forces	Commandos Force Protection Unit Marines Paratroopers Pathfinders Sappers Divers Special Actions Detachment Special Operations

Related	CISMIL Eurofor Euromarfor Eurogendfor IGeoE JALLC JC Lisbon Military history of Portugal Military ranks of Portugal National Republican Guard (GNR) NATO NATO CIS School Portuguese Naval Aviation STRIKFORNATO

Coordinates: 38°44′51″N 9°11′03″W / 38.7475°N 9.1842°W / 38.7475; -9.1842

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