Form professionals with a high-quality ethic and human sense under a cognitive-behavioral view, capable of assessing human conduct displays, diagnose psychoaffective alterations, behavioral & psychopathologies. Research & Prevent cognitive & behavior alters; promote healthy lifestyles and intervene in the problem solution related to mental health from a biological-psychological view. Contribute in population's mental health applying competitively knowledge, attitudes and values in clinical psychology.

The concerned student should have the following:

• Logical-Mathematical & verbal reasoning
• Basic knowledge in Biology, Social Science & General Culture
• Self-interest for development & infirmary discipline
• Time availability to study
• The educational background to enter this program is high-school. The admission will happen through a basic skills & knowledge and psychometric exam and the student's biography and cover letter.
• The Academic Admission Committee Units assesses the fulfillment of the requirements and issues an acceptance certificate.

The competencies of a graduate in Clinical Psychology are:

• Assess cognitive processes and human behavior displays through effective clinic interview techniques and psychological instruments assessment.
• Diagnose psychoaffective and behavioral alters parting from the information analysis derived from a timely and successful assessment identifying origin and incidence.
• Explain the relation between psychosocial factors with psychological alters from a critic study on the economic and social context.
• Foresees cognitive alterations and behavior stages & conditions through psychopedagogy orienting, from interdisciplinary work and preventive program application in hospital and communitarian environments.
• Promotes healthy lifestyles as a change agent
• Applies cognitive-behavioral techniques in mood alters, an anxiety disorder, crisis, compulsive & addictive behaviors, and personality process alters.
• Researches the origin, manifestation and incidence of psychological alters applying scientific research methods and produce effective strategies in clinical psychology attention models contributing to the process improvement in mental health.
• Develops personal skills, attitudes and values that contribute to the personal and professional development.

Enrollments in semiannual periods (6-month terms). For more information, please visit www.ugto.mx/admision.

The study plan has a value fo 369 credits. From which 349 are from mandatory learning units, including practice and 20 credits are from optional assignments offered in eight units with a five credit value each. Therefore, the student may choose four optional units. During the whole program, the students will dedicate at least fifteen hours to study independently during the week.

The plan takes place in semesters; an average student is considered to finish the course in eight semiannual terms.