Doctorate in Nutrition

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Doctorate in Nutrition

Program Presentation

The Doctorate program enables the student to take Doctoral subjects and carry out research within one of the lines it offers following an online education model. In this way, the Doctoral student takes part in an advanced postgraduate study that adapts to one’s learning pace and working style.

During the program, the Doctoral student will have the support and advice of the teaching staff, tutors and thesis directors who will facilitate their learning and academic performance in the subjects, research papers, and the student’s thesis thanks to the new technologies.

The Doctorate’s Committee will assign and supervise the study plan most appropriate for the Doctoral student’s education and chosen thesis topic. This committee will also appoint a thesis director that will support and facilitate the Doctoral student’s studies and thesis work.

Structure

LENGTH PURPOSE STUDY PLAN
PHASE I: TEACHING - CORE COURSES
18 months Acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to provide solutions that contribute to human development, scientific and technological development of the PhD candidate. Taking on-line subjects related to the research process, as well as its different methodological perspectives.
PHASE II: TEACHING - SPECIALIZATION COURSES
6 months Acquiring specific knowledge from the research area chosen by the PhD candidates, that help them to deepen into their knowledge, and to focus the thesis’ research line. Taking a total of 3 subjects belonging to the specialization chosen by the PhD candidates.
PHASE III: RESEARCH
1 year Helping to define the PhD thesis topic, objectives, hypothesis and methodology, as well as to develop the thesis. Developing research works conducive to the project execution.
PHASE IV: THESIS DEVELOPMENT
1 - 2 years Drafting the PhD thesis. Developing the PhD thesis under the supervision of the Director.

Educational Methodology

The educational model promotes collaboration and cooperation to enhance people’s education. This ensures a process that provides effective results with regard to the educational investment assumed versus the return in knowledge, personal and organizational learning. Nowadays, the educational model consists of many educational and pedagogical innovations that facilitate, strengthen and drive a formative process in a quality learning environment. This includes:

  • Making it easy for students, professors and both groups to be in contact.
  • Fostering cooperation and reciprocity: learning as a collective effort.
  • Considering the student as the center of the learning process in which the student actively participates.
  • Encouraging and promoting the continuous communication and interaction between professors and students.
  • Instilling that the training process implies and requires temporary dedication and continuous effort.
  • Using motivation as a constant stimulus so the student perceives that the expected learning results are achievable.
  • Personalizing the learning, taking into account the differences between students and their different ways of learning.

Diploma

The Doctoral student who meets the academic requirements and passes the Doctorate thesis defense in accordance with the rules of the universities which offer the Doctoral program, will be eligible for the following diploma:

  • Doctorates in Nutrition from the International Iberoamerican University in Mexico.