The Doctorate in Ergonomics unites the efforts of two of the most important public universities in Colombia; the Universidad del Valle de Cali and the National University of Bogotá, to create a sustainable program that responds to current and future needs for high-level training and research in ergonomics. It has the support of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), the Latin American Union of Ergonomics (ULAERGO), the Colombian Society of Ergonomics SCE and the Network of Universities in Ergonomics of Latin America and the Caribbean (RUELAC). 

This program aims to train ergonomics researchers with a holistic, systemic, inclusive, social and environmental vision, capable of investigating and solving high-level knowledge problems that contribute to optimizing interactions between human beings and their environment in terms of performance, sustainability, well-being and good living at all scales, to contribute to the development of the discipline and profession of Ergonomics, promoting inter- and transdisciplinarity in addressing theoretical and practical problems under the recognition of local and regional diversity. In Latin America especially (of each country or territory).

In this way, the Doctorate in Ergonomics academic program is oriented towards the development of ergonomics that includes and transcends the current definition of ergonomics, contributing to its insertion from daily life practices to public policies and regulations. In addition, the Doctoral Program has a faculty of professors from various universities in Colombia and international universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America who will guide the research and doctoral theses.

Details about the calendar and admission and registration process should be consulted in the website of the Admissions and Academic Registration Area. 

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Registration and admission regulations for the academic program of Doctorate in Ergonomics.
Registration fee: 30% del SMMLV current
*Consult Here the current minimum monthly salary in Colombia

Meetings will be held in the In-Person Assisted with Technology (PAT) modality on the third Friday of each month during the day. An in-person meeting will be held for two continuous weeks from Monday to Friday at the end of the semester. Full time dedication. 

Professional Profile

Professionals who graduate from the Doctorate in Ergonomics program will have investigative capabilities in multiple action scenarios, integrating a critical, systemic and socio-environmental perspective. Therefore, they will be able to:

• Promote or be part of research groups for the management and development of knowledge and knowledge, within the framework of ethical principles and current legal regulations.
• Propose situated and innovative solutions in the field of their competence, applying methods with academic validity and with a critical attitude towards the appropriation of knowledge.
• Generate continuous self-learning strategies in your work area and extend the frontiers of knowledge.
• Maintain a critical attitude based on knowledge about the management, appropriation and mastery of technologies in the topics associated with Ergonomics.
• Lead processes that, through the application of acquired knowledge, improve well-being, quality of life and good living.
• Contribute to the construction of public policies that promote regulations, programs, plans and actions that strengthen the adequacy of sociotechnical systems.

Occupational Profile 

The Doctor in Ergonomics will have the ability to function as:

• Leader in the development and execution of projects in Science, Technology and Innovation in Ergonomics in the area pertinent to their training.
• Manager of research centers at an academic level and programs in governmental or private productive organizations, in the field of their training.
• Consultant and advisor for the design, application and evaluation of policies in the ergonomics environment, which promote the improvement of quality of life and health.

Applicant Profile

The program is open to various disciplines related to ergonomics such as health sciences, medical sciences, technical and engineering sciences, industrial design, architecture and human and social sciences such as psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, social work and other related areas.

Due to its characteristics of in-person concentrations assisted by technological means once a month, and its modality of a two-week in-person concentration at the end of each semester in the city of Cali, Colombia, it is expected that professionals from Latin American countries can participate. and the Caribbean or from other continents such as Africa or South Asia or from European countries such as Spain, Italy and Portugal, among others, or the Latin community that lives in North American countries.

Get to know the research groups at the Universidad del Valle and the National University of Colombia that support the Doctorate in Ergonomics program. 

*Clic HERE If you want to know all the Research Groups that currently exist in the Faculty of Health.