RESEARCH

Master's Degree in History

ABOUT THE

Program

The Master’s Degree in History of the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) offers a high level of training. With a flexible curriculum, its students enhance, acquire and deploy the necessary skills to research topics and problems of the history of Colombia and Latin America. The interaction with experienced researchers and teachers, the dialogue with historiography and the other social sciences make possible the development of their projects, as well as their personal growth.

Qualified registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 16129 dated December 18, 2019, and No. 8234 dated May 27, 2020, with a validity of 8 years.

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DEGREE:

Master in History

DURATION:

4 semesters

MODALITY:

In-person/In Spanish

LOCATION:

Bucaramanga

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APPLICANT

Profile

The Master of History at the UIS is oriented to train high level researchers in the field of historical studies, mainly on topics and problems of the history of Colombia and Latin America. The program is aimed at graduate historians and other social science professionals who show interest or have previous training and research skills in the historical discipline.

GRADUATE

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Graduates of the Master of History are highly qualified to:

Continuing their training in doctoral programs.
Design and implement historical research projects in specialized institutions or centers.
To teach at the middle and higher levels of education, analyzing different historical and historiographical processes.
To elaborate texts and works of historical-cultural divulgation.
To articulate their disciplinary knowledge with the debates of the different social sciences.
To promote historical knowledge in order to strengthen a democratic, participatory, deliberative and pluralistic society, committed to justice, social equity, environmental preservation and good living.

CLASS

Time

Monday to Friday

2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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ACADEMIC

Curriculum

Code: 28696 Credits: 6 – Theory of History and Historiography I

Code: 28697 Credits: 6 – Methods, Techniques and Sources of Historical Research

Code: 00000 Credits: 0 – Nombre de la asignatura

Code: 28698 Credits: 4 – Thesis Seminar I

Code: 28699 Credits: 2 – Research Tutoring I

Code: 28700 Credits: 6 – Theory of History and Historiography II

Code: 28888 Credits: 6 – Elective Deepening Thematic Seminar I

Code: 28701 Credits: 6 – Thesis Seminar II

Code: 28702 Credits: 2 – Research Tutoring II

Code: 28889 Credits: 6 – Thematic Seminar on Elective Deepening II

Code: 28703 Credits: 6 – Research Work I

Code: 28704 Credits: 8 – Research Work II

PROGRAM

Fees

Registration

0,5 SMMLV*

Tuition fee per semester

1 SMMLV*

Academic fee per semester

1 SMMLV*

* The SMMLV for 2024 is $1,300,000 Colombian pesos.

The university has a mechanism through which a student’s financial obligations can be partially or totally covered by a company or entity that wishes to support the student.

Also, various forms of payment have been arranged so that students can combine the available forms of payment according to their particular conditions. On the page “Start the registration process”, you will find the available options.

Additionally, to facilitate access to postgraduate programs, the UIS has signed various agreements with entities specialized in educational credit. These agreements seek facilities and better credit conditions for UIS students.

Students with a voting certificate from Colombia’s last popular election process may request a 10% discount on tuition fees.

KEY

Dates

First
Semester

2025

Bucaramanga

Registration opening

Registration closing

Interview

Admission results

October 9, 2024

January 22, 2025

February 6, 2025

February 10, 2025

Enrollment payment

Enrollment

Classes start

November 20, 2023

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REGISTRATION

Requirements

The documentation is received digitally by e-mail maestriaenhistoria@uis.edu.co in PDF format.

Note: By clicking on the “Inscripción” (Registration) button you will find the forms to fill out the documentation requested below.

1. UIS registration form duly completed and signed.

2. Resume, it has to be done in the UIS format established institutionally for this purpose, with the attachment of the certificates and copies of documents that corroborate what is described in it.

3. Copy of valid identity document valid in Colombia or valid passport for foreigners.

4. Recent document type photo, preferably in digital format, white background 3×4.

5. Copy of the diploma or Photocopy of the undergraduate degree certificate required by the program, issued by a recognized HEI in Colombia.

Note 1: If the applicant has a degree from a foreign university, it must be duly apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in a foreign language. The degrees must be validated before the Ministerio de Educación Nacional of the Republic of Colombia in case the applicant is going to study a master’s degree in the area of health, law or other area regulated by national regulations that require this administrative act.

6. Certificate of the grades obtained during undergraduate studies, with a weighted average equal to or higher than three point fifty (3.50), and those of the research or in-depth master’s degree programs completed.

Note 1: In the case of UIS undergraduate alumni, it is not necessary to provide it.

7. Receipt of payment issued by the UIS treasury for the current value of the registration or receipt of consignment in the account authorized by the UIS.

8. If the advisory committee so determines, proof of reading comprehension and written production in Spanish language, presenting the certificate of approval issued by the UIS School of Languages.

Note 1: The cost of the certification or test is not included in the registration fee for the graduate program.

9. For research master’s degrees, certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A1 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the UIS Institute of Languages.

Note 1: This certification will not be required for those applicants who are native speakers of a foreign language or who have obtained a university degree in a foreign language, according to the description of such studies in the corresponding documents.

10. Receipt of payment, issued by the UIS treasury, for the current value of the psycho-technical test (if required) or receipt of consignment in the authorized accounts.

11. Two (2) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.

Research Master’s Degrees: endorsement letter from a research group or center of the UIS or from a scientific institution with which there is an agreement in force, signed by the director of the same, and in which the applicant is presented to the program.