With state authorization number 003620, issued by the Ministry of Public Education of Nayarit, and federal authorization number DEGESPE / 2465/15 dated September 25, 2015, issued by the Ministry of Basic Education and the General Directorate of Higher Education for Education Professionals, it is an educated program, with a duration of two years (six semesters), whose graduates will contribute to improving educational quality to help raise the level of academic achievement of students of basic and upper secondary education, through the innovation of hope, to produce learning.

The Doctorate in Education, in its non-school modality, consists of four phases or periods, which can be completed in two years. However, each student can take it in more or fewer months, depending on the time they dedicate to each subject. The maximum length of stay in each phase or period is one year. In addition, there is a preparatory course to prepare participants who do not have prior training for educational research.