RPC-SO-07-No.103-2025
Criminalistics
Availability at
Campus
La Costa, Samborondón
RPC-SO-07-No.103-2025
Criminalistics
Availability at
Campus
La Costa, Samborondón
Degree awarded: Licenciado/a en Criminalística
Mode of study
On Campus
Duration
4 years
We educate well-rounded professionals capable of investigating, analyzing, and verifying criminal acts through scientific and technical methods. The program prepares criminalistics experts with strong command of investigative tools, the use of information technologies, proper handling of evidence, and an ethical, professional, and responsible approach in national and international contexts.
Program
curriculum
Admission Requirements
Color copy of the National ID card (cédula) or passport with visa for international students.
Two recent, color, passport-size photos.
Copy of school report card
Graduate Profile
Conduct processes of analysis and interpretation of information in diverse contexts, promote the evaluation of data to make well-founded judgments, and maintain a reflective and respectful approach toward different perspectives with the purpose of providing effective solutions to complex problems.
Lead work teams effectively, assume commitments that contribute to the improvement and development of an organization, and promote collaborative leadership to strengthen cohesion and achieve common goals, with an ethical and responsible attitude in joint decision-making for conflict resolution.
Generate original ideas in diverse contexts, encourage the association of concepts and identification of relationships among factors to address challenges innovatively, and maintain an open and flexible mindset toward change with a critical focus on implementing original and creative solutions.
Develop a logical and structured sequence of investigative processes autonomously and creatively to generate new knowledge and apply and strengthen existing knowledge, collect and analyze data clearly and coherently, and maintain a critical and ethical focus at all stages of the investigative process.
Apply the scientific method rigorously in criminal investigation through systematic procedures and validation for processing the crime scene and analyzing both material and digital evidence, ensuring objectivity and reliability of results, with a constant commitment to truth and professional ethics.
Analyze specialized techniques for comparing and contrasting evidentiary elements based on the fundamental principles of criminalistics, relating to detailed observation and identification to establish conclusions that respond to forensic inquiries posed by judicial bodies, acting with thoroughness, objectivity, and commitment to scientific rigor.
Identify safety standards and standardized forensic laboratory protocols that enable the use of good practices in handling evidence, guarantee scientific validity of forensic analyses, and demonstrate methodological rigor and commitment to good professional practices.
Prepare technically substantiated expert reports, to communicate forensic scientific analysis results clearly and precisely before judicial and administrative bodies, recognize the role of the expert, and demonstrate objectivity and professional ethics in the reasoning of conclusions that contribute to the administration of justice.
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Degree awarded: Licenciado/a en Criminalística
We educate well-rounded professionals capable of investigating, analyzing, and verifying criminal acts through scientific and technical methods. The program prepares criminalistics experts with strong command of investigative tools, the use of information technologies, proper handling of evidence, and an ethical, professional, and responsible approach in national and international contexts.
Mode of study
On Campus
Duration
4 years
