Interinstitutional PhD Program in Architecture

PIDA is a postgraduate course with a high academic level, recognized by the National Quality Postgraduate Program (PNPC) of the National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT) as a Consolidated Program. It arose from an alliance of Universities in the Central West Region, which, joining their resources and skills, today offer a program that meets the highest quality standards, to which its Basic Academic Nucleus, made up of twenty-seven professors-researchers with solid academic training, high level of qualification and extensive experience in the field of architecture research. This doctoral program of high academic quality has existed since 2002 and was a pioneer of its kind in the Central West Region of the country; The Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, the University of Colima, the University of Guanajuato and the Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo participate in it.

PIDA was created in response to the urgent need to have highly trained people in the areas of Architecture, who are capable of developing high-level research and teaching activities in order to raise the academic quality of the educational programs that are offered. offered in the region and in the country, as well as to encourage the generation and dissemination of knowledge.