Article 3. As well as those laid down in the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, the functions and responsibilities of the Program Coordinator are as follows:

1. Supervise and check compliance with the above mentioned Regulations, the purposes, foundations and organization of the Program and its study plan, with these Rules and with the guidelines and agreements issued by the Academic Committee of the Program.
2. Coordinate actions between the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program and the institutions affiliated to the Program in order to favor the development of the Program itself.
3. Maintain efficient communication with the directors of the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program and with the directors of the institutions affiliated to the program in order to favor joint actions of benefit to the Program.
4. Having consulted with the directors of the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program, propose to the Academic Committee of the Program persons to be responsible for each field of knowledge, academic development area, main field of study and operational unit.
5. Verify the adequate participation in the Program of the academic bodies of UNAM; the affiliated institutions and operational units in such a way that the established quality standards are guaranteed.
6. Promote recognition of the Program and obtain the best financing for the Program and to favor the acquisition of scholarships and support for the participating students and academics.
7. Establish academic exchange activities to favor the Program.
8. Organize academic fora, presentations, publications and other types of communication tending to support the development of the Program.
9. Promote and diffuse Program activities in and outside UNAM that especially favor the incorporation of new students.
10. Call and coordinate meetings of the Academic Committee of the Program, of the academic subcommittees of the fields of knowledge, the academic development area committees and the auxiliary bodies of the same.
11. Assign tasks and supervise the activities of the persons responsible for each field of knowledge, academic development area, main field of study and operational unit.
12. Officially represent the Program.
13. All other functions and responsibilities assigned by the Academic Committee of the Program, the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.

Article 4. The External Advisory Council will be appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program and will be an auxiliary organ of the same for the updating and evaluation of the Program and shall have the following functions:

1. Express its opinion on the development of the Program and make proposals for its improvement.
2. Contribute to the evaluation process of the Program.
3. Advise the Academic Committee of the Program and the Coordinator of the same.
4. All other functions assigned to it by the Academic Committee of the Program and the University Legislation.

Article 5. The academic subcommittees, one for each field of knowledge, will be auxiliary organs of the Academic Committee of the Program for planning, organization, operation and evaluation in their respective fields. For each academic subcommittee there will be one person in charge and several members who will be appointed in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee.

Their functions will be the following:

1. Express opinions about the proposals to open or close academic development areas and main fields of study linked to their field of competence.
2. Supervise the correct functioning of the corresponding field and the academic development areas, main fields of study and operational units linked to their field of competence in order to guarantee an equivalent quality in all of them.
3. Help in the evaluation of the corresponding field and the academic development areas, main fields of study and the operational units linked to their field of competence. Furthermore, to assist the Academic Committee of the Program in the evaluation of the tutors and professors in this field and their respective research lines.
4. Evaluate the development of the academic activities making up the corresponding field and propose actions for their improvement.
5. Study and evaluate the constitution of a common core in the corresponding field or in their respective academic development areas or main fields of study and propose relevant modifications to the Academic Committee of the Program.
6. Judge the quality of the protocols and research projects leading to the preparation of the degree thesis in the corresponding field and, where appropriate, authorize the beginning of the research.
7. Assist the Academic Committee of the Program in the selection and admission process of the candidates in the corresponding field.
8. All other functions assigned by the Program and its study plan, these Rules, the Academic Committee of the Program and those arising from the guidelines issued by the Academic Committee.

The academic subcommittees will meet at least twice each academic semester.

Article 6. The academic development areas will be constituted by a group of academics with a common object of study, who have been previously accredited as tutors and professors on the Program, dedicated to preserve, transmit and develop expert knowledge about the scientific problems of a medical, dental or health character, through inter and multidisciplinary approaches in one or several main field(s) of study. In each case, academic activities related to the areas such as courses, seminars or workshops will be organized. The Academic Committee of the Program will decide on the opening or closing of academic development areas.

Article 7. Each academic development area will have:

1. A person in charge of the area appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program who, in all cases, will be chosen from among the tutors and professors accredited for the corresponding area. The person in charge will be the one who coordinates the activities of the area.
2. An area committee whose members will be appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program.
3. An academy of tutors and professors made up of all the accredited academics in the area, whose objective will be to promote and watch over the development of the area and its main fields of study; it will be an auxiliary organ of the corresponding academic development area committee and shall function in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program.

Article 8. The functions of the academic development area committees will be the following:

1. Propose specific academic activities for the area and for its respective main fields of study.
2. Assist in updating of the contents of the academic activities so that they are coherent with the state of the art of the knowledge and with what has been set forth in the study plan.
3. Propose the incorporation of tutors and research lines that favor the formative process of the student in the area and in its respective main fields of study.
4. Verify the relevance of the academic activities assigned to each student in his/her personal work plan.
5. Assist in the verification of the quality of the protocols and research projects leading to preparation for the degree thesis in the corresponding area.
6. Assist in the process of evaluating the area and the Program.
7. Function as an auxiliary organ of the Academic Committee of the Program.
8. All other functions assigned them by the Academic Committee of the Program, the Program and its study plan and these Rules.

