PhD in Business & Management
If you want to become an expert in a specialised field within business and management, and if you are driven by curiosity and are self-motivated, this programme is for you. You must be methodical, meticulous, and able to