24 PhD Degree Programs in South America

Our PhD in Information Technology is a research-based degree that equips you to reach the higher echelons of authority in the challenging IT industry. The research scholar can explore a number of leadership positions in major IT organizations, research cells, educational institutions, consulting companies and more.

The Academic Graduate Studies in Administration Program at FGV EBAPE consists of the MSc and PhD in Administration. Closely connected, these courses share the same values and principles. The main purpose of the MSc program is to prepare students for PhDs (at FGV EBAPE or some other distinguished institution in Brazil or elsewhere in the world) or for the job market. The main purpose of the Ph.D. program is to prepare students for academic careers as research professors at universities or other academic institutions in Brazil or abroad.

The purpose of the Doctoral Program in Astronomy is to train high-level scientists, who are capable of developing original and independent research in astronomy, built on a solid conceptual base, using both the infrastructure available in the north of Chile, as well as facilities. in order to strengthen the scientific development of the country.

Training purposes: To train in the production and development of philosophical reflection to researchers of the highest level with criteria of academic excellence, leaders for their community, committed to the needs and problems of Colombian society. This mission supposes the permanent construction of an academic space in which the necessary resources and support can be channelled that contribute to the strengthening of the scientific-philosophical community in our country.

The degree will be structured according to the axes: one core with common nuclear courses and the other with elective courses. Regarding its duration, they may be four-monthly or intensive (from one week to one month in duration), having to meet in both cases a minimum amount of 30 clock hours. Each doctoral course will give one (1) credit for every ten (10) actual hours taught, with reading requirements and other corresponding tasks, and provided that there has been a favorable final evaluation by the teacher who taught the course.

It is expected that the applicant who enters the Doctorate in Psychology shows academic excellence, either because of their graduation ranking, research experience, teaching, participation in research projects, postgraduate studies, or others. The expected initial competencies are: Possess initial practical theoretical knowledge in research methodology and descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Being able to propose relationships between variables associated with psychological processes. Have initial experience in teaching or research activities.

The well-being of society depends on the application of adequate economic policies, both at the level of individual agents and of macroeconomic policy makers. Although there are established prescriptions and methods in the field of economics, many questions remain about the relevance of actions at both the micro and macroeconomic levels.

To train independent researchers with solid knowledge in biological conservation and biodiversity management, who integrate scientific knowledge with a transdisciplinary vision for the resolution of environmental problems, contributing to sustainable development.

You choose a University with a solid academic trajectory, and a strong and recognized social commitment. You study with the best teaching platform in the world - Blackboard. You have classrooms with smart screens. You have the Microsoft Office Suite for free. You have internships in more than 500 top-level companies. You can access to study abroad. You choose from more than 70 undergraduate degrees. You use laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment and technology. If you still owe intermediate level subjects, you can register as an aspiring student, and at the time of presenting the certificate of Title in Process your condition will change to Regular Student. You need to know that National Law 24,521 (on Higher Education, in its article 7) allows all those people who, being over 25 years of age, do not have complete secondary studies and wish to pursue a career, enter the University. For this, the Higher School in which the career you choose is taught, prior to entry, will take an evaluation, to establish if you have the preparation or work experience in accordance with the studies you intend to start, as well as sufficient skills and knowledge to that you study satisfactorily.

The graduate of the Doctorate in Electrical Engineering program has comprehensive academic training that allows them to independently conceive, formulate, plan and execute research and development projects in the field of electrical engineering.

This doctorate is based on the concept of pedagogy, a singular and specific discipline of the complex and broad knowledge that refers both to the theoretical body of education, organizing concepts, principles, and criteria as well as procedures and technical-operational means at the service of the teaching-learning process in the concrete action to educate. It is a postgraduate training process that will culminate in the preparation and public defense of a doctoral thesis.

The doctorate of the Graduate Program in Parasitology at Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais has stood out in the training of qualified human resources to work in different areas of parasitology, in search of solutions to different problems in the Brazilian reality, since parasitology transcends academic interest, constituting the fundamental base for the establishment of public health policies.

The Doctorate in Literature is a program that aims for the comprehensive training of its students as researchers in the field of literary studies. Its purpose is to reflect on the processes of critical training in specific literary knowledge, with the aim of training professionals capable of carrying out transformations in the scientific field of literary studies.

Transform Yourself Into a Public Health Specialist With a Doctor of Public Health & Administration Degree.

The Doctorate in Psychotherapy is a program that is developed jointly between the School of Psychology and the Department of Psychiatry of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Department of Psychology and the Departments of Psychiatry and Mental Health of the University of Chile. It is built on an interdisciplinary research field that arises from an international network of psychotherapy researchers, bringing together specialists in psychotherapeutic research, psychology, psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and neurosciences.