Article 9. Academic development areas will be opened or closed upon the decision of the Academic Committee of the Program and shall comply with the following minimum requirements:

1. Have at least one main field of study and one or several organized research groups to carry out inter and multidisciplinary studies on scientific problems of a medical, dental or health character, with consolidated research lines and recent, systematic academic production published in publications of quality in the opinion of the Academic Committee of the Program.
2. Have adequate infrastructure and financing to continue with the research projects and to support the training of students.
3. Specify, for their areas and main fields of study, the competencies, knowledge and skills that will serve as a basis for the training of the students, and the academic activities and research lines upon which said training will be based.
4. Justify the need to train human resources in the areas based on evidence beyond the subjective appreciation of the persons involved.
5. Have the minimum number of academics necessary to give training in the academic activities of the area and its main field of studies. These academics shall have formal education in the area and the corresponding academic degrees; they may belong to one or to different academic bodies of UNAM or to institutions in the health or educational sectors with which UNAM has signed collaboration agreements.
6. Where appropriate, the academic bodies of UNAM or affiliated institutions shall put in writing before the Academic Committee of the Program their decision to collaborate in a new academic development area.
7. Comply with the other requirements and guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program

The Academic Committee of the Program shall decide on the opening or closing of the academic development areas through a commission of verifying experts who shall prepare a written report which shall serve as basis for issuing the corresponding decision.

Article 10. A main field of study is constituted in accordance with the leadership and dominion of a body of theoretical and practical knowledge, which is systematized and socially recognized and is necessary to contend with a particular kind of scientific problems of a medical, dental or health character and to develop original knowledge. Similarly, it brings together a series of instructional environments specifically designed to favor the transformation of beginners into experts and the development of academic activities that will allow the student to master knowledge, paradigms, methods and instruments of use in understanding, approaching and intervening in problem solving. Each main field of study defines, from a curricular point of view, the major area of knowledge of the student.

Each main field of knowledge shall have a person in charge who will be appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program upon the proposal of the Coordinator from among the accredited tutors after having previously consulted with the directors of the participating academic bodies of UNAM.

Article 11. A main field of knowledge is presumed to exist when there are the following conditions: leadership and dominion of a body of systematized, socially recognized theoretical and practical knowledge; groups of experts organized in scientific or professional societies devoted to the study and development of the subject; international congresses and meeting for its discussion and analysis; and periodical publications aimed at diffusing its progress and paradigms.

In order to incorporate a main field of study into the Program, proof of the conditions given in the paragraph above will be required. Moreover, the availability of academic staff, infrastructure and the material resources necessary to create appropriate research and teachings environments must be shown.

The Academic Committee of the Program shall, where appropriate, approve the corresponding proposal after having consulted with the technical council(s) of the academic body (bodies) of UNAM participating in the Program and having been given the approval of the Academic Council of the Biological and Health Sciences Area to which it will have sent the following documentation:

1. Documents proving the existence of a body of knowledge.
2. A brief description of the available infrastructure and material resources for supporting the development of the Program and an evaluation of the human resources including a list of tutors and professors.
3. A brief description of the thematic contents and of the academic activities that will initially comprise the field, and, where appropriate, a proposal for the academic activities that will form a common core.

For the Medical Sciences Field of Knowledge, it will be sufficient for CAABYS to approve a new medical specialty in the Sole Plan of Medical Specialties or its equivalent for the specialty to become a new main field of study in the Program. Similarly, for the Dental Sciences Field of Knowledge, it will be sufficient for CAABYS to approve a new dental specialty in the Sole Plan of Dental Specialties or its equivalent for the specialty to become a new main field of study in the Program.

Article 12. The academic bodies of UNAM that wish to participate in the Program must comply with the following requirements and obligations:

1. Have at least seven full time academics accredited as tutors and professors in the Program, devoted full time to the training of human resources and the development of consolidated research lines, with results published in the main field(s) of study they wish to participate in.
2. Have at least the following infrastructure and material resources to support the development of the Program:

• Laboratories with the relevant equipment and scientific instruments.
• Information centers with access to data banks and adequate library facilities.
• Classrooms.
• Sufficient computer equipment accessible to the students.
• Audiovisual equipment.
• Where appropriate, direct access or access through agreements to the necessary clinical fields.

1. The academic bodies participating in the Program will be obliged to:

• Give each semester a minimum of two academic activities in the study plan such as courses, seminars or workshops for each field of knowledge they participate in.
• Maintain and strengthen the research lines on which the Program is based.
• Adapt the infrastructure to support the development of the Program.
• Put the resources necessary for the development of the Program at the disposition of the students, tutors and professors.

