Naturopathic Sciences

Program Presentation

The World Health Organization has recommended the combined use of scientific medicine and traditional methods, since there are increasingly solid results in recovering the population quality of life.

To achieve this symbiosis, they are needed qualified Naturopathic professionals with a broad and inclusive vision.

Society today requires people to be able to deal, from a naturopathic perspective, with those fields not covered by conventional medicine. Thus, training is necessary to provide a systemic, integral and global thinking on organ dysfunction regarding human body and health, which enables the implementation of protocols related to the particular needs of each individual.

Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), FUNIBER offers the Master’s Degree in Naturopathic Sciences with the main objective to prepare people with a strong background in naturopathy. This program is oriented to professional research, access to relevant technologies and the implementation of the different assessment and therapeutic methods.

The programe Naturopathic Sciences has a complete, flexible and customized curricular structure. This master's degree offers the following elective modules:

Homeopathy
Natural methods implementation
Biological-Naturopathic Methods

Who is the programme for?

The Specialization in Naturopathic Sciences is aimed at:

Graduates in Health Sciences who wish to deepen their knowledge about Naturopathy.
Other graduates who wish to develop their professional practice in the Naturopathic field.

Diploma

Successful completion of the Program will enable you to be awarded the degree in Specialization in NATUROPATHIC SCIENCES.

After successfully completing the Program, the student will receive the degree as awarded by the University where they have enrolled.

Program Structure

The credit structure of the Naturopathic Sciences program is shown in the following table. It should be noted that the duration is merely indicative, as the methodology followed integrates the knowledge and skills to be acquired in each part through integrative exercises of knowledge acquisition and internalization of project practices:

	CREDITS^a
1^st Part: General Neuropathy	17
2^nd Part: Applied Neuropathy	20
3^rd Part: Elective	22
TOTAL	59

a. The equivalence in credits may vary according to the university where he/she has enrolled. One (1) ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credit is equivalent to 10 + 15 hours. If the student is enrolled in a university that does not belong to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), the relation between credits - hours may vary.

Duration

The program in Naturopathic Sciences has 59 credits.

The duration of the program in Naturopathic Sciences is 48 months, depending on the student's dedication. In this period of time, the student must have successfully passed all the evaluated activities and approved the Final Project, if any.

Objectives

General Objective:

Training Naturopathy professionals who can relevantly contribute to the scientific development of the health sciences and arts, as well as creating a more productive and healthy society.

Specific Objective:

Educating and orienting on the different aspects and modalities of Naturopathy, its techniques, lifestyles and natural therapies that are in harmony with this practice.
Interacting and participating with physicians and other health professionals in the interdisciplinary management of the patient’s health.
Recommending food that is within naturopathic or integral medicine and other natural products that do not require a medical prescription.
Training for the practice of therapeutic methods.

Study Plan

Naturopathic Sciences has a curricular structure based on three formative parts:

1^st PART: GENERAL NEUROPATHY

1^a PART: GENERAL NEUROPATHY
#	SUBJECTS	CREDITS
1	Biological Vision of Organ Dysfunction	5
2	Constitutional Types in Naturopathy	4
3	Naturist Food and Food Sensitivity	4
4	Electroacupuncture of Voll and Bioresonance	4
TOTAL		17

2^nd PART: APPLIED NEUROPATHY

2^nd PART: APPLIED NEUROPATHY
#	SUBJECTS	CREDITS
1	Anti-aging Therapy, Free Radicals and Antioxidants	4
2	Orthomolecular Therapy and Trace Elements	4
3	Colon Hydrotherapy	4
4	Phytotherapy	4
5	Aromatherapy	4
TOTAL		20

3^a PARTE: ELECTIVE

In this part, the student must choose one of the following elective modules:

3^rd PART. ELECTIVE: BIOLOGICAL-NATURISTIC METHODS
#	SUBJECTS	CREDITS
1	Kousmine Method	4
2	Homeopathy and Homotoxicology	4
3	Sophrology	5
4	Spagyric Medicine	4
5	Neural Therapy and Neurofocal DentistrY	5
TOTAL		22

3^rd PART. ELECTIVE: HOMEOPATHY
#	SUBJECTS	CREDITS
1	Homeopathic Foundations and Principles	4
2	Homeopathic Applications	4
3	Homeopathic Medical Field	5
4	Homeopathic Therapeutics in Acute Pathology	5.5
5	Homeopathic Therapeutics in Chronic Pathology	5.5
TOTAL		22

3^rd PART. ELECTIVE: NATURISTIC METHODS APPLICATION
#	SUBJECTS	CREDITS
1	Bach Flowers	4
2	Schüssler Salts	4
3	Hydrology, Mining-medicinal Waters and Balneotherapy	4
4	Magnetic Pulsed Wave and Hyperthermia	4
5	Biological-Naturist Therapies of Common Illness	6
TOTAL		22

Management

Academic Administration

Dr. Carlos Llopis Martínez. General Secretary of the European Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Department Director of Traditional Chinese Phytotherapy from the Higher School of TCM.

General Academic Coordination

Vânia Alexandre. Coordinator of the Area in Natural Health.

FUNIBER Training Scholarships

The Iberoamerican University Foundation (FUNIBER) periodically destines financial resources, with additional character, for FUNIBER Training Scholarships.

To apply, please fill out the information request form that appears in the web of FUNIBER or contact directly the Foundation’s headquarters in your country that will inform you if you need to provide some additional information.

Once the documentation is received, the Evaluation Committee will determine your application's eligibility for the FUNIBER Training Scholarship.