Abstract
In order to prepare high-quality human resources in Gerontology able to face the challenges of our aging society, the University of Guadalajara (Mexico) had offered the Master of Gerontology degree since 1994. Based on this program, it has been developed a new program evaluated and accepted in 2016, in the National Quality Graduate Program of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). For this Master degree, gerontology is understood as a field of the scientific knowledge inter-multi-transdisciplinary, dedicated to the study of the process of aging, the old stage and the older persons as individuals; from bio-psycho-social perspectives. From a Public Health approach, and based in solid ethical values and attitudes, the gerontologist profile includes the knowledge to: 1) describe understand and explain the life-span from a bio-psycho-social perspective, 2) differentiate successful, active and healthy aging from pathological, 3) use methods and techniques for the generation of knowledge and intervention in the aging process, 4) understand the administrative process of institutions in gerontology, 5) analyze social policy and legislation, 6) analyze the importance of social perception of the older persons, 7) analyze the importance of the family and social network, as well as social support in gerontology interventions. Is a competence-based program, and in a review, it was found that its approach applies the gerontology competencies for undergraduate and graduate education published by AGHE in November 2014.