The collegiate bodies will follow the approval procedure given below for the incorporation of academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program:

1. Obtain the approval of the Academic Committee of the Program having previously verified that the academic staff, infrastructure and material resources are adequate for supporting the development of the Program.
2. Have the approval of the corresponding Technical Council.
3. Obtain the approval of the Academic Council of the Biological and Health Sciences Area.

Once the participation of some body has been approved, the order in which it will be placed on the list of academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program shall correspond to the order established in article 8 of the General Statute of UNAM.

Article 13. The health or education institutions that wish to affiliate themselves to the Program must be proposed by an academic body of UNAM participating in the Program and show that they comply with the following requirements:

1. Legal:

• Have signed a general academic collaboration agreement with UNAM.
• Be collaborating with the academic body of UNAM participating in the Program that will propose its incorporation.
• Set down in writing the objectives and specific aspects that will be the object of collaboration between both institutions.
• Commit itself to strictly apply the guidelines established in the Program and its plan of studies, in these Rules and in the University Legislation and with the additional guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program.
• Submit themselves to the evaluation and supervision processes laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program.

1. Of the academic staff:

• Have at least a minimum of four experts devoted full time to research activities and the training of human resources and, where appropriate, to professional practice of a high level, who are participating in the Program as tutors and professors at the same time and to the development of consolidated research lines with results published in the main field or fields of study in which they wish to participate. This body of tutors must satisfy the requirements laid down in the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations and in section 5.3 of this document, as well as in the Rules of the Program. Similarly, the affiliated institution must consider the activities that its experts develop in the Program as of interest to the institution and account for them in this way.

1. Of the infrastructure and material resources to support the development of the Program:

• Laboratories with the pertinent equipment and scientific instruments.
• Information centers with access to data banks and adequate library facilities.
• Classrooms.
• Sufficient computer equipment accessible to the students.
• Audiovisual equipment.
• Where appropriate, the necessary clinical fields.

For the approval of the affiliation of health or educational sector institutions to the Program, the following procedure will be observed:

1. They must be proposed by an academic body of UNAM participating in the Program.
2. Having verified that the academic staff, infrastructure and material resources of the institution are adequate for supporting the development of the Program, approval by the Academic Committee of the Program will be sought.

Similarly, upon affiliation, the institutions acquire the following obligations:

1. Maintain and strengthen the research lines on which the Program is based.
2. Adapt their infrastructure to support the development of the Program.
3. Put the resources necessary for the development of the Program at the disposition of the students, tutors and professors.
4. The affiliated health institutions must establish a specific number of scholarships or other mechanisms so that their medical interns or residents or other members of staff that work for them have institutional support to comply with the indicated study plan when accepted as students on the Program. The educational institutions affiliated to the Program must create equivalent mechanisms. The academic committee may issue guidelines to guarantee that these scholarships are given on the basis of exclusively academic criteria.
5. Subject themselves to the procedure laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program for reviewing the validity of the affiliation every three years at least.

Article 14. Both the academic bodies of UNAM participating in he Program and the institutions affiliated to the Program shall put the following resources at the disposition of students and academics:

1. Those of general use for the development of the Program.
2. Those reserved for the use of the students and academics on the Program in each body or institution involved.
3. Those that are exclusively for the development of the research project of each student.

The Academic Committee of the Program may establish by written agreement the type of resources that they contribute.

Article 15. The operational units of the Program are organizational structures able to geographically and functionally articulate the human and material resources of both the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program and the affiliated institutions that are necessary to conduct the corresponding academic activities, at least, in one main field of study. There will a person in charge of each one who will be appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program.

1. The Academic Committee of the Program will be responsible for determining requirements for the approval of the integration of the operational units of the same and for the guidelines for their functioning.
2. The Academic Committee of the Program will determine the fields of knowledge, the academic development areas and the main fields of study that will be developed in each operational unit of the same and shall specify the cases in which master's degree studies, Ph.D. degree studies or both will be implemented.
3. The operational units of the Program may not make academic decisions without the approval of the collegiate bodies. The Academic Committee of the same will be charged with evaluating them and guaranteeing an equivalent academic quality in all of them.
4. The validity of each operational unit of the Program will be reviewed at least every three years by the Academic Committee of the same.

