Regional Development is a fixed process of sustained social change with the purpose of the permanent progress of the region, territory, locality, community and each who resides. Also being closely bound to an economic growth process, it requires the following conditions:

• A graduate in Regional development is an excellent professional, and highly capable of attending and supporting people through including, participative and comprehensive processes. That are sustainable and congruent with each region features, promoting the community's integral improvement.
• With a view of the regional and territorial development dimensions, will take part in the planning of development projects, likewise in organizing people as subjects of the regional development.

Form human resource capable of attending and supporting development through integral, including, endogenous and sustainable processes to promote the community's integral improvement.

• Autonomous projects development for the government and private initiatives
• International institutions and nongovernment bodies.
• Sustainable production planning, programming and control.
• Total quality systems management including certifying processes.
• Project management, assessment and coordination.
• Environmental, hygiene & security labor system management.
• Alternative business such as ecotourism and biotechnological development
• Projects linked with environment and development advice.
• Territorial productive activities planning and ordinance.

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

The study plan (1999) includes 50 subjects, including English as a creditable subject, with a total of 329 credits. Its modality is a credit system, and the school periods are semiannual.

* C.C. = Common Core