36 monthsProgramme duration
AugStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctorate in Medical Microbiology is a postgraduate program focused on research into easily and rapidly transmissible diseases caused by pathogens. This program's mission is to train professionals with a solid academic foundation in the field of infectious diseases, considering human, animal, and environmental health, with an emphasis on cellular, molecular, and genetic biology. Our vision is to maintain the highest quality postgraduate program in medical microbiology in the country. This vision entails training Doctors of Medical Microbiology with complex and critical thinking skills who contribute to the generation of knowledge and technological development for the identification and solution of the health problems facing our society.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctorate in Medical Microbiology is a postgraduate program focused on research into easily and rapidly transmissible diseases caused by pathogens. This program's mission is to train professionals with a solid academic foundation in the field of infectious diseases, considering human, animal, and environmental health, with an emphasis on cellular, molecular, and genetic biology. Our vision is to maintain the highest quality postgraduate program in medical microbiology in the country. This vision entails training Doctors of Medical Microbiology with complex and critical thinking skills who contribute to the generation of knowledge and technological development for the identification and solution of the health problems facing our society.
Admission Requirements
These are those established in the current university regulations applicable to postgraduate studies, as well as the following:
Applicants who are graduates and/or have received a degree from the University of Guadalajara are exempt from submitting a simple copy or original of the requirements established in sections a) and b) of this resolution, since the school archive already contains the electronic information of the same.
For students with previous studies completed abroad, in addition to the above, the following is required:
The degree, certificates and birth certificate must be apostilled or the applicable procedure for countries not members of the Hague Convention and if they are in a language other than Spanish, accompany a translation by an accredited expert.
Additionally, a technical opinion must be requested from the Postgraduate Coordination.
- A simple copy of the degree or degree examination record of the Master's in Microbiology or a Master's in areas related to Microbiology, as determined by the Academic Board.
- A certificate of professional studies demonstrating completion of a master's degree with a minimum average of 80 out of 100 (issued as an original certificate or equivalent document). For foreign students, if the master's degree grading scale is not out of 100, a letter of equivalency of the overall average will be required.
- Have a Unique Population Registry Code (CURP). In the case of foreigners, it must be valid.
- Two letters of recommendation from academics external to the program.
- Demonstrate a minimum level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), preferably in English or its equivalent.
- Submit a psychometric exam, administered by the Psychological Evaluation Center of the University Center for Health Sciences.
- Examination of basic concepts in medical microbiology.
- Submit a letter of intent to pursue a PhD in Medical Microbiology.
- Submit a letter of commitment to full-time dedication to the program and a curriculum vitae.
- Interview before a committee made up of four professors, three from the core academic staff and one external to the core academic staff.
- Defense of a topic selected by the Academic Board before an admissions committee.
- Foreign applicants must comply with all of the above, demonstrate proficiency in the Spanish language, and present the corresponding immigration authorization.
Applicants who are graduates and/or have received a degree from the University of Guadalajara are exempt from submitting a simple copy or original of the requirements established in sections a) and b) of this resolution, since the school archive already contains the electronic information of the same.
For students with previous studies completed abroad, in addition to the above, the following is required:
The degree, certificates and birth certificate must be apostilled or the applicable procedure for countries not members of the Hague Convention and if they are in a language other than Spanish, accompany a translation by an accredited expert.
Additionally, a technical opinion must be requested from the Postgraduate Coordination.
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