Article 16. The academic activities that make up the study plan must be approved by the Academic Committee of the Program before being offered to the students, with the exception of the Research Work which will be approved by the tutorial committees or their equivalent. The academic activities referred to in this article shall be presented for approval in a format that specifies the following items:

1. Field of knowledge, academic development area and main field of study.
2. Name of activity.
3. Type of academic activity (course, seminar or workshop) and, where appropriate, its modalities.
4. Theoretical, practical or theoretical-practical character.
5. Maximum number of students who can register for the activity.
6. Number of credits calculated in accordance with article 8 of the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations (it should be mentioned that according to said article in the case of Ph.D. degree studies the academic activities will have no credit value).
7. Number of weeks and number of hours a week.
8. Place and schedule (days and time) at which it will be given.
9. Professor in charge appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program who, where appropriate, shall be responsible for the participating professors.
10. General objective.
11. Competencies to be developed by the students (based on the graduate profiles organized by competencies, see section 5.2.2 of the Program).
12. Subject content.
13. Learning activities aimed at achieving competencies.
14. Competence evaluation mechanism, both formative and final.
15. Establish, where appropriate, the previous knowledge or academic activities needed to efficiently develop the proposed activity.
16. Basic and complementary bibliographies.
17. Resources needed for teaching.
18. Other requirements indicated by the Academic Committee of the Program.

Article 17. The maximum number of students per academic activity will be 14 for seminars and 20 for courses and workshops. The Academic Committee of the Program may establish a different number for duly justified academic reasons.

Article 18. The tutorial system will comprise all the tutors and professors that have been accredited by the Academic Committee of the Program who help students in their formative process and in the development of their research project.

Article 19. It will be compulsory for all Ph.D. degree students, beginners or advanced, registered in the Program to be assigned a tutorial committee. In the case of master's degree students, the appointment of a tutorial committee will be optional and shall be done in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program. Similarly, all the students registered in the Program will be assigned a main tutor who shall be responsible for establishing, together with the student, the personal work plan and for directing the degree thesis in accordance with the provisions of the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations.

The tutorial committees will be made up of a minimum of three academics, one of whom will invariably be the main tutor and two other tutors as co-tutors

The academic experience or research lines of the three members of a tutorial committee shall be congruent with the research topic of the student. Of the three members of a tutorial committee, two will be from the major area of knowledge of the student and one from the minor area. At least one member of the major area of knowledge of the student shall belong to another academic body of UNAM or a health or educational institution different from the one where the student will carry out his/her research project; should there only be one of these institutions giving the main field of study, a research group different from that of the main tutor will be chosen.

The assignation of the tutorial committees will be the responsibility of the Academic Committee of the Program upon the proposal of the academic subcommittee of the corresponding field of knowledge. The main tutors may send their suggestions in writing about the possible co-tutors they consider would be ideal to form the tutorial committees of their students.

The tutorial committees will function according to the following guidelines:

1. The tutorial committees will exercise the functions of orientation, advice, teaching and socialization, all oriented towards supporting the development of the research project and the integral training of the student (see section 5.3 of the Program). Similarly, they may recommend supervisers for specific aspects of the research project, the participation of the student in academic fora in which he/she will present the advances of his/her research and in academic activities that consolidate his/her training.
2. The decisions of the tutorial committees will be majority decisions; an academic will be appointed in each session who will act as secretary responsible for writing up the corresponding minutes.
3. In the case of advanced Ph.D. degree students registered for the first semester, the tutorial committees shall meet at the beginning of the semester to draw up a personal work plan and, where appropriate, support it in writing, and review the research protocol and send it to the corresponding instances for their final approval.
4. Subsequently, the tutorial committee shall meet with the student at least once at the end of each semester to assess the student's overall academic performance and to advise him/her as to the development of his/her research project; this evaluation will be entered in the corresponding records. Similarly, in this meeting, they shall review the personal work plan with respect to programming for the following semester.
5. They shall determine the adequate moment for the student to take the candidature examination for the degree of doctor in accordance with the terms laid down in the study plan.
6. All others included in the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.

It shall be the responsibility of the Academic Committee of the Program to issue additional guidelines for the functioning and evaluation of the tutorial committees and for the appointment of the collegiate bodies charged with carrying out the evaluation.

Article 20. The main tutor shall have the following functions and responsibilities:

1. Indicate in writing his/her disposition to act as main tutor and supervise the degree thesis of a particular student.
2. Guide the student in reviewing the relevant concepts and literature that will enable him/her to present a research protocol that, with his/her support as main tutor, will be submitted to the corresponding instances for their approval.
3. Prepare, together with the student, the personal work plan in accordance with the provisions of the Program and its study plan and any additional guidelines that may be issued by the Academic Committee of the Program.
4. Systematically hold sessions with the student and give close, efficient follow-up to the progress made in the research project.
5. Attend the research and thesis seminars to present his/her line of research and to support the students of whom he/she is main tutor when they present their work.
6. Support the student in obtaining financing for the research project, the organization of research stays, rotations with other researchers, advisory sessions with 3 experts and the participation of the student in academic fora in which he/she can present the advances of his/her research and in academic activities that will consolidate his/her training.
7. Act as professor responsible for the academic activity known as Research Work, assess it and write down the grade in the corresponding records.
8. No academic may be appointed main tutor for more than three students at a time if he/she is authorized to be a master's degree tutor or four if he/she is also authorized to be a tutor at Ph.D. level. The Academic Committee of the Program may establish exceptions to this rule, reducing or increasing this number in guidelines that contemplate the characteristics of the main fields of study and the available infrastructure.
9. Submit themselves to evaluations by the Academic Committee of the Program every three years.
10. The other guidelines that may be laid down in the Program and its study plan, these Rules, the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations and University Legislation.

