Doctorate in Community Safety and Well-Being (Public Health)

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Doctorate in Community Safety and Well-Being (Public Health)

Program Presentation

The doctoral program allows students to take courses and carry out doctoral research work within one of the available lines of research, following a customized distance-learning study plan. In this way, doctoral candidates can pursue an advanced postgraduate study adapted to their pace and work style.

Throughout the program, candidates receive ongoing support from professors, tutors, and dissertation advisors, who guide their academic progress and ensure compliance with program requirements, leveraging new technologies.

The Doctoral Committee assigns and oversees the individual study plan, ensuring it aligns with the candidate’s prior academic background and chosen dissertation topic. It also appoints a thesis director, who provides continuous guidance and support throughout the candidate’s research and writing process.

Structure

PHASE I - TEACHING
DURATION PURPOSE WORK PLAN
1 year Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide solutions that contribute to human, scientific and technological development in the research line of the doctoral student. Complete a series of distance learning courses tailored to the student’s academic background and dissertation topic. In this phase, the doctoral student must take subjects appropriate to the chosen thesis topic.
PHASE II - TUTORING
DURATION PURPOSE WORK PLAN
3 months Define the thesis topic, objectives, hypothesis, and methodology. With the support of a tutor, prepare the doctoral thesis proposal outline.
PHASE III - INVESTIGATION
DURATION PURPOSE WORK PLAN
1 year Prepare the doctoral thesis project. Under the guidance of the thesis director, conduct research activities leading to the project’s completion.
PHASE IV - THESIS COMPLETION
DURATION PURPOSE WORK PLAN
1 -2 years Write the doctoral thesis. Under the supervision of the thesis director, conduct research, analyze results, and present findings.

Educational Methodology

The educational model promotes collaboration and cooperation to enrich the education of individuals. This ensures an effective process that delivers meaningful results in relation to the educational investment made and the return in terms of knowledge acquisition and personal and organizational learning. The model incorporates numerous educational and pedagogical innovations that facilitate, enhance, and drive a highly effective learning process. This includes:

  • Facilitating contact between students, between teachers, and between both groups.
  • Encouraging cooperation and reciprocity: learning as a collective effort.
  • Positioning the student as the center of the process in which they actively participate.
  • Encouraging continuous communication and interaction between teachers and students.
  • Instilling the understanding that education requires time and sustained effort.
  • Using motivation as a constant stimulus so that the student recognize that the expected learning outcomes are within reach.
  • Personalizing learning by considering individual differences and diverse learning styles.

Diploma

The doctoral student who meets the academic requirements and passes the defense of his or her doctoral thesis according to the regulations of the universities that offer the doctoral program will be eligible for the degree of:

  • Doctor in Community Safety and Well-Being (Public Health) from the Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana - Mexico.