The goal of the doctoral programme in Clinical and Health Psychology is to train researchers that want to make their doctoral theses within the field of Clinical and Health Psychology. To do so, there are the following specific goals:

• To focus the students’ attention on the identification and approach relevant research problems, both to basic and applied levels.
• To use the appropriate analysis methodological tools for the development of a research.
• Instill the role of the scientific debate and evaluation for developing a research of quality, training researchers with high level of competence.
• To foster the development and defence of doctoral theses that become a referent in their research field, making possible the publication and dissemination of scientific results in national and international reference journals, specially in journals with quality rate. 
• To promote the creation of researchers networks, who are involved in the current knowledge society.
• To promote the transfer of knowledge among all the private and public bodies involved with Clinical and Health Psychology.