48 monthsProgramme duration
AugStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctoral Program in Public Policy and Development is based on two major needs:
1) The broad demand, present and future, in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Mexico for human resources with doctoral degrees to incorporate them as Full Time Professors (PTC).
2) Reducing inequalities in development, given that approximately half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. Furthermore, there are evident regional disparities, observable through differences in the quality of life of Mexicans, despite Mexico belonging to one of the twenty largest economies in the world.
From this perspective, poverty and inequality have prompted the Mexican state to intervene for at least two decades, establishing public policies aimed at reducing poverty, improving living conditions, and closing the inequality gaps between regions. Therefore, it is crucial to train specialists who can form a critical mass to systematically analyze the relationship between public policies and their contribution to the country's economic development.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Public Policy
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctoral Program in Public Policy and Development is based on two major needs:
1) The broad demand, present and future, in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Mexico for human resources with doctoral degrees to incorporate them as Full Time Professors (PTC).
2) Reducing inequalities in development, given that approximately half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. Furthermore, there are evident regional disparities, observable through differences in the quality of life of Mexicans, despite Mexico belonging to one of the twenty largest economies in the world.
From this perspective, poverty and inequality have prompted the Mexican state to intervene for at least two decades, establishing public policies aimed at reducing poverty, improving living conditions, and closing the inequality gaps between regions. Therefore, it is crucial to train specialists who can form a critical mass to systematically analyze the relationship between public policies and their contribution to the country's economic development.
Admission Requirements
Those established in current university regulations and the following:
- Applicants must have reading and comprehension skills in English, demonstrated by a minimum score of 500 on the TOEFL exam or its equivalent on another scale. In addition to English, if required for the thesis, applicants must also take and pass a reading and comprehension exam in a language other than Spanish.
- Apply the EXANI III or the knowledge exam approved by the Academic Board.
- Curriculum vitae and academic production.
- Conduct an interview with a professor who is a member of the Academic Board of the doctoral program or with whomever the Board designates.
- Present the preliminary research project that you propose to develop as a thesis, in accordance with one of the areas of the program.
- Be available to be a full-time student during your stay in the doctoral program.
- Those determined by the Academic Board, in accordance with the powers granted to it by the General Postgraduate Regulations of the University of Guadalajara, the current university regulations and the guidelines of the corresponding university center.
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