74 Masters Degree Programs in Chile

The program lasts 3 semesters, which will be divided into two teaching periods, offered in Santiago de Chile and one semester for the preparation of the thesis. The two academic periods consist of compulsory and optional modules, which must be approved before starting the thesis work. In the third semester, the thesis must be elaborated. The compulsory modules will take place at the Heidelberg Center for Latin America and will be taught by professors from the University of Heidelberg, the Catholic University, and the University of Chile. While the elective modules are part of the programs offered by the UC and the U of Chile respectively. The courses will be taught in Spanish or English. Participants can also take free German courses if they so wish.

The Master in Social Communication of the Institute of Communication and Image of the University of Chile emphasizes rigorous methodological training. Its objective is to fill a need for the development of research in the disciplinary field of communication in Latin America since this requires training high-level researchers. What is at the base is the diagnosis of the profound transformation of the communicational production, circulation, and consumption processes, and the elaborated technologies are typical of the mass consumer era of the 70s, hence the emergence of new communication technologies should be based on the deep investigation of these processes of production, circulation, and consumption.

The Master in Physical Activity, Health, and Quality of Life constitutes a postgraduate training program that is dictated at the Faculty of Education of the Autonomous University of Chile, at the headquarters of Santiago, Temuco, and Talca. The Master in Physical Activity, Health, and Quality of Life is a professional and academic program that seeks to train postgraduates with analytical, synthetic, abstraction, and application skills in the field of health promotion and physical activity, through deepening of advanced knowledge in these disciplines at a theoretical and methodological level.

This Master's program is the first offered in Chilean-Argentine Patagonia (south of Region X) and allows meeting the needs of the southern academic and professional community, contributing to the sustainable development of the region and stimulating basic science programs and applied in the most extensive territory of Chile: Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Province. To meet the general objective of management and sustainable use of resources, the Master's program considers: 1) Include teaching and research in biological conservation in order to reinforce environmental, social, and economic sustainability in biological resource management practices. 2) Study of terrestrial ecosystems because they present essential ecological and biogeographic interrelationships with Antarctic and subantarctic ecosystems. Participation of academics from various disciplines associated with a set of national and international universities and scientific institutions that have competence in the area of ​​sustainable management for the training of researchers who contribute to the knowledge of southern biodiversity, its valuation and conservation, In this way, the training of a specialist in the area of ​​Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in Subantarctic Environments with a high scientific level preparation, capable of teaching and conducting research in the broad field of biological diversity, its ecological functions are sought. and its economic value under management and conservation plans that promote environmental and economic sustainability. This will allow technical advice to state or private organizations.

The University of Talca is one of the 25 higher education institutions that make up the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH). Founded in 1981, after the merger of the former headquarters of the University of Chile and the Technical University of the State (UTE), it has progressively become one of the main national references of public and non-profit higher education, being classified by recent ranking and measurements as the best state university in regions. Its Central House is located in the city of Talca, capital of the Maule Region. Today it has five campuses located in the cities of Talca, Curicó, Santa Cruz (Colchagua), Santiago, and Linares.

The Master in Women's Health (MSM) is a postgraduate program aimed at the training of excellence of professionals who like you are related to the care and/or study of women's health. The study plan strengthens your scientific training, promoting the search and generation of more evidence on issues related to sexuality and diversity, health care based on law, health management, and public policies. The life course approach runs throughout the entire program, addressing important women's health issues, from adolescence to old age. From the gender perspective, the importance of the role of women in society is emphasized, recognizing the challenge posed by the differences and inequities in health-related to this area. For all the above, the MSM promotes, in professionals from various complementary disciplines, the development of transversal competencies for a better performance of the teams that currently participate in women's health care in Chile.

The Master in Economics (MAEC) is an academic program, aimed at providing knowledge in the areas of applied economics and developing advanced skills and abilities in the areas of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. To achieve the above, the Program provides solid academic training focused on the application of economic fundamentals and the understanding of current economic problems, with an emphasis on the development of solution proposals based on both theoretical and empirical scientific evidence.

The Bachelor of Legal Sciences from the Andrés Bello University has a strong professional seal, with emphasis on training for litigation, social responsibility, which conceives the Law as an instrument of justice and that understands the logical principles that inform the regulatory system, which gives it the tools to work with different legal systems and with the ability to adapt to change.

The Master in Health and Sports Sciences is a professional program aimed at training specialists in the different disciplines involved in sport through the deepening, specialization, and application of solid scientific bases and their practical application in the area of Health and Sports, has two mentions, one in "Sports Training" and another in "Sports Kinesiology."

The Master's in Collective Health's mission is to train at the postgraduate level, professionals trained to creatively analyze health problems through a global perspective that considers the social and political context of the territory, from a scientific perspective; deepening the historical character of Chilean and Latin American health, which will allow a multidisciplinary approach to collective health, whose care model is built in a heterogeneous way from the territory where it is going to be implemented.

The new Master of Social Sciences program in Territorial Studies recognizes its origin, development, and evolution in the Master of Social Sciences Mention in Process Studies and Development of Regional Societies dictated since 2000 by ULAGOS. During 2019-2020 we reformulated the program, with special emphasis on redefining its lines of research, updating curricula, and strengthening its articulation with the Doctorate in Social Sciences in Territorial Studies.

The Master in Government and Management of Public Policies is a professional program, which is born from the Department of Government and Business and the Center for Regional Development and Public Policy Studies (CEDER), as a way of responding to the needs of high specialization in the public sphere, promoted by these academic instances.

It is the first Master's program in the country that addresses as a training focus the generation of transmedia digital content with face-to-face classes and e-learning, with a solid theoretical and ethical foundation. It is professional in nature, has eleven subjects taught over four semesters, which include elective courses in the areas of Political and Corporate Communication, which considers practical theoretical knowledge of updated strategies in the lines of specialization

The growing use of nuclear technology in various fields of industrial and service activities in the country, in areas such as health, mining, food industry, agriculture, construction, environment, energy, and others, generates a permanent demand for training and development professional in the use of nuclear techniques and the correct handling of radioactive material. The Master's Program in Nuclear Technology has the purpose of providing technical training in the use of Nuclear Technology to professionals related to activities that require both the application of these technologies and the correct handling of radioactive material in the aforementioned areas.

The Master in Communications is a professional program that consists of two-quarters of classes and one of practice (in organizations or the media according to the mention). After this, there is a period of two quarters for the Final Degree Project. From a systemic and innovative vision of communications, this program seeks that its students can develop competencies in research and planning, development of narratives and content creation, and audience management, for professional practice in traditional or independent media. , develop their communication ventures or, enter practical fields of communication in organizations, agencies, institutions, and companies to strengthen their legitimacy and establish links with multiple stakeholders and audiences.