It will be the responsibility of the Academic Committee of the Program to issue additional guidelines for the functioning and evaluation of the tutors and for the appointment of the collegiate bodies charged with carrying out said evaluation.

Article 21. The selection and registration of the main tutor and degree thesis topic and the presentation and approval of the research protocol are fundamental aspects of the educational process which shall be carried out in accordance with the following guidelines:

1. Advanced Ph.D. students will choose their main tutor and degree thesis topic before registering for the first time. In contrast, during their first semester, master's degree students and beginning Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to interact with several tutors and become acquainted with their research lines exploring different intellectual options from which they may choose their main tutor and degree thesis topic with no other limitation than the available resources and capacity and in accordance with the stipulations contained in these Rules.
2. Once the student has selected his/her main tutor and degree thesis topic he/she shall register them formally before the Program Coordinator with a written application supported by the signature of his/her main tutor in the case of master's degree students and by his/her tutorial committee in the case of Ph.D. students.
3. The research project to be developed shall be outlined in a protocol and it is suggested that the following items are included: title; general theoretical framework of the topic under study; justification of the research based on the state of the art; scientific importance and relevance of the research; presentation of the problem, hypothesis; design and methodological strategies to be used to approach it; plan for the analysis of the results; implications and applications of the expected results, briefly indicating the original contribution of his/her research to knowledge; schedule of activities and human, material and financial resources necessary. This protocol must be supported in writing by the student's main tutor.
4. The research protocol will be judged in the first instance by the student's main tutor and, where appropriate, by his/her tutorial committee or the equivalent, who may approve or modify it. When there is a favorable judgment, the protocol will be given to the academic subcommittee of the corresponding field of knowledge for its registration; the subcommittee will give its approval in order to begin research leading to the preparation of the degree thesis.
5. The Academic Committee of the Program may establish periodic, specific mechanisms and additional guidelines for the selection and registration of the main tutor and thesis topic, for the presentation and approval of the research protocol and for the presentation of the reports on the progress made in the research.
6. When the necessary infrastructure does not exist in Mexico to develop some aspects of the research, the Academic Committee of the Program may exceptionally authorize students to develop part of their project abroad, providing this is considered important by the academic subcommittee of the corresponding field of knowledge and has the support of the main tutor or, where appropriate, of the tutorial committee or the equivalent. Furthermore, during his/her stay abroad, the student shall be supervised by an academic of renown who fully complies with the requirements laid down in the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations to be tutor in a postgraduate program in UNAM as well as with those established in the Program and its study plan and in these Rules. In such cases, one Mexican tutor or co-tutor will always be appointed.

Article 22. Upon conclusion of the research project, the written thesis will be presented and board of examiners will be appointed for the degree examination in accordance with the following procedure:

1. The main tutor will issue a document indicating that the written work that represents the degree thesis meets, in his/her opinion, the quality and academic level necessary to be subsequently submitted to the consideration of the board of examiners.
2. When a tutorial committee has been appointed, the student shall meet with the committee to review the written thesis and, where appropriate, the committee will issue a favorable resolution proposing to the Academic Committee of the Program candidates to make up the board of examiners.

The degree examiners will be as follows:

1. For the master's degree, three regular examiners who shall include his/her main tutor who may not chair the board and two additional examiners; one of whom at least shall not belong to the same academic body of UNAM or institution affiliated to the Program as the one in which the student carried out his/her research project; should the main field of study only be given in one of these bodies or institutions, a research group different from that of the main tutor will be chosen. There will also be two substitute examiners.
2. For the Ph.D. degree, five regular examiners who shall include his/her main tutor who may not chair the board and four additional examiners; two of them at least shall not belong to the same academic body of UNAM or institution affiliated to the program as the one in which the student carried out his/her research project; should the main field of study only be given in one of these bodies or institutions, a research group different from that of the main tutor will be chosen. There will also be two substitute examiners.

Article 23. The Academic Committee of the Program shall establish:

1. The maximum number of students who will be admitted to each field of knowledge, academic development area and main field of study.
2. The admission periods.
3. The corresponding calendars.
4. The entrance examination notices.

Article 24. The entrance of candidates to the Program will be conducted by means of a strict competitive selection examination in accordance with the entrance requirements laid down in the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, the Program and its study plan and these Rules, as well as with the additional entrance requirements laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program in the corresponding examination notice.

