Research
Doctoral Programs
Universidad San Sebastián (USS) offers doctoral programs closely connected to the university’s key research areas and centers, providing advanced training for researchers in a variety of disciplines. These programs are available at different campuses nationwide, depending on the presence of faculty from the respective academic boards. Most of our PhD students, including international students, receive funding through both internal and external grants.
Currently, USS offers 10 doctoral programs covering disciplines in both the humanities and sciences:
Doctorate in Theoretical Physics
The goal of the Doctoral Program in Theoretical Physics is to train independent researchers who can significantly contribute to the advancement of theoretical physics.
Vice Rector’s Office for Research and Doctoral Programs.
Doctorate in Psychology and Mental Health
The general objective of the Doctorate in Psychology and Mental Health at Universidad San Sebastián is to train autonomous researchers to generate new scientific knowledge in the field of psychology that contributes to the understanding of the main contemporary problems and challenges in mental health.
Doctorate in Cell Biology and Biomedicine
The PhD program in Cell Biology and Biomedicine trains researchers capable of contributing to the knowledge about the normal and pathological functioning of the cell and apply this knowledge to understand and control diseases that require better treatments or lack of treatment.
Doctorate in Computational Biology
The Program places special emphasis on transdisciplinarity and from this approach seeks to study and provide solutions to problems in the life sciences, social sciences and exact sciences. This program is offered in partnership between Universidad San Sebastián and Fundación Ciencia y Vida.
Doctorate in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship
The Doctoral Program in Biotechnology and Bioentrepreneurship is based on the fact that the technological revolution, and the demands of international competitiveness for productive companies, impose the need for a strong rapprochement between academia and the productive sector.
This program is taught in alliance between Universidad San Sebastián and Fundación Ciencia & Vida.
Doctorate in Chronic Diseases
The PhD in Chronic Diseases at Universidad San Sebastian, is framed in the Institutional Development Plan that proposes to advance from a mainly teaching university to a university with a higher level of complexity, incorporating research and postgraduate development at master’s and doctoral level to provide new knowledge and training of new researchers.
Doctorate in Philosophy
The Doctoral Program in Philosophy seeks to train independent researchers with the knowledge, skills and abilities to conduct autonomous philosophical research, responsible and with integrity, oriented to the generation of new knowledge and its communication in one of the declared lines of research: ethics, political philosophy and history of practical philosophy.
Doctorate in History
The PhD in History at Universidad San Sabastian, aims to train independent researchers capable of generating original and significant contributions to the development of historiography, who are able to dialogue with other related disciplines, to be inserted in the academy, as well as in the private and public sector.
Doctorate in Engineering
The Doctoral Program in Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design is based on the scientific and technological activity associated with three strategic areas or axes: Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials; Bioengineering, Energy and Sustainable Processes, and Data Science, Analytics and Operations.
Doctorate in Immunology and Microbiology
The PhD program in Immunology and Microbiology will prepare you for a career in research and teaching in cutting-edge microbiology, virology or immunology. We aim to generate advances in human health and the environment in a multidisciplinary context, through powerful international collaborations and with state-of-the-art equipment.
This program is offered in partnership between Universidad San Sebastián and Fundación Ciencia & Vida.
