Why choose Bradford for your PhD?

Our reputation for quality

We have one of the largest and longest-established management-school PhD programmes in Europe.

The Financial Times rated us second in the UK and eighth in Europe in the league table for overall European business school of 2006.

The European Foundation for Management Development has awarded us the European business school quality kite-mark under its EQUIS scheme, the leading international system of quality assessment among business schools.

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has accredited our full-time and part-time doctoral programmes, and our training programme in research methods....

The Nanyang Business School PhD programme is a doctoral programme that will bring you through an exhilarating and profoundly rewarding intellectual journey. It is a journey of discovery where you will advance knowledge in the sphere of business scholarship.

What is this programme about

The Nanyang Business School PhD programme is a full-time doctoral programme. The time needed to complete a PhD typically ranges from 4 to 5 years. Each year, the programme admits 10-15 students.

A salient feature of the PhD programme is the inclusion of coursework to aid students in writing their dissertations. The first 18-24 months consist of coursework, culminating to a comprehensive examination and a confirmation examination. Upon successful completion of the required coursework and examinations, students are advanced to PhD candidacy....

Why choose Bradford for your DBA?

Internationalism

In taking your DBA at Bradford, you will be studying with people from a wide range of nationalities. Countries in Europe, America and Africa are particularly strongly represented on the programme. You will therefore benefit from learning and networking opportunities on an international scale.

We conduct the programme in partnership with the Universiteit NIMBAS Graduate School of Management, our associate institution in the Netherlands, and stage our DBA peer-review workshops in Bradford, Bonn, Mainz and Utrecht.

Quality

Our DBA is one of only five such programmes in Britain to be accredited by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. We are one of fewer than 100 business schools around the world to have gained EQUIS accreditation - the leading international system of quality assessment among business institutions. These accreditations offer the reassurance of a well-structured and academically challenging programme of study, in a highly supportive environment....

Do you see yourself as an experienced ‘reflective practitioner’, interested in ‘action inquiry’ as a method of exploring organisation realities – and view consulting as a ‘relational’ practice?

Created in response to requests from alumni of the highly successful Ashridge Masters in Organisation Consulting, this programme is designed to help you develop your consulting practice to a higher level.

The programme has been developed by practising consultants for consultants.

The diverse and international experience of each faculty member combine to create a powerful environment for development and learning....

Highlights of DBA - Doctorate in Business Administration

The purpose of the primary field of study is to give the student an in-depth specialisation and expertise in a selected field. Study in the primary field represents a student’s major theoretical, practical and research concerns in his or her doctoral program. Activities associated with the primary field should contribute to a logical, consistent, and comprehensive study plan. These activities are designed with the assistance of a primary field faculty adviser.

ACCOUNTANCY

The Doctorate in this field is designed to enhance knowledge of practice and theory by in-depth analysis of issues in accounting measurement and reporting....

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

The LJMU Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme is designed to validate the competence in professional practice of people working in business and management related areas at the highest academic level.

The programme draws on a wide range of staff from across the Faculty of Business and Law to support the programme allowing potential applicants a very wide range of areas to study within the business and management related arena. It is managed in the Liverpool Business School (LBS), which has a portfolio of programmes for postgraduate research. Currently staff in the LBS are engaged in research into governance, leadership, action learning, business administration and management development....

The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral programme of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).The FPM at IIMB is globally recognized as a premier source of rigorous, inter-disciplinary research in all areas of business management and public policy including, corporate strategy and policy, economics and social sciences, finance and control, marketing management, organization behaviour and human resources management, production and operations management, quantitative methods and information systems, public systems, and public policy. The programme is committed to training individuals who will excel in their area of research through publication quality work of international standard....

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a professional doctorate which offers students the opportunity to study a comprehensive curriculum in advanced Business Administration with a strong focus on Branding and Entrepreneurship. It is an ideal preparation those who wish to run their own business or take up a leadership role in the public or private sector. The doctorate is awarded by the Ecole Superiéure de Gestion , which is part of the Paris Graduate School of Management, one of France’s top Business Schools.

Who is the DBA for

The DBA programme is aimed at students who have already obtained a Masters degree in Business or a related area and who wish to distinguish themselves further by obtaining a specialist Doctoral qualification....

The Durham DBA is accredited by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and is one of only five DBA programmes in the UK accredited in this way.  This accreditation offers participants reassurance of high quality by recognising that our programmes offer rigorous and formally assessed training in subject-specific skills and research methods.

