Doctor Universitario

Doctorates of the University

Universidad Azteca, seeking to differentiate between official and university own doctorates, has introduced the Doctor of the University (Dr.Univ), the Doctor of Science (Dr.Sc) and the Doctor of Letters (Dr.Litt) as well as the Executive Doctor of Business Administration which are awarded, with the other higher official doctorates reserved for formally examined academic scholarship.

A Doctor of the University degree, awarded as Grado propio by Universidad Azteca, is a terminal academic degree for which the University has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence or online-presence, study, and the passing of sit-examinations. The degree is a doctorate and often conferred as a way of honouring a distinguished person´s contributions to a specific field, or to society in general. The degree typically is not recognised in the same stature as the standard “earned” doctorate by employers, and should not be represented as such, it should rather be seen as an academic award.

The Doctor of the University is awarded by Universidad Azteca under the terms of its charter, may be considered to have technically the same standing as the official doctorate, and to grant the same privileges and style of address, except where explicitly stated that it is a university own degree without RVOE.

Although higher doctorates such as DSc, DLitt, etc., are often awarded honoris causa, in various countries (notably England and Scotland, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand) it is possible formally to earn such a degree.

A Doctor of the University degree, awarded as Grado propio by Universidad Azteca, is an academic degree for which the University has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence or online-presence, study, and the passing of curricular examinations. The degree is a doctorate and often conferred as a way of honouring a distinguished person´s contributions to a specific field, or to society in general. The degree typically is not recognised in the same stature as the standard “earned” doctorate by employers, and should not be represented as such, it should rather be seen as an award. The Doctor of the University is a professional recognition that provides an independent quality assurance reference for highly qualified professionals from all fields, for those who strive for personal excellence, and who become a motivating example in their communities. The Doctor of the University is a recognized mark of professional ability, outstanding professional career, services to the human kind and international achievements.

The Doctor of the University is awarded by Universidad Azteca under the terms of its charter, may be considered to have technically the same standing as the official doctorate, and to grant the same privileges and style of address, except where explicitly stated that it is a university own degree without RVOE. In practice, however, such degrees may not be considered of the same standing as doctoral degrees earned by the standard academic processes of courses and original research, nevertheless, based on the Universidad Azteca evaluation, the recipient has demonstrated an appropriate level of academic scholarship that would ordinarily qualify him or her for the award of an official degree. The Doctor of the University degree is sometimes considered honorary, although it is only conferred on an individual who has already achieved a comparable qualification at another university or by attaining an office requiring the appropriate level of scholarship. Under certain circumstances a degree may be conferred on an individual for both the nature of the office they hold and the completion of a dissertation.

The university will appoint a panel of examiners who will consider the case and prepare a report recommending whether or not the degree be awarded. These, also, are properly considered substantive rather than honorary degrees. These ad eundem degrees are earned degrees, not honorary, because they recognise formal learning or contributions at doctoral level.

Título or grado propio degrees are awarded by the University sui generis and, in case of Universidad Azteca, based on Article 59 of the General Law of Education. In either case, a título propio or university own degree reflects that the graduate has earned a degree at postsecondary education level awarded by an officially recognised university. Universidad Azteca has developed a professional and academic certification programme and awards the following título propio degrees to persons meeting the corresponding degree requirements:

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION IN COUNSELING & SUPERVISION – PROGRAMME IN ENGLISH

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in Counseling and Psychology (Supervision) by Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis and doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Advanced studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Education, Psychology, Counseling.

STUDY LANGUAGE: English

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY IN ADVANCED STUDIES –

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in credit transfer from doctoral study or Level 8 EQF courses in one of the following disciplines to Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis / professional doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Advanced studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Social and Economic Sciences, Health Sciences, Education, Psychology, Environmental Science.

STUDY LANGUAGE: English, German, Spanish

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES –

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in credit transfer from doctoral study or Level 8 EQF courses in one of the following disciplines to Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis / professional doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Professional studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Engineering Management, Health Care Management, Informatics, Environmental Technology.  

STUDY LANGUAGE: English, German, Spanish

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (INTER-DISCIPLINARY) –

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in credit transfer from doctoral study or Level 8 EQF courses in more than one discipline to Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis / professional doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Environmental studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Interdisciplinary with an emphasis in Environmental Science and Technology.

STUDY LANGUAGE: English, German, Spanish

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY IN INDIVIDUAL STUDIES (INTER-DISCIPLINARY) –

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in credit transfer from doctoral study or Level 8 EQF courses in more than one discipline to Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis / professional doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Interdisciplinary studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Interdisciplinary with an emphasis in two or more disciplines.

STUDY LANGUAGE: English, German, Spanish

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

Doctor of the University by Thesis

The Doctor of the University by Thesis is awarded to candidates who have earned an MPhil or comparable postgraduate degree for admission and demonstrate their ability to submit an independent research dissertation in any of the study areas the university is offering.

The format and requirements are equivalent to a PhD programme.

DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY IN LEGAL STUDIES (LLD)

TARGET GROUP: Doctoral students interested in credit transfer from doctoral study or Level 8 EQF courses in one of the following disciplines to Universidad Azteca pursuing the completion of the doctoral programme by thesis / professional doctorate examination.

SPECIALISATION: Legal studies at level 8 MMC (EQF)

DISCIPLINES: Due to the international design and study offer, no domestic law disciplines can be covered. The programme disciplines include International Law, European Law, International Environmental Law, Human Rights, International Relations.  

STUDY LANGUAGE: English, German, Spanish

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT: Master or equivalent degree and postgraduate coursework or qualifications for credit transfer to the programme or research experience.

DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DBA

DBA Programme
Entry requirements: Masters degree or equivalent degree and admission evaluation (240 ECTS credits)
Level: Postgraduate

COMPETENCE BASED DOCTORAL PROGRAMME

Doctor of Science of the University (Dr.Sc)

Candidates in the Science and Technology study area qualify for the POSTDOCTORAL Doctor of Science degree of Universidad Azteca.

This jure dignitatis degree is one awarded to someone who has demonstrated eminence and scholarship by being appointed to a particular office, or achievement in a particular professional field. This typically involves the submission of a portfolio of peer-refereed research, usually undertaken over a number of years, which has made a substantial contribution to the academic field in question.

Doctor of Letters of the University (Dr.Litt)

Candidates in the Arts and Humanities Study area qualify for the POSTDOCTORAL Doctor of Letters degree of Universidad Azteca.

Doctor of Letters is an academic degree, a doctorate of the University and equal to the Doctor of Science, which is awarded by Universidad Azteca in recognition of outstanding achievement in the humanities, original contribution to the creative arts or scholarship and other merits.

Candidates who are admitted will be invited to a diagnostic online-examination of the degree requirements.

Doctor of the University in Advanced Studies

The Doctor of the University in Advanced Studies is awarded to candidates who have earned a total of 360 ECTS credits in higher education and submit a portfolio of prior degrees and credits earned qualifying for the recognition of the respective transfer credits and who can demonstrate prior research. This doctorate is based on validation of formal learning.

Degree awarded: Doctor of the University in Advanced Studies (Dr.Univ. / DAS)

Candidates in all study areas available to grado propio programmes qualify for the degree.

Doctor of the University by Publication  

Degree awarded: Doctor of the University by Publication (Dr.Univ.)

The Doctor of the University by Publication is not a short cut to a doctor degree, however offered to recognised busy researchers and full time professionals who have been publishing academic work or the equivalent. The PhD by Publication is quite common among British Universities, having introduced this doctorate to academia.

The Doctor of the University by Publication aims to demonstrate that the work submitted is of high distinction, does constitute an original and significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge or to the application of knowledge or to both, and does establish that the applicant is a leading authority in the field or fields of study concerned, and that the work put forward is already ‘published’.

The objective is to review a selection of an applicant’s published output that presents a substantial coherence and linked original contribution. The Doctor of the University by Publication should be as original and coherent as a conventional Doctor degree. The work presented should be already ‘published’ work, open to critical academic peer scrutiny, including written publications in peer reviewed refereed journals and/or published under an academic or University Press, academic publisher, monographs from an academic press, official reports for organisations, portfolios of creative works, or alike. The submitted work presents an original contribution to knowledge and will include work that has been published recently. The submission should be conceived of as adding to a current debate. The publications should emphasise a common academic research area, with a reasonable core argument, and must be original, research-based, of doctoral thesis quality and embedded in an academic discourse.

The doctoral degree of Doctor of the University by Publication is awarded by Universidad Azteca after the successful presentation of prior output and a covering document of 10,000 to 15,000 words, and an examination. The covering document should contextualise the prior output, demonstrate that it constitutes a coherent entity, and underline the independent and original contribution to knowledge achieved.

Candidates who are admitted will be invited to a diagnostic online-examination of the degree requirements.  

Journal Publications:

The Deanship of European Programmes collaborates with the International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Review – Students and graduates may approach IJAMRR for publication of their research articles or dissertations. 

Doctor of the University by Prior Output and by Achievement

(Dr.Sc, Dr.Litt)

Degree awarded: Doctor of Science of the University (Dr.Sc)

Science and Technology postdoctoral degree programme.

This jure dignitatis degree is one awarded to someone who has demonstrated eminence and scholarship by being appointed to a particular office, or achievement in a particular professional field. This typically involves the submission of a portfolio of peer-refereed research, usually undertaken over a number of years, which has made a substantial contribution to the academic field in question.

Degree awarded: Doctor of Letters of the University (Dr.Litt)

Arts and Humanities postdoctoral degree programme.

Doctor of Letters is an academic degree, a doctorate of the University and equal to the Doctor of Science, which is awarded by Universidad Azteca in recognition of outstanding achievement in the humanities, original contribution to the creative arts or scholarship and other merits.

Candidates who are admitted will be invited to a diagnostic online-examination of the degree requirements.  

(Executive)

Doctor of Business Administration

(Executive) doctoral degrees are terminal, doctoral degrees designed for working professionals. The research approach for an executive doctoral programme is the independent scholarship model that focuses on topics at the intersection of theory and contemporary business issues, to be demonstrated by the candidate.

Degrees awarded: (Executive) Doctor of Business Administration of the University (Dr.Univ. / DBA)

Doctor of Business Administration of the University (Dr.Univ. / DBA)

Candidates in the Business and Management Studies area qualify for the Doctor of Business Administration (Executive) degree of Universidad Azteca.

The modular Doctor of Business Administration programme in Executive Management has as a general aim of provision of an academically rigorous education designed to develop skills, expertise, knowledge and vision to enable students, whatever their chosen route, to be critical, analytical and creative. The programme aims to provide opportunity for self-development in relation to career enhancement and as life-long learners.

The programme offers students the opportunity to develop their own capabilities, skills and competencies within a supported environment.

Doctor of the University by Thesis

The Doctor of the University by Thesis is awarded to candidates who have earned an MPhil or comparable postgraduate degree for admission and demonstrate their ability to submit an independent research dissertation in any of the study areas the university is offering.

Degree awarded: Doctor of the University by Thesis (Dr.Univ.)

The format and requirements are equivalent to a PhD programme.

THESIS: Two hardcopies of a thesis must be shipped to the following mailing address:

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