School of Health Sciences and Human Development
RPC-SO-09-No.137-2025
Physical Therapy
The Physical Therapy program prepares well-rounded professionals capable of managing physical, psychological, social, environmental, and rehabilitation processes with technical expertise, critical thinking, and the use of technology and research. The program promotes ethical, responsible, and humanistic professional practice in national and international contexts.
Mode of study
In-person
Duration
4 years
Why study Physical Therapy at ECOTEC?
Ranked among Ecuador's top private universities, ECOTEC integrates international academic quality standards (QS Stars, Times Higher Education, Innovatec) with a holistic education vision. We stand as a benchmark among Ecuadorian universities committed to innovation, sustainability, and global employability.
Degree awarded: Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy
Admission Requirements
Color copy of the national identity card or citizenship card, or passport for international applicants.
Copy of high school transcript or academic record.
Updated digital photograph.
Graduate Profile
Carry out processes of analysis and interpretation of information in diverse contexts, promoting the assessment of data to make well-founded judgments, while maintaining a reflective and respectful approach toward different positions for the purpose of contributing effective solutions to complex problems.
Effectively lead work teams, assuming commitments that contribute to the improvement and development of an organization, promoting collaborative leadership to strengthen cohesion and achieve common objectives, with an ethical and responsible attitude in joint decision-making for conflict resolution.
Generate original ideas in diverse contexts, promoting the association of concepts and the identification of relationships among factors to address challenges innovatively, while maintaining an open and flexible attitude toward change with a critical approach to implementing original and creative solutions.
Develop a logical and structured sequence of research processes autonomously and creatively to generate new knowledge and apply and strengthen existing knowledge, collecting and analyzing data clearly and coherently, while maintaining a critical and ethical approach throughout all stages of the research process.
Identify, through specific knowledge of the object of study, the basic theoretical components of human movement and its functionality, categorizing the health condition through standardized disability models, under ethical and professional responsibility, for the purpose of developing comprehensive rehabilitation programs for reintegration into society, while maintaining an empathetic attitude based on respect for the patient.
Clearly analyze dysfunctions associated with human movement, establishing a comprehensive process to identify patient needs through an appropriate specialized functional physical therapy assessment and diagnosis, for the purpose of determining the patient’s current health condition, accompanied by a professional attitude based on empathy, respect, and commitment, as well as ethical values that guide the intervention.
Evaluate the patient’s functional factors comprehensively through clinical analysis, for the purpose of developing individualized Physical Therapy intervention plans using different techniques, resulting in progress in physical rehabilitation, combining technical knowledge, professional attitudes, and ethical values based on trust, support, and the patient’s well-being.
Design research projects related to scientific evidence in Physical Therapy, correctly identifying all elements of the physical therapy intervention process, with the objective of proposing social inclusion through the comprehensive design of projects related to relevant health problems caused by reduced mobility, ensuring commitment, responsibility, empathy, and respect for human dignity, while valuing the patient’s autonomy.