Bachelor's Degree in Command and Operational Management (Military Training)

The Bachelor's Degree in Leadership and Operational Management prepares students to perform leadership, command and administration functions within the Argentine Army. The training combines university knowledge, military preparation and practical activities to learn how to organize teams, manage resources and take on responsibilities in different areas of the institution.

It is studied at the Colegio Militar de la Nación. Upon completing the degree, students earn the bachelor's degree and graduate as a Second Lieutenant of the Argentine Army.

Degree, duration and format

• Degree awarded: Bachelor in Leadership and Operational Management (military training).
• Academic level: university undergraduate degree.
• Duration: 4 years.
• Format: in-person, with a boarding system.
• Academic unit: Colegio Militar de la Nación, Facultad del Ejército, Universidad de la Defensa Nacional.
• Guidance tracks: Arms, Arsenals and Quartermaster Corps.

What does the degree involve?

The program trains students to lead people and manage resources within military organizations. This includes organizing activities, assigning responsibilities, coordinating teams and supervising the completion of assigned tasks.

The preparation also includes knowledge of the legal framework that regulates military activity. Professional performance must comply with the National Constitution, current regulations and the responsibilities corresponding to each role.

Another component is teaching: the officer takes part in planning, leading and evaluating personnel training. For this reason, the path combines preparation for leading teams with tools for instructing them.

How is the training organized?

The first year is common to the three guidance tracks. At the start of the second year, students choose their Arm or Specialty and combine shared subjects with others specific to the chosen track.

Arms

It includes Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers and Communications. The preparation focuses on leading military organizations and performing the functions specific to each Arm.

Quartermaster Corps

It is related to logistics and economic and administrative management. The program includes content on accounting techniques and economics.

Arsenals

It deepens preparation related to military technology. It includes content on chemistry, mechanics and thermal machines.

What subjects are studied?

The plan combines military content with law, social sciences, mathematics, languages and training for teaching.

First-year subjects

• Basic Elements of Tactics.
• English I.
• Algebra.
• Introduction to Calculus.
• Principles of Constitutional and Administrative Law.
• Theories of the State and Organizations.
• General Pedagogy and Didactics.
• Fundamentals of Command and Leadership.
• Argentine History.
• Introduction to Leadership.
• Pre-Professional Practice: Individual Combatant.
• Basic Physical Education.

How does the program continue?

Starting in the second year, content on English, ethics, leadership, calculus and military didactics is explored in greater depth. Practical training and physical preparation also continue.

Specific subjects allow students to develop knowledge of personnel administration, administrative systems, accounting, economics or sciences applied to military technology, depending on the guidance.

You can consult the study plan published by the Colegio Militar de la Nación to review the subjects for each year and guidance.

What does learning to lead a military organization mean?

Leading involves taking responsibility for a team and for the resources assigned to it. It requires understanding a task, organizing its execution, communicating instructions and evaluating results.

The degree prepares students to perform these functions within a hierarchical structure. The scope of each responsibility depends on the officer's level, assignment and authority.

Operational management also requires coordinating people, materials and technologies to carry out planned activities, while maintaining the corresponding administrative control.

What can graduates do?

The professional profile includes leadership, administration and training functions within the Argentine Army. Its main areas include:

• Leading personnel and teams: organize the work within the responsibilities corresponding to their hierarchy.
• Managing State resources: participate in the management of personnel, materials and technologies of military organizations.
• Intervening in administrative and disciplinary procedures: apply the rules that regulate these actions.
• Planning and developing instruction: organize training activities, supervise their execution and evaluate their results.
• Participating in land military operations: carry out the assigned functions within their organization and specialty.
• Cooperating with other state agencies: take part in actions that require institutional coordination.
• Performing service duties: apply the procedures corresponding to internal and garrison activity.

These tasks are carried out within the legal framework of military activity and the responsibilities linked to National Defense.

What skills are related to this degree?

Organization, communication and teamwork are part of professional performance. An officer needs to convey instructions clearly, listen to other people and coordinate efforts to meet objectives.

Responsibility for public resources, the ability to teach and the willingness to review the results of the work done are also relevant.

Due to its military nature, the degree requires commitment to the academic, practical and physical training activities, as well as adaptation to a hierarchical organization.

Who can apply?

The admission call states, among other requirements:

• Be up to 25 years old, without exceeding that limit by March 1 of the year of admission.
• Be a native-born Argentine or Argentine by option.
• Be single.
• Meet the required secondary schooling and fitness conditions.

The publication allows applications with up to two outstanding secondary school subjects; check the deadlines to regularize them in the current admission guide.

What assessments must be taken?

The process includes:

• Assessments in Mathematics and Language Proficiency.
• Physical fitness tests.
• Medical examination.
• Psychotechnical exam.

The institution publishes preparation materials and has pre-selection centers in different locations across the country. You can access the Admission Support System to consult preparation resources.

Registration for 2027 admission

The call for applications states:

• Registration opens: April 13, 2026.
• Registration closes: October 26, 2026.
• Reported administrative fee: $38,000 Argentine pesos.

The application starts online. You need to complete your information, submit the documentation and follow the institutional instructions to continue the process. Check the official admission fact sheet for Officer of the Armas and Especialidades and the online pre-registration instructions.

To find out the date of each assessment, check the schedule of your assigned pre-selection center and the communications received during registration.

What should you review before choosing this degree?

In addition to the study plan, it is important to understand what the boarding format involves and what the responsibilities of the military career are.

Comparing the guidance options helps identify which areas interest you most: leadership in the Armas, logistics and economic management in Intendencia, or the technological content of Arsenales.

You should also check the admission guide and the preparation material to organize the documentation and assessments in advance.