The Doctoral Programme “Human and Animal Parasitology” was created during the biennium 1986-1987 by the Professor Dr. S. Mas-Coma in the context of the third cycle of university studies of the University of Valencia. From these beginnings, and to date, is a programme that is still valid and unique at the University of Valencia, a remarkable fact is that was worthy of the “Quality Specialty” by the Resolution of the 28/05/2003, by the General Directorate of Universities in the doctoral programmes of public and non-profit private universities (BOE, 12/06/2003) and that was renewed until the academic year 2006/2007. Likewise, we should highlight that the RD 56/2005 make it part of the “Official Postgraduate Programme in Infectious Diseases” , and later became considered by the RD 1393/2007, as “Official Doctoral Programme in Human and Animal Parasitology”, and finally was called “Doctoral Programme in Human and Animal Parasitology” according to the RD 99/2011, that recently has been verified by ANECA.