The Doctorate in Education will mark a milestone in the changes required for the structuring of the new educational standards. The program contains a doctoral academic training of high quality standard in its preparation, to address in this way, the economic, political and social challenges of the new models of the prevailing society. The graduate of the doctoral program will be an essential part to achieve the proposed goals in the development of the country and Latin America.
The Doctorate in Education is aimed at teaching professionals, with a fourth level degree duly registered in SENESCYT. In the case of applicants who do not have a master's degree in research or come from a field of knowledge other than education, they must take the propaedeutic phase.
Our graduates will put into practice their abilities, skills and knowledge in their role as transforming agents of a highly globalized society, using research processes based on new trends in education and high standards of scientific rigor.
In the case of applicants who do not have a master's degree in research or who come from a field of knowledge other than education, they must take the propaedeutic phase, which includes the following courses:
Four lines that address the main challenges facing organizations in order to transform them creatively.
Educational Management
The line of research in “Educational Management” focuses its object of study on analyzing the management processes of educational units, technical and technological institutes and institutions of higher education in the national and international context, with the purpose of proposing explanations on the variables that impact them and developing proposals to strengthen their performance, successful permanence in their environment and achieve accreditation and quality indicators.
Education and Society
This line of research has as its object of study the analysis of educational processes, considering the philosophical, sociological, anthropological, and historical foundations that underpin educational public policies, ethical-political and strategic management, legislation and curriculum, the formation of the human person in general and teacher and researcher training in particular.
Educational Quality
It is a line of research that aims to build and produce knowledge on this topic from the point of view that encompasses social inclusion and commitment to human groups, which allows positioning horizons of social development, which attends to the role that Education plays in relation to the construction, shaping and transformation of social structures. The aim is to broaden the field of knowledge and generate processes of reflection on the management of education and the evaluation of educational processes on a national, regional and global scale, in order to contribute elements of interest in the analysis and solutions to the different social and educational problems.
Educational Innovation
This line of research aims to build and produce knowledge regarding the processes for innovation in the educational field. In this line of research, the priority of innovation in educational processes is emphasized in the search to provide solutions to the needs detected, rethinking social and technological change from new methods that integrate these elements in education.
Alliances
Collaboration with international universities for the strategic approach of scientific and academic activity.
Fill out the nomination form for which the general documents and the proposal of the doctoral project must be available.
| Process | Dates |
|---|---|
| Online application: | January 1 - March 20, 2026 |
| Doctoral Project Proposal: | March 20, 2026 |
| Skills test: | March 20 - 24, 2026 |
| Interview | March 25 - April 25, 2026 |
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The Graduate School seeks to be and remain at the highest level, where academic excellence is combined with the integral formation of the administrator; where the scientific, moral, ethical and commitment to society merge to produce administrators, entrepreneurs, of unquestionable professional value, but also of great commitment to society.
