Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Work
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Master's Degree in Social Sciences was created in 1994 from the Master's Degree in Sociology, founded in 1984. Our graduate program is a well-established program, one of the leaders in its field nationwide, and was accredited in 2018, for the second time, as a Graduate Program of International Competence within the PNPC-CONACYT. It welcomes individuals from Mexico and other parts of the world interested in research and teaching in the Social Sciences, who typically receive living stipends from the Mexican government to dedicate themselves to full-time study, as well as the support of approximately seventy academics who actively participate as professors, advisors, and thesis readers, holding doctoral degrees and mostly members of the National System of Researchers.
The training offered is based on the work of four specialized research departments of the University of Guadalajara itself, thanks to which the same number of orientations are provided:
The University of Guadalajara is one of Mexico's leading public universities. The Master's program is based at the Los Belenes campus in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara metropolitan area, renowned for its economic, social, and cultural dynamism. Admissions are accepted every two years. You can find out more by email or on our social media channels.
Some of the most important features that have accompanied this program over the years are the following:
• An interdisciplinary training model that promotes academic exchange between faculty and students through the development of research projects. This strengthens the training of academics with skills for generating new knowledge.
• From its inception it had the recognition of CONACYT as a Postgraduate Program of Excellence, and since 2003 it has been registered in the National Registry of Quality Postgraduate Programs (PNPC).
• Excellent teaching staff, with recognition in the National System of Researchers and the PRODEP Desirable Profile.
• Prioritize teamwork.
Mission
The MCS academic program has the fundamental mission of training researchers in the field of social sciences, offering a solid theoretical, methodological and specialized training in a research area; fostering attitudes of leadership, teamwork and autonomous professional development; and stimulating the adoption of values favorable to a prosperous, just, free and supportive society.
Vision
1. It is a program recognized nationally and internationally for training highly qualified human resources to develop research processes, in order to produce scientific knowledge, analyze and solve public problems and/or improve the understanding of subjects about their social situation.
2. It is a dynamic and recognized center within and outside the country for the exchange, learning, discussion and innovation of social scientific knowledge.
3. Responds promptly and effectively to the demands for knowledge and training from society in order to contribute to the understanding and resolution of public problems, as well as to its expectations of inclusive well-being, justice, democracy and development.
4. It is a real vehicle for social mobility, opening up vital opportunities, social integration, as well as personal and social development for each of its graduates.
Research focus
1. Interdisciplinary approach to research, which guides the educational process by emphasizing the links, exchanges and communication between social and humanistic disciplines, the combined adoption of methodologies and the construction of complex research objects.
2. Emphasis on empirical research, which encourages viewing the social sciences as communities that collectively try to solve scientific enigmas and questions of the social world, with the purpose of increasing knowledge and enriching the understanding of subjects about their socio-historical conditions.
3. Specialization of scientific work, which promotes the concentration of teaching and research efforts towards mastering a specific field of study, seeking to study it in all its conceptual, technical and results complexity.
4. Global community of knowledge, with which we want to express the awareness of our community that science, in terms of its practices, its results and its consequences, has always been global and therefore we must conceive our work from an international perspective.
5. Public orientation of the results, with which we seek to train researchers who consider their work and the results of their research as potential inputs for public deliberation, decision and action in democratic contexts of managing common life.
6. Commitment and social engagement, which leads the program community to conceive its work in close relation to society and its sectors, as an instance open to its just demands, needs and expectations and that is interested in contributing to their realization.
The training offered is based on the work of four specialized research departments of the University of Guadalajara itself, thanks to which the same number of orientations are provided:
- Studies in Social Development and Work
- Latin American Studies
- Studies in Communication and Culture
- Socio-Political Studies.
The University of Guadalajara is one of Mexico's leading public universities. The Master's program is based at the Los Belenes campus in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara metropolitan area, renowned for its economic, social, and cultural dynamism. Admissions are accepted every two years. You can find out more by email or on our social media channels.
Some of the most important features that have accompanied this program over the years are the following:
• An interdisciplinary training model that promotes academic exchange between faculty and students through the development of research projects. This strengthens the training of academics with skills for generating new knowledge.
• From its inception it had the recognition of CONACYT as a Postgraduate Program of Excellence, and since 2003 it has been registered in the National Registry of Quality Postgraduate Programs (PNPC).
• Excellent teaching staff, with recognition in the National System of Researchers and the PRODEP Desirable Profile.
• Prioritize teamwork.
Mission
The MCS academic program has the fundamental mission of training researchers in the field of social sciences, offering a solid theoretical, methodological and specialized training in a research area; fostering attitudes of leadership, teamwork and autonomous professional development; and stimulating the adoption of values favorable to a prosperous, just, free and supportive society.