Aims and Objectives of the Programme

The overall aim of the Durham DBA course is best described by the Guidelines produced by the Association of Business Schools: 'The Doctorate of Business Administration is primarily designed to enable a significant contribution to the enhancement of professional practice in the business area through the application and development of theoretical frameworks.'...

Program Overview

The PhD programme at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School offers students a supportive environment where they can get a world-class research education.

Who is the PhD programme for?

The PhD programme is suitable for those wishing to pursue careers in academia, business education, research, consultancy and related professions.

What does the PhD Programme entail?

The PhD programme is a four year structured programme which involves coursework in research methods, discipline specific courses and generic skills and training. Students are allocated supervisors and work with a supervisory panel....

The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a professional doctorate which offers students the opportunity to study a comprehensive curriculum in advanced Business Administration with a strong focus on Branding and Entrepreneurship. It is an ideal preparation those who wish to run their own business or take up a leadership role in the public or private sector. The doctorate is awarded by the Ecole Superiéure de Gestion , which is part of the Paris Graduate School of Management, one of France’s top Business Schools.

Who is the DBA for

The DBA programme is aimed at students who have already obtained a Masters degree in Business or a related area and who wish to distinguish themselves further by obtaining a specialist Doctoral qualification....

If you want to develop your professional career at the doctoral level in either Economics or Management or Finance, consider applying to the Doctoral Program at the University of Economics in Wrocław.

Our faculty is well-prepared to cooperate with you in creation of new knowledge both in work on your doctoral dissertation and in your ability to analyze, understand and solve professional problems in your future career.

To develop the new knowledge, you need to carry out research in the appropriate area. In the Doctoral Program you will get acquainted with contemporary, relevant methods and techniques of the research.

We give you an opportunity to prepare your doctoral dissertation in six semesters....

INTRODUCTIONThe main objective of the Doctor of Philosophy or in short PhD programme is to prepare candidates for careers in academic or in disciplines requiring strong research background. The PhD programme is designed to enhance candidates’ competence in research in a specific area of management and business administration towards fostering the development of new knowledge.Exposure in the areas of management will be in-depth, whereby graduates will be focusing on a specialised area and will work to further develop their conceptual and intellectual knowledge and methodological tools necessary to design and conduct independent research. Four areas of specialisation are introduced- marketing, management, finance and accounting.Specialisations:i.           Management            Areas:    * Organisational Behaviour    * Strategic Management    * Technology Management    * Information Management    * Entrepreneurshipii.           Marketing            Areas:    * Marketing Strategy    * International Marketing    * Consumer Behaviour    * Promotion    * Retailingiii.           Finance            Areas:    * Investment Analysis    * International Finance    * Security Analysis and Portfolio Theory    * Islamic Financeiv.          Accounting            Areas:    * Management Accounting    * Financial Accounting    * Auditing    * Taxation    * Accounting Education...

The JGS doctoral program is intended for candidates aspiring to become faculty members at business schools in prestigious research universities. Students will engage in both coursework and research as part of their doctoral training. Students close to graduation will interview for faculty positions, hoping to start their careers as Assistant Professors, at business schools around the world. The career of an Assistant Professor involves conducting research that is eventually published in well respected, peer-reviewed academic journals, imparting management wisdom (informed by research) in the classroom to BSBA and MBA students aspiring to become effective managers, and eventually training Ph.D. students to become researchers and academics. In due course, a successful (on research, teaching and service dimensions, as deemed by senior faculty colleagues) Assistant Professor gets promoted to Associate Professor, and thereafter to Full Professor. How quickly one achieves these promotions depends on one’s productivity as an academic scholarArea Advisors A prospective student chooses an area of study when applying to the doctoral program. Areas of study include: (1) Accounting, (2) Finance, (3) Marketing, (4) Organizational Behavior, and (5) Strategy. Each of these areas is supervised by a faculty advisor, a member of the faculty specializing in that area. These area advisors supervise the evaluation of applications to their respective areas, counsel new students on the curriculum in that area and how to plan their course of study, and serve as advisors to all the students in their respective areas throughout their course of study....

The Economics Ph.D. Program at ITAM was created with the intention of contributing to Mexico and Latin America's academic and economic development through the promotion of economic research and the training of highly qualified economists. The Program is part of ITAM's continuing commitment with the scientific and cultural development of the region.

ITAM has a long and successful experience training economists at the undergraduate and master's level. ITAM is also one of the region´s foremost research institutions in the field of economics, as shown by the number and quality of publications by our economics faculty and by the organization in recent years of a number of important academic events. For both reasons, we are in an excellent position to build a first class doctoral program....