**15. Objectives of postgraduate programs in Chile**

Bearing in mind the factual and normative context, postgraduate degrees can be developed with the objective of providing students with superior competencies and skills in the corresponding scientific field, which allow them to: master the respective phenomenon in general with a high level of depth; specialize with advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the subjects related to the mention they pursue; obtain highly qualified oral and written communication skills for a professional and academic environment that will allow them to contribute to improving the quality of life of their environment.

In the same sense, the Teaching Methodology should focus on the leading role of the student, providing him with the methodological tools that allow him to develop an autonomous academic work, directed and oriented by the professors, achieving to establish a graduate profile with superior competences and advanced knowledge of the phenomenon of his specialty, both in substantive and procedural aspects. The graduate will be able to identify, study and solve science problems of a complex nature, design strategies, and communicate them adequately through oral and written means, being able to design projects and write publications, develop teaching in higher education institutions, join public or private institutions, and advise them in highly complex matters. Even more so by participating in civil society organizations in what is called "linking with the environment".