Article 25. When the Academic Committee of the Program considers it necessary, the candidates to start master's degrees or doctoral studies whose certificates or degrees have been given by other universities or higher education institutions than UNAM shall, before beginning their studies, and only to that effect, apply for recognition of academic sufficiency before the Certificates and Degrees Commission of the University Council which, when it has received the opinion of the Academic Committee, shall resolve the matter.

Article 26. In order to be considered a candidate for master's or Ph.D. degree studies, the following requirements must be satisfactorily complied with:

1. Present a written application indicating which level to be registered for and the field of knowledge and main field of study.
2. Give proof of having complied with the entrance requirements given in the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, in the Program and its study plan, and those additional requirements laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program in the corresponding entrance examination notice.
3. Submit a letter of motives.
4. Present curriculum vitae in accordance with the corresponding entrance examination notice.
5. Go to the informative interviews and sessions organized by the Academic Committee of the Program.
6. Satisfactorily perform the additional academic activities of a preparatory character without credit value assigned by the Academic Committee of the Program.
7. Carry out the diagnostic assessments or assessments with purposes of selection set by the Academic Committee of the Program.
8. Submit the required documentation in the periods established and comply with the stipulations contained in the corresponding entrance examination notice.
9. Should the candidate belong to a health or educational institution, provide proof of this and present a letter of commitment in which the institution commits itself to give the candidate the necessary time to comply with the academic activities stipulated in the Program and his/her study plan.
10. Advanced Ph.D. candidates shall also submit their research protocol in accordance with item c, article 21 of these Rules and with the guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program. Similarly, they shall include a letter of commitment from the potential main tutor to supervise the Ph.D. thesis.
11. As an exception, when a student complies with all the entrance requirements given in the Program and its study plan but has to wait for the procedures to be carried out to obtain some document, the Academic Committee of the Program may authorize his/her conditional registration for a maximum period of one year.

Article 27. The competitive selection process shall be implemented by the admission commissions appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program which may be aided in this function by the academic subcommittees of the fields of knowledge and shall propose a judgment so that, where appropriate, the Academic Committee may issue a decision approving academic sufficiency.

Article 28. Once admitted, the students shall prepare their personal work plan:

1. In selecting their academic activities, master's degree and beginning Ph.D. students shall be advised by the person responsible for the academic development area or corresponding main field of study. Similarly, the academic development area committee shall be charged with performing the functions of the tutorial committee while the students are selecting their main tutor and research topic.
2. Advanced Ph.D. students will be assigned their main tutor and tutorial committee before their first registration.

Article 29. The following are obligations of the students:

1. Comply with the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.
2. Comply satisfactorily with all the academic activities contained in the study plan and their personal work plan. In case of noncompliance with this obligation, they may not register for the following semester.
3. Attend the sessions with their main tutor, co-tutors and supervisers, and perform the academic activities they are given by them.
4. Carry out all the diagnostic, formative and final assessments that are established for each academic activity as well as the six monthly assessments given by their main tutor and, where appropriate, their tutorial committee or equivalent and present the reports of progress made in their research required by the aforementioned.
5. Register their main tutor, where appropriate, their tutorial committee, and their thesis topic according to the terms, specific mechanisms and additional guidelines laid down by the Academic Committee of the Program.
6. Look after and keep in a good state the equipment and material resources that the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program and the affiliated institutions put at their disposal.

Article 30. The students have the following rights:

1. To participate freely in academic life, to express their opinions and contribute constructively to debates over different ideas, with no other limitation than respect for others and the University Legislation.
2. To have access to the material resources, computer systems, library facilities, laboratories and others offered for the development of the academic activities of the Program by the participating academic bodies of UNAM and the affiliated institutions.
3. To decide freely as to their research topic and join a research line after having explored the intellectual options and become acquainted with the accredited tutors in the Program, without any other limitation than the available resources and capacity. With respect to this situation, pressures of any kind to compel the student, against his/her will, to carry out certain research or to choose a specific tutor will be considered a serious ethical misdemeanor and the Academic Committee of the Program and the corresponding authorities may exercise the actions established in the University Legislation.
4. To apply for a change in the chosen research topic and research line, and a change of the main tutor and tutorial committee that have been assigned to tem, presenting a duly founded request in writing to the Academic Committee of the Program.
5. To have access to a fair assessment according to the approved personal work plan, to the stipulations of the Program and its study plan, to these Rules and the University Legislation.
6. In accordance with the General Examinations Regulations, request review of their assessments when there is evidence that they were unfairly or erroneously marked.
7. To request temporary suspension of his/her registration for a maximum period of one year because of disease, having obtained a scholarship to study or for a research stay or for other causes that are duly justified in the opinion of the Academic Committee of the Program. In such cases, the time elapsed will not be computed as effective registration and the reincorporation of the student will take place in the terms specified in article 11 of the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations.
8. To be candidates for student representative on the Academic Committee of the Program in accordance with the stipulations of the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, of the University Legislation and these Rules, according to the terms of the notices issued by the technical councils of the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program or an ad hoc commission appointed by the technical councils in accordance with article 30 of said Regulations.
9. To participate in the evaluation of the Program.
10. To ask the Academic Committee of the Program to consider the decisions that could affect his/her academic performance. The request must be duly founded.
11. To carry out exclusively the academic activities established in the study plan and in the approved personal work plan, and the activities considered in these Rules and in the University Legislation. No student may be compelled to develop activities different from these purposes.
12. To be awarded a degree with merit in his/her final degree examination when he/she has complied satisfactorily with the requirements laid down in these Rules and in the University Legislation.
13. To the other rights established in the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.

