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Program Overview

The Programa de Posgrado en Derecho (Postgraduate Program in Law) offers a Maestría en Derecho (Master's in Law) degree. The program aims to form professionals with high capacity for academic and professional practice, initiating them in research work. It also seeks to capacitate and initiate students in interdisciplinary research in various branches of law, developing their reflection capacity for professional and teaching practice.

Admission Process

The admission process for the Maestría en Derecho program involves the following steps:

1. Publicación convocatoria (Publication of the call): The general call for admission to the postgraduate programs of the UNAM is published semi-annually.
2. Registro en línea (Online registration): The registration period for the program is specified in the call.
3. Evaluaciones (Evaluations): The evaluation process for the program includes various assessments.
4. Resultados (Results): The results of the admission process are announced on a specified date.
5. Inscripción (Enrollment): The enrollment period for the program is specified after the results are announced.
6. Fecha de inicio (Start date): The program starts on a specified date.

Program Details

• Grados que se otorgan (Degrees awarded): Maestro en Derecho (Master's in Law)
• Campos de conocimiento que comprende (Fields of knowledge it comprises):
  • Derecho Administrativo (Administrative Law)
  • Derecho Ambiental (Environmental Law)
  • Derecho Civil (Civil Law)
  • Derecho Constitucional (Constitutional Law)
  • Derecho de la Administración y Procuración de Justicia (Law of Administration and Justice)
  • Derecho de la Información (Right to Information)
  • Derecho de la Propiedad Intelectual (Intellectual Property Law)
  • Derecho de Menores (Juvenile Law)
  • Derecho del Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Law)
  • Derecho Electoral (Electoral Law)
  • Derecho Empresarial (Business Law)
  • Derecho Familiar (Family Law)
  • Derecho Financiero (Financial Law)
  • Derecho Fiscal (Tax Law)
  • Derecho Internacional Privado (Private International Law)
  • Derecho Internacional Público (Public International Law)
  • Derecho Laboral (Labor Law)
  • Derecho Notarial y Registral (Notary and Registry Law)
  • Derecho Penal (Criminal Law)
  • Derecho Social (Social Law)
  • Derechos Humanos (Human Rights)
  • Filosofía del Derecho (Philosophy of Law)
  • Género y Derecho (Gender and Law)
  • Política Criminal (Criminal Policy)
  • Sistema de Responsabilidad de Servidores Públicos (System of Liability of Public Servants)

Profile of the Program

• Perfil de ingreso (Admission profile): The applicant should possess skills for analysis, discussion, and generation of specialized texts, and problematize topics of legal research.
• Perfil de egreso (Graduation profile): The graduate will have knowledge of the forefront of social control and skills to advise, formulate, or propose public policies in criminal and security matters, with an analytical, critical, and creative attitude in solving national agenda problems.
• Perfil de graduación (Graduation profile): The Master in Law has the knowledge and skills to work as a teacher, researcher, and professional in law, in higher education institutions, as well as in public and private dependencies and organizations.

Research Areas

The program involves research in various areas of law, including but not limited to:

• Derecho Administrativo (Administrative Law)
• Derecho Ambiental (Environmental Law)
• Derecho Civil (Civil Law)
• Derecho Constitucional (Constitutional Law)
• Derecho de la Administración y Procuración de Justicia (Law of Administration and Justice)
• Derecho de la Información (Right to Information)
• Derecho de la Propiedad Intelectual (Intellectual Property Law)
• Derecho de Menores (Juvenile Law)
• Derecho del Comercio Exterior (Foreign Trade Law)
• Derecho Electoral (Electoral Law)
• Derecho Empresarial (Business Law)
• Derecho Familiar (Family Law)
• Derecho Financiero (Financial Law)
• Derecho Fiscal (Tax Law)
• Derecho Internacional Privado (Private International Law)
• Derecho Internacional Público (Public International Law)
• Derecho Laboral (Labor Law)
• Derecho Notarial y Registral (Notary and Registry Law)
• Derecho Penal (Criminal Law)
• Derecho Social (Social Law)
• Derechos Humanos (Human Rights)
• Filosofía del Derecho (Philosophy of Law)
• Género y Derecho (Gender and Law)
• Política Criminal (Criminal Policy)
• Sistema de Responsabilidad de Servidores Públicos (System of Liability of Public Servants)

Participating Entities

• Facultad de Derecho (Law Faculty)
• Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán (Acatlán Higher Education Faculty)
• Facultad de Estudios Superiores Aragón (Aragón Higher Education Faculty)
• Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (Institute of Legal Research)