A doctoral program in Epidemiology and Public Health in Galicia is of vital importance for, on the one hand, maintaining research in public health, which would contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of the population, and of health administration and management. On the other hand, it would also contribute to the training of new teachers in order to guarantee the generational sustainability of the Public Health research group, through the training of new researchers, who would contribute to scientific production and lines of research in the future.

The PhD program in Vision Sciences is an interuniversity and interdisciplinary program, with a vocation for international collaboration and a high commitment to the modern research training that is expected in the biomedical field.

The program aims to continue with the quality training of researchers in the field of the molecular bases of human diseases. Research in human health is a priority axis of the different knowledge management and innovation programs, both at the regional, state and European level.

This program was created with the purpose of responding to a series of training, scientific and research needs that are found in the Galician University System (SUG). The Doctoral Program promotes studies at the postgraduate level and promotes research training for students in the field of Health Sciences and specifically in the field of Dentistry.

This doctoral program is interuniversity in nature and involves researchers from the universities of A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela. Researchers from the universities of Barcelona, Oviedo and Valencia, as well as the Matia Gerontological Institute (INGEMA) are also integrated into their teams.

Research in the field of biomedicine and pharmacy provides a solid foundation for the advancement of medicine. The introduction into the market of new drugs quickly and continuously, new active substances or new pharmaceutical forms are allowing to extend the life of patents (and with this the return on investment that, for pharmaceutical laboratories, represents the launch of new drugs to the market).

This doctoral program offers a space for advanced training in the field of studies on demographic aging and longevity through the scientific perspective of the Social Sciences. In this sense, it is configured as a cycle of studies that aggregates different disciplinary areas, seeking to capitalize on their similarities, but also their differences, in an approach focused on complementarities, which are assumed to be fundamental for understanding a multidimensional phenomenon such as demographic aging and longevity.

This doctoral program aims to train researchers in the areas of Basic and Applied Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry, prioritizing interdisciplinarity. With this perspective, the program includes researchers assigned to different areas of knowledge in the fields of Neurobiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychiatry. It is an interuniversity program, jointly organized by the Universities of Santiago de Compostela (which coordinates it), A Coruña and Vigo.

The implementation of a Doctorate program in Psychology arises as a proposal of the Department of Social, Basic and Methodological Psychology of the USC to the need to have a mechanism for the training of PhDs in Social and Behavioral Sciences within the Galician University System.

The globalization of the economy and the food market make technology and Food Safety an issue of general interest influenced by numerous factors. The effective protection of the right to food security requires a comprehensive approach that considers the risks associated with food from farm to table, and that considers all possible perspectives. It also takes into account in a very particular way the growing importance of nutritional risks, given the worrying prevalence of obesity today and mainly in children and adolescents.

The main objective of the Program is to contribute to the increase of both the number of researchers in endocrinology with a strong translational component, including both doctors and graduates in other biosanitary branches such as Biology, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, etc.

This doctoral program aims to offer training and thesis of excellence in the fields of Work and Organization Psychology, Legal and Forensic Psychology and Consumer and User Psychology. Research and innovation constitute the basis for the development of this incipient area, providing researchers with specialized training with magnificent professional perspectives.