Vision
1. It is a program recognized nationally and internationally for training highly qualified human resources to develop research processes, in order to produce scientific knowledge, analyze and solve public problems and/or improve the understanding of subjects about their social situation.
2. It is a dynamic and recognized center within and outside the country for the exchange, learning, discussion and innovation of social scientific knowledge.
3. Responds promptly and effectively to the demands for knowledge and training from society in order to contribute to the understanding and resolution of public problems, as well as to its expectations of inclusive well-being, justice, democracy and development.
4. It is a real vehicle for social mobility, opening up vital opportunities, social integration, as well as personal and social development for each of its graduates.
Research focus
1. Interdisciplinary approach to research, which guides the educational process by emphasizing the links, exchanges and communication between social and humanistic disciplines, the combined adoption of methodologies and the construction of complex research objects.
2. Emphasis on empirical research, which encourages viewing the social sciences as communities that collectively try to solve scientific enigmas and questions of the social world, with the purpose of increasing knowledge and enriching the understanding of subjects about their socio-historical conditions.
3. Specialization of scientific work, which promotes the concentration of teaching and research efforts towards mastering a specific field of study, seeking to study it in all its conceptual, technical and results complexity.
4. Global community of knowledge, with which we want to express the awareness of our community that science, in terms of its practices, its results and its consequences, has always been global and therefore we must conceive our work from an international perspective.
5. Public orientation of the results, with which we seek to train researchers who consider their work and the results of their research as potential inputs for public deliberation, decision and action in democratic contexts of managing common life.
6. Commitment and social engagement, which leads the program community to conceive its work in close relation to society and its sectors, as an instance open to its just demands, needs and expectations and that is interested in contributing to their realization.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Social Work
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Master's Degree in Social Sciences was created in 1994 from the Master's Degree in Sociology, founded in 1984. Our graduate program is a well-established program, one of the leaders in its field nationwide, and was accredited in 2018, for the second time, as a Graduate Program of International Competence within the PNPC-CONACYT. It welcomes individuals from Mexico and other parts of the world interested in research and teaching in the Social Sciences, who typically receive living stipends from the Mexican government to dedicate themselves to full-time study, as well as the support of approximately seventy academics who actively participate as professors, advisors, and thesis readers, holding doctoral degrees and mostly members of the National System of Researchers.
The training offered is based on the work of four specialized research departments of the University of Guadalajara itself, thanks to which the same number of orientations are provided:
The University of Guadalajara is one of Mexico's leading public universities. The Master's program is based at the Los Belenes campus in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara metropolitan area, renowned for its economic, social, and cultural dynamism. Admissions are accepted every two years. You can find out more by email or on our social media channels.
Some of the most important features that have accompanied this program over the years are the following:
• An interdisciplinary training model that promotes academic exchange between faculty and students through the development of research projects. This strengthens the training of academics with skills for generating new knowledge.
• From its inception it had the recognition of CONACYT as a Postgraduate Program of Excellence, and since 2003 it has been registered in the National Registry of Quality Postgraduate Programs (PNPC).
• Excellent teaching staff, with recognition in the National System of Researchers and the PRODEP Desirable Profile.
• Prioritize teamwork.
Mission
The MCS academic program has the fundamental mission of training researchers in the field of social sciences, offering a solid theoretical, methodological and specialized training in a research area; fostering attitudes of leadership, teamwork and autonomous professional development; and stimulating the adoption of values favorable to a prosperous, just, free and supportive society.
Vision
1. It is a program recognized nationally and internationally for training highly qualified human resources to develop research processes, in order to produce scientific knowledge, analyze and solve public problems and/or improve the understanding of subjects about their social situation.
2. It is a dynamic and recognized center within and outside the country for the exchange, learning, discussion and innovation of social scientific knowledge.
3. Responds promptly and effectively to the demands for knowledge and training from society in order to contribute to the understanding and resolution of public problems, as well as to its expectations of inclusive well-being, justice, democracy and development.
4. It is a real vehicle for social mobility, opening up vital opportunities, social integration, as well as personal and social development for each of its graduates.
Research focus
1. Interdisciplinary approach to research, which guides the educational process by emphasizing the links, exchanges and communication between social and humanistic disciplines, the combined adoption of methodologies and the construction of complex research objects.
2. Emphasis on empirical research, which encourages viewing the social sciences as communities that collectively try to solve scientific enigmas and questions of the social world, with the purpose of increasing knowledge and enriching the understanding of subjects about their socio-historical conditions.