Article 31. To be awarded a degree with merit in his/her final degree examination, the student must comply satisfactorily with the following requirements:

1. For the board of examiners to have reached a unanimous agreement.
2. In the case of master's degree studies, to have an average of 9.5 (nine point five) or over in the academic activities set forth in the study plan and in his/her personal work plan.
3. To have obtained a favorable opinion in all the half-yearly assessments carried out by his/her main tutor or, where appropriate, by his/her tutorial committee or the equivalent.
4. That the thesis work is original and of an exceptional quality.
5. That in the oral examination he/she shows a broad, solid formation in his/her main field of study (major area of knowledge of the student) and outstanding defense of the thesis.
6. That there is no no grade of five (Not accredited) or NP (Not presented) in his/her academic record.
7. That he/she has covered all the credits of the study plan within the period contemplated.

The board of examiners will be the instance to decide whether to give the student a degree with merit.

Article 32. The academic staff of the Program will be made up of tutors and professors who have been accredited by the Academic Committee of the Program. This duly justified resolution will be given to them in writing and will include the field(s) of knowledge for which they have been authorized, as well as their condition as tutor, professor or both or solely as professor, the functions they are to develop and the authorization to participate in the training of master's degree students, Ph.D. degree students or both.

Article 33. The rights of the academic staff are:

1. To give education under the principle of freedom of chair and research, with no other limitation than that of complying with the stipulations of the Program and its study plan, of academic activities programs, these Rules and the stipulations of the University Legislation.
2. To be notified in writing of all modifications made to the Program and its study plan, to these Rules and to the guidelines issued by the Academic Committee of the Program.
3. To be candidates for representative of the academics on the Academic Committee of the Program in accordance with the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, with the University Legislation and with these Rules, according to the terms of the notices issued by the technical councils of the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program or an ad hoc commission appointed by the technical councils in accordance with article 30 of said Regulations.
4. To participate in the academia of tutors and professors of their respective academic development area.
5. To be notified in writing of their integration in special commissions appointed by the Academic Committee of the Program and of the functions they will perform in said commissions and of the length of time.
6. To be assessed every three years in accordance with the stipulations of the Program and its study plan, these Rules, the additional guidelines issued by the Academic Committee of the Program and the University Legislation.
7. To have access to the material resources, computer systems, library facilities, laboratories and others offered for the development of the academic activities of the Program by the academic bodies of the UNAM participating in the Program and the affiliated institutions.

Article 34. The obligations of the academic staff are:

1. To become familiar with and respect the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations, the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.
2. To comply with the responsibilities, commitments and functions they contract on accepting their appointment as tutor, professor or both.
3. To treat the students with respect, guiding them and helping them in their academic performance.
4. To participate in the Program's evaluation and updating activities.
5. To punctually attend their academic activities, prepare their classes in advance and deliver the examination records in the periods established.
6. To present the documentation required for the effects of updating their curriculum vitae and for the periodical evaluation of the academic staff of the Program.
7. All other obligations established in the Program and its study plan, these Rules and the University Legislation.

Article 35. The academic staff of UNAM registered as students in this Program may ask the Academic Committee of the Program to recognize the master's degree and Ph.D. courses they have given and the academic or professional work carried out that is related to the field of knowledge, the academic development area, the main field of study (student's major area of knowledge) in which they are to be trained and, where appropriate, to the minor area of knowledge, in the terms established in article 9 of the General Postgraduate Studies Regulations. However, to be admitted as students of the Program, if they are candidates for a master's degree or beginning Ph.D. students, they shall respect the entrance requirements for the master's degree studies established in the study plan and, if they are candidates for advanced Ph.D. studies they may avail themselves of the provisions covering exceptional cases in section 5.2.6.1 of the study plan. The committee itself shall calculate the pertinent equivalences for each case after previously consulting the academic subcommittee of the corresponding field of knowledge.

