RESEARCH

Doctorate in History

ABOUT THE

Program

The School of History formulated the Doctorate in History with the objective of training highly qualified researchers to propose and execute autonomously rigorous scientific research activities in the area of History.

The program is supported by the recognized academic trajectory of the School of History of the UIS as well as by the high quality of its professors and graduates.

The program is aimed at professional historians or graduates of other social and human sciences who have obtained a master’s degree in history or who demonstrate, through their working life and their productions, sufficient maturity in this field of knowledge.

Qualified registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 005100 dated March 25, 2021, with a validity of 7 years.

SNIES 104075: In-person | Bucaramanga, Santander

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DEGREE:

Doctor in History

DURATION:

6 semesters

MODALITY:

In-person/In Spanish

LOCATION:

Bucaramanga

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APPLICANT

Profile

The program is aimed at:

Professional historians who have obtained a Master’s degree in History, or in any of the disciplines of the Human Sciences, Social Sciences, Economics, Arts and similar.
Professionals from other areas of knowledge, preferably in the area of the Humanities or the Social Sciences and the Economic Sciences who have studied History or have a Master’s degree in History, or in one of the Human Sciences or the Social Sciences, or the Economic Sciences, but with proven experience in historical research.

GRADUATE

Profile

The graduate is a researcher specialized in Colombian history, endowed with a wide range of knowledge and methodological strategies thanks to the different formative experiences contemplated in the program. He/she is familiar with the documentary sources of the diverse constitutive processes of the history of Colombia, its interconnected regions and the subjects that are the protagonists of these processes. The doctor in History possesses epistemological, theoretical and methodological qualities to carry out processes of research and communication of the results in the national and international environment.

CLASS

Time

Monday to Friday

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

Tuition subsidies and condonable loans

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ACADEMIC

Curriculum

Code: 27595 Credits: 6 – Theory of History and Historiography I

Code: 27596 Credits: 4 – In-depth Thematic Seminar Elective I

Code: 27597 Credits: 4 – Thesis Seminar I

Code: 29794 Credits: 2 – Thesis Proposal I

Code: 27599 Credits: 6 – Theory of History and Historiography II

Code: 27600 Credits: 4 – In-depth Thematic Seminar Elective II

Code: 29765 Credits: 4 – Thesis Seminar II

Code: 29766 Credits: 2 – Thesis Proposal II

Code: 27603 Credits: 8 – Thesis Seminar III

Code: 27604 Credits: 8 – Thesis proposal III

Code: 27605 Credits: 8 – Thesis Seminar IV

Code: 29770 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis I

Code: 29772 Credits: 8 – Doctoral Thesis III

PROGRAM

Fees

Registration

0,5 SMMLV*

Tuition fee per semester

1,00 SMMLV*

Academic fee per semester

1,00 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

Entrance exams

Interview

October 9, 2024

January 24, 2025

January 29 - February 5, 2025

February 6, 2025

Admission results

Enrollment

Classes start

February 10, 2025

November 20, 2023

August 12, 2024

REGISTRATION

Requirements

The documentation is received digitally by e-mail doctorado.historia@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: 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.

9. Certification of foreign language level equivalent to or higher than level A2 according to the CEFR for languages, according to standardized test or issued by the UIS Language Institute.

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. Three (3) confidential letters of academic reference, in sealed envelopes, sent directly to the graduate coordination, according to the form established by the UIS.

11. 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.