1. deepen and structure advanced skills in academic and professional fields;
2. favor the exercise of research guided by standards of academic excellence and innovation, with regard to its design, management and dissemination;
3. stimulate the continuous systematization and production of original knowledge and its dissemination, nationally and internationally, in scientific/academic communities with recognized credits in the field of Communication and Information Sciences;
4. promote contact and collaboration with national and international researchers of recognized competence in the field of the study cycle;
5. stimulate the development of lifelong learning skills. 

This doctoral program aims to develop skills:

1. to work in scientific research contexts or within work environments linked to Communication and Information Sciences (areas of social communication, organizational communication, communication consultancy, information management, information systems planning, etc.);
2. of critical and well-founded understanding and use of research methods in Communication and Information Sciences;
3. for the design and development of rigorous and consistent research, respecting the demands imposed by academic quality and integrity standards;
4. to carry out original research work that contributes to expanding the frontiers of knowledge in the area of human and institutional communication and information science;
5. for sustained professional performance in the investigation and its dissemination.