INSFOR EC

What INSFOR EC does

INSFOR EC (legally Instituto Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Forenses) is a private educational institution headquartered in Quito, Ecuador, specializing in forensic sciences, criminology, and criminalistics training. The institution offers undergraduate degree programs including a Bachelor's in Criminology and Criminalistics (Licenciatura en Criminología y Criminalística), Systems Engineering, and Accounting, alongside Master's degree programs in Education, Finance, and Information Technology. It also operates two specialized schools — the Escuela de Criminalística and the Escuela de Criminología — that deliver practice-oriented professional training to produce criminalistic experts capable of technical-scientific analysis and expert opinion production.

The institution's core technology and infrastructure centers on hands-on training assets: fully equipped practice rooms at the Quito headquarters, a forensic photography laboratory, and the Campamento Forense NONO field facility for outdoor forensic investigation practice. An Aula Virtual (virtual classroom) platform extends reach for remote and continuing education. Faculty are positioned as practitioner-experts under the tagline 'La experiencia viene de la práctica' (Experience comes from practice), and graduates are prepared to collaborate as auxiliary experts (coadjuvantes) with Ecuadorian police, military, judiciary, and prosecutors in civil and penal processes.

INSFOR EC's business model is tuition-driven, with flexible monthly or four-monthly payment installments across all academic programs, supplemented by professional services revenue from expert evaluation, forensic technical-legal consulting, and certification consultations. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct inquiry and registration, supported by organic social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube) and annual Casa Abierta (open house) events. Customer segments span individual students and professionals in law enforcement, legal, medical, and mental health fields. The institution states a vision of national prestige with international projection but currently operates only within Ecuador.

Name

INSFOR EC

Legal name

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Forenses

Website

https://insforec.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensic Science Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

General Security Officer (Unarmed) Training & Certification (BPAKAOAA)

Keywords

• Forensic science education
• Criminology training
• Higher education programs
• Forensic evaluation services
• Professional certification training

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Academic Tuition Fees: Monthly or four-monthly (cuatrimestral) tuition payments for degree programs including Criminology and Forensic Science bachelor's degrees, Systems Engineering, Accounting, and various Master's programs in Education, Finance, and Information Technology. Payment flexibility allows students to align installments with their financial availability.
2. Professional Training Services: Continuous education, retraining, advisory services, and expert evaluation services in forensic science, criminology, and forensic expertise areas
3. Certification Consultation Services: Fees for certification consultations and specialized forensic evaluation services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

INSFOR EC is a private Ecuadorian educational institution offering undergraduate and graduate academic programs in forensic sciences, criminology, systems engineering, accounting, education, finance, and information technology. It also delivers professional training through two specialized schools (Criminalística and Criminología) and provides forensic expert evaluation, technical-legal services, and certification consultations. Instruction combines classroom learning with practical training in fully equipped labs, forensic photography facilities, and an outdoor field camp (Campamento Forense NONO), supplemented by a virtual classroom for remote students.

Product overview

INSFOR EC is an educational institution offering a unified portfolio of academic programs and professional services in forensic sciences. The core offerings include undergraduate degrees (Lic. Criminología y Criminalística, Ing. en Sistemas, Licen. en Contaduría) and graduate programs (Maestrías en Educación, Finanzas, and Tec. de la Información), complemented by two specialized schools (Escuela de Criminalística and Escuela de Criminología) that provide hands-on professional training. Supporting services include a virtual classroom platform, expert evaluation services, forensic technical legal services, and certification consultations. The institution also hosts experiential programs such as the Forensic Camp and Forensic Photography training, all delivered from its Quito, Ecuador campus with payment flexibility through monthly or quarterly options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Licenciatura en Criminología y Criminalística

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• State Security Institutions (Police and Military)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINSFOR prepares graduates to work as coadjuvants (auxiliary experts) in civil and penal judicial processes alongside police and military security institutions. Students learn to collaborate with these institutions on criminal investigations and forensic analyses.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universidad Externado de Colombia: Offers criminology and forensic sciences programs in Colombia with a strong emphasis on criminal investigation and judicial collaboration, directly comparable to INSFOR's positioning of graduates as auxiliary judicial experts.
• Universidad de Buenos Aires — Facultad de Ciencias Sociales: Argentina's leading public university offers sociology and criminology-related programs and is a comparable Spanish-language peer for forensic/criminology education at the degree level.
• Universidad de Antioquia — Facultad de Medicina: Colombian university with established forensic medicine and related postgraduate programs, comparable to INSFOR's training of medical and forensic professionals for judicial collaboration.
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia — Departamento de Criminología: Colombia's flagship public university offers criminology degree programs and forensic-related training, making it a directly comparable Latin American higher-education peer for INSFOR's core forensic/criminology offerings.

Regional players

• Universidad del Norte (Colombia): Private Colombian university offering criminology and law programs across the Andean region; a regional Latin American peer serving a comparable Spanish-speaking student demographic for forensic/criminology credentials.

Broad incumbents

• Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): Mexico's largest public university offers a broad portfolio including criminology-adjacent programs through its social sciences faculties; a broader incumbent peer in Latin American higher education with overlapping forensic-adjacent curriculum.
• Universidad de Salamanca — Facultad de Derecho: Historic Spanish university with strong criminology and forensic-related academic programs serving as a European benchmark for Spanish-language forensic sciences education and a comparable credentialing institution.
• University of Edinburgh — School of Law: Offers forensic sciences and criminology programs globally recognized for academic rigor; an international incumbent peer against which INSFOR's specialized offering must compete on credential credibility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@insforinstitutodecienciasf4720
• Facebookfacebook.com/criminalistica456
• Instagraminstagram.com/insfor_ec
• TikToktiktok.com/@insfor_ecu
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/insfor-ec

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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