3. Specialization of scientific work, which promotes the concentration of teaching and research efforts towards mastering a specific field of study, seeking to study it in all its conceptual, technical and results complexity.
4. Global community of knowledge, with which we want to express the awareness of our community that science, in terms of its practices, its results and its consequences, has always been global and therefore we must conceive our work from an international perspective.
5. Public orientation of the results, with which we seek to train researchers who consider their work and the results of their research as potential inputs for public deliberation, decision and action in democratic contexts of managing common life.
6. Commitment and social engagement, which leads the program community to conceive its work in close relation to society and its sectors, as an instance open to its just demands, needs and expectations and that is interested in contributing to their realization.
The training offered is based on the work of four specialized research departments of the University of Guadalajara itself, thanks to which the same number of orientations are provided:
- Studies in Social Development and Work
- Latin American Studies
- Studies in Communication and Culture
- Socio-Political Studies.
The University of Guadalajara is one of Mexico's leading public universities. The Master's program is based at the Los Belenes campus in Zapopan, within the Guadalajara metropolitan area, renowned for its economic, social, and cultural dynamism. Admissions are accepted every two years. You can find out more by email or on our social media channels.
Some of the most important features that have accompanied this program over the years are the following:
• An interdisciplinary training model that promotes academic exchange between faculty and students through the development of research projects. This strengthens the training of academics with skills for generating new knowledge.
• From its inception it had the recognition of CONACYT as a Postgraduate Program of Excellence, and since 2003 it has been registered in the National Registry of Quality Postgraduate Programs (PNPC).
• Excellent teaching staff, with recognition in the National System of Researchers and the PRODEP Desirable Profile.
• Prioritize teamwork.
Mission
The MCS academic program has the fundamental mission of training researchers in the field of social sciences, offering a solid theoretical, methodological and specialized training in a research area; fostering attitudes of leadership, teamwork and autonomous professional development; and stimulating the adoption of values favorable to a prosperous, just, free and supportive society.
Vision
1. It is a program recognized nationally and internationally for training highly qualified human resources to develop research processes, in order to produce scientific knowledge, analyze and solve public problems and/or improve the understanding of subjects about their social situation.
2. It is a dynamic and recognized center within and outside the country for the exchange, learning, discussion and innovation of social scientific knowledge.
3. Responds promptly and effectively to the demands for knowledge and training from society in order to contribute to the understanding and resolution of public problems, as well as to its expectations of inclusive well-being, justice, democracy and development.
4. It is a real vehicle for social mobility, opening up vital opportunities, social integration, as well as personal and social development for each of its graduates.
Research focus
1. Interdisciplinary approach to research, which guides the educational process by emphasizing the links, exchanges and communication between social and humanistic disciplines, the combined adoption of methodologies and the construction of complex research objects.
2. Emphasis on empirical research, which encourages viewing the social sciences as communities that collectively try to solve scientific enigmas and questions of the social world, with the purpose of increasing knowledge and enriching the understanding of subjects about their socio-historical conditions.
3. Specialization of scientific work, which promotes the concentration of teaching and research efforts towards mastering a specific field of study, seeking to study it in all its conceptual, technical and results complexity.
4. Global community of knowledge, with which we want to express the awareness of our community that science, in terms of its practices, its results and its consequences, has always been global and therefore we must conceive our work from an international perspective.
5. Public orientation of the results, with which we seek to train researchers who consider their work and the results of their research as potential inputs for public deliberation, decision and action in democratic contexts of managing common life.
6. Commitment and social engagement, which leads the program community to conceive its work in close relation to society and its sectors, as an instance open to its just demands, needs and expectations and that is interested in contributing to their realization.
Admission Requirements
In addition to those established in current university regulations, the following are required:
- Bachelor's degree certificate or diploma and proof of completion of social service for the degree, which should preferably be in the area of Social Sciences.
- Demonstrate a minimum average of eighty with an original certificate or equivalent document.
- Demonstrate reading comprehension of the English language at Level B1 of the MRCEL.
- Demonstrate experience in teaching and research or show acceptable professional performance in the area of Social Sciences.
- To present and pass a preparatory course, the modality, content and duration of which will be announced in the respective call.
- Dedicate full time to the program.
- Statement of purpose letter, the characteristics and length of which will be set in the admission call.
- Submit a research project, the content and extent of which will be specified in the admission call.
- Interview two members of the Academic Board and obtain their approval.
- Take the National Postgraduate Entrance Exam, or the one considered valid at the time, and obtain the minimum score indicated by the Academic Board as passing.
- Approve the other requirements published in the respective call for applications.
2 Years
Aug
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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