• Comply with the academic obligations established in each of the research seminars.
• Participate in the thesis progress meetings organized by the Academic Board of the Doctorate.
• Comply with the guidelines set forth in the Reglamento General de Posgrados de la Universidad de Guadalajara (General Regulations for Postgraduate Regulation).
• The Academic Board of the Doctoral Program will solve admissions and readmissions of students.

Graduate Profile

Graduates of the PhD in Geography and Territorial Ordinance will have a solid theoretical and methodological background and the knowledge, skills and abilities that will allow them to be able to:

• Develop the theoretical and conceptual, methodological and technical bases to enter into the knowledge and application related to specific problems that correspond to the line of research of their choice: Landscape and Society, Urban Environments, Disasters and Development, Local Development and GIT or Spatial Analysis.
• Manage concepts and knowledge of the theories and methods of geographical analysis.
• Elaborate and develop geographic research projects and land use planning applications according to their area of training.
• Develop the necessary skills that will allow them to enter the job market in a wide range of competencies.
• Master Geographic Information Technologies -Cartography, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing- and their application in spatial analysis.

Graduation Requirements:

• To have completed a minimum of 166 credits as indicated for each training area.
• Acceptance of at least one publication related to the doctoral research, preferably in a quality scientific journal, preferably indexed and internationally refereed.
• Participate as a speaker in at least one international academic event -congress, forum, workshop, seminar, etc.-.
• Pass the proficiency or knowledge exam in two foreign languages.
• To have completed the doctoral thesis, which must be an original contribution, in accordance with the curricular axes of the Doctorate, with a consistent structure, a solid theoretical-methodological scaffolding, and an exposition of unpublished results.
• Present a first replica of the doctoral thesis, where the Jury evaluates the work and approves it.li>
• In case the student receives observations to his/her doctoral thesis work, he/she must make the corresponding corrections for the delivery and reception of the final document.
• To have the acceptance letter from the Thesis Director or Thesis Tutor, Co-director or Thesis Co-tutor -if applicable-, readers, advisors or whoever corresponds, stating that the research has been completed and meets the necessary academic requirements.
• Defend the doctoral thesis work before a Jury appointed by the Academic Board of the Doctorate in accordance with the Reglamento General de Posgrado de la Universidad de Guadalajara (General Postgraduate Regulations).
• Carry out the necessary procedures for the degree process in accordance with the Reglamento General de Posgrado de la Universidad de Guadalajara (General Postgraduate Regulations).

A) Lines of Generation and Application of Knowledge -LGyAC- and/or Research Lines of the graduate program;

• Urban Environments.
• Risks and their Perception.
• Local Development.
• Landscape and Society.

B) Transversal axis;

• Geographic information technologies and spatial analysis.

Within the Common Basic Compulsory Training Area

Selective Specialized Training Area

Open Elective Training Area.

Compulsory Specializing Training Area “Qualification”

Duration of the program: Four years, equivalent to 8 (eight) semesters which will be counted from the moment of enrollment.

Costs and opening: Consult the Program Coordination Office. 

Students will pay the equivalent of 4 (four) minimum monthly salaries in force in the ZMG for each semester.

In the case of foreign students, they will be subject to the current fees established by the Universidad de Guadalajara.