The programme enables students to acquire the methodology of scientific research and the deepening in the knowledge of different topics in the area of Parasitology, in a way that makes possible the systematic understanding of a field of study and the mastery of skills and methods of research associated with that field; conceiving, creating, designing and implementing and adopting a substantial process of research and creations; to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through an original research; developing a critical analysis and assessment and synthesis of new and complex ideas; communicating with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about areas of knowledge in the usual language and ways used by the international scientific community; promoting, in academic and professional contexts scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a society based on knowledge.