Master’s degree
Master's degree aims to graduate researchers mastering their field of knowledge and enable them to develop skills and competences for teaching. To obtain the title of master, the graduate student, approved in a selection process to join the program within a maximum period of 24 (twenty-four) months, must:
Have the research project approved by the Research Ethics Committee of UNIFESP;
Complete 48 (forty-eight) credit units in disciplines and scheduled activities (each unit is equal to 15 hours of class);
Complete and be approved in mandatory disciplines and activities;
Have been approved in the Qualification Exam to be carried out within 8 months after enrollment;
Present, at a scientific event of Collective Health or similar, at least one abstract with the partial or final results of the thesis, with the advisor as one of the authors;
Present to the advisor all the original data resulted from your research work;
Publicly defend the thesis on a date to be scheduled by presenting a document proving the submission of at least one article in an indexed journal (a letter from the journal acknowledging receipt of the articles submission for publication), with the student as author and the advisor as co-author;
Get approval for the thesis;
Hand in the thesis final version (after board correction) in the PPGSC board of education, with the advisor’s consent document, sent to the Pro-Rectory of Research and Graduate Studies with the minutes of the examination session, signed by the examination board, and documentation evidencing compliance with all PPGSC specific requirements, signed by the PPGSC advisor and coordinator.
Meet the other requirements provided for by the Graduate Studies Commission (CEPG) and the Graduate and Research Council (CPGPq).
Doctorate
The doctoral course aims to deepen the researcher’s training, being able to conduct original research, with mastery of Collective Health and related areas. To obtain the title of doctor the student must, within 48 months:
Have the research project approved by the Research Ethics Committee of UNIFESP;
Obtain 72 (seventy-two) credit units in disciplines and scheduled activities (each unit is equal to 15 hours of scheduled activity);
Complete and be approved in mandatory disciplines and activities;
Have been approved in the Qualification Exam to be carried out within 15 months after enrollment;
Present, at a scientific event of Collective Health or similar, at least one abstract with the partial or final results of the dissertation, with the advisor as one of the authors;
Present to the advisor all the original data resulted from your research work;
Submit half–yearly activity report to PPGSC coordination;
Publicly defend the dissertation on a date to be scheduled by presenting a document proving the submission of at least one article in an indexed journal (a letter from the journal acknowledging receipt of the articles submission for publication), with the student as author and the advisor as co-author;
Get approval for the dissertation;
Hand in the dissertation final version (after board correction) in the PPGSC board of education, with the advisor’s consent document, sent to the Pro-Rectory of Research and Graduate Studies with the minutes of the examination session, signed by the examination board, and documentation evidencing compliance with all PPGSC specific requirements, signed by the PPGSC advisor and coordinator.
Meet the other requirements provided for by the Graduate Studies Commission (CEPG) and the Graduate and Research Council (CPGPq).