Article 36. The Academic Committee of the Program shall institute a system of academic management and continuous improvement in the educational quality of the Program which shall include the following actions:

1. To constitute an educational system by competencies that will prepare the student to perform adequately in the real environments in which he/she will develop his/her academic and professional life.
2. To favor the academic exchange of professors and students with similar programs of international prestige and the signature of the corresponding collaboration agreements.
3. To promote the obtaining of financing and scholarships to favor the strengthening of the Program.
4. To give an impulse to macro research projects of an inter and multidisciplinary character developed through the cooperation of several academic bodies of UNAM and other institutions and through the work in teams of the academic staff, even with the cooperation of international institutions.
5. To promote the pedagogical training and updating of its academic staff.
6. To favor research into the educational process at postgraduate levels.
7. To implement a strategic planning system.
8. To set goals and quality standards for the development of the Program.
9. To periodically evaluate the learning of the students, the teaching performance, the research lines, the infrastructure, the organization and the functioning of its collegiate bodies.
10. To ensure that the research carried out is competitive and that the ethical norms and, where appropriate, the guidelines for clinical research are respected.

FIRST. The Academic Committee of the Program shall be integrated in a period not exceeding two months as of the date of approval of the Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences Program by the Academic Council of the Biological and Health Sciences Area in the terms of the notices issued by the technical councils of the academic bodies of UNAM participating in the program or an ad hoc commission appointed by the same technical councils in accordance with article 30 of said Regulations.

SECOND. The School of Higher Studies, Zaragoza and the National School of Professional Studies, Iztacala shall be invited academic bodies and their directors shall form part of the Academic Committee of the Program as special guests while they incorporate themselves fully into the Program.

THIRD. Once constituted, the Academic Committee of the Program shall review the initial list of tutors and professors and shall have the power to lengthen it, as well as designating, when it so corresponds, the field(s) of knowledge in which they are accredited. Similarly, it shall accredit tutors to train Ph.D. or master's degree students, or solely master's degree students, and professors who will give each of the academic activities on the Program.

FOURTH. From its approval, the Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences Program canceled the following study plans of the School of Medicine: Master's Degree in Medicine (approved 13 November, 1990), Master's Degree in Medical Sciences (approved 12 March, 1986), Master's Degree in Psychiatry (approved 11 March, 1993), Master's Degree in Socio-medical Sciences (approved 12 March, 1986), Master's Degree in Medical Education (approved 9 February, 1989), Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (approved 13 November 1990) and Ph.D. in Psychiatry (approved 10 April, 1973). Hence the registration of students entering these study plans for the first time is canceled

Furthermore, since its approval, the Master's Degree and Ph.D. in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences Program cancels the following study plans of the School of Dentistry: Master's Degree in Dentistry (approved 8 December, 1983) and Ph.D. in Dentistry (approved 18 September, 1991). Hence, the registration of students entering these study plans for the first time is canceled

Similarly, when other academic bodies of UNAM are integrated as participants in the Program, registration for the study plans that are equivalent to the Program will be canceled.

In a period not exceeding six months as of its installation, the Academic Committee of the Program shall assume the functions of the academic committees of the canceled study plans.

FIFTH. The students enrolled in the Master's Degree in Medicine, the Master's Degree in Medical Sciences, the Master's Degree in Psychiatry, the Master's Degree in Socio-medical Sciences, the Master's Degree in Medical Education, the Master's Degree in Dentistry, the Ph.D. in Medical Sciences, the Ph.D. in Psychiatry and the Ph.D. in Dentistry that will be canceled as of the date this Program enters into force may opt to:

The equivalences of the subjects or academic activities between the canceled study plans and the study plan of the present Program shall be resolved by the Academic Committee of the Program in the following way:

1. In the case of the canceled master's degree study plans, when the present Program comes into force, the tables of equivalences appearing in section 10 of this document shall be applied.
2. Additionally, the Academic Committee of the Program shall resolve in a casuistic way the cases not foreseen in these tables of equivalence.
3. Should there be no credits in the Ph.D. studies, the equivalences at that postgraduate level shall be resolved in a casuistic way.

SIXTH. The change in name from Master's Degrees and Ph.D. Degrees in Medical Sciences and Health Sciences Program to Master's Degree and Ph.D. Degree in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences does not modify the accreditation of tutors and professors who have already been authorized nor the academic activities previously approved by the Academic Committee of the Master's Degrees and Ph.D. Degrees in Medical Sciences and Health Sciences Program. Neither is the registration of the students who have already been accepted modified nor the academic conditions under which these students develop their studies.

Similarly, neither the Program Coordination nor the structure of its collegiate organs are modified with the exception of the inclusion of new members arising from the incorporation of the new academic bodies of UNAM participating in the Program, which is a natural consequence of the opening of the Dental Sciences Field of Knowledge with its corresponding main fields of study and the opening of the the main fields of study of Bioethics and Dental Education.