Doctorate in Social Sciences Program By Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG) |Top Universities

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Doctorate program in Social Sciences is an interdisciplinary program that is organized into four general lines of knowledge application: Studies on communication, culture and subjectivities, Socioeconomic studies and social welfare, Studies on history and politics, Studies on sustainable development and markets labor.
The Doctorate program in Social Sciences at the University of Guadalajara has 29 years of experience in training high-level researchers in the field of social sciences; Since its creation, 194 people have graduated to date, with a terminal efficiency close to 90%. The last generation, number 15, entered in 2019. 98% of its students have been CONACYT scholarship holders.
Most of the graduates are carrying out research activities according to our follow-up of graduates and are members of the National System of Researchers at levels I, II and III. Even some of our foreign graduates who returned to their countries have received recognition from the SNI. In turn, some of our graduates have received national awards, for example recently the award for best doctoral thesis in social sciences 2019 by the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
The commitment of our doctoral program to continuous improvement and postgraduate quality has allowed it to have been evaluated on 3 occasions by the National Council for Science and Technology with the highest category with the level of international competition; its last evaluation was in 2016. The entire Basic Academic Nucleus belongs to the SNI and 70% is located at levels II, III and Emeritus, which reflects its high academic production and participation in research and national and international events. The last reform to the Curriculum was formalized in December 2018.

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The Doctorate program in Social Sciences is an interdisciplinary program that is organized into four general lines of knowledge application: Studies on communication, culture and subjectivities, Socioeconomic studies and social welfare, Studies on history and politics, Studies on sustainable development and markets labor.
The Doctorate program in Social Sciences at the University of Guadalajara has 29 years of experience in training high-level researchers in the field of social sciences; Since its creation, 194 people have graduated to date, with a terminal efficiency close to 90%. The last generation, number 15, entered in 2019. 98% of its students have been CONACYT scholarship holders.
Most of the graduates are carrying out research activities according to our follow-up of graduates and are members of the National System of Researchers at levels I, II and III. Even some of our foreign graduates who returned to their countries have received recognition from the SNI. In turn, some of our graduates have received national awards, for example recently the award for best doctoral thesis in social sciences 2019 by the Mexican Academy of Sciences.
The commitment of our doctoral program to continuous improvement and postgraduate quality has allowed it to have been evaluated on 3 occasions by the National Council for Science and Technology with the highest category with the level of international competition; its last evaluation was in 2016. The entire Basic Academic Nucleus belongs to the SNI and 70% is located at levels II, III and Emeritus, which reflects its high academic production and participation in research and national and international events. The last reform to the Curriculum was formalized in December 2018.

Program Duration

4 Years

Starting Month(s)

Jan

Starting Month(s)

Aug

Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fee and scholarships

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With over 120,000 students, the main objective of our undergraduate programs, usually lasting from four to five years, is to develop and enrich our students’ professional skills for them to be able to compete in the labor field, by offering theoretical and practical courses taught by renowned professors and researchers recognized at national and international level.

At undergraduate level, the Universidad de Guadalajara offers more than 130 programs in the following topics:

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The Universidad de Guadalajara offers more than 240 taught and research master and doctoral high quality programmes, some of them recognised by the National Science Council (CONACyT), that attract people from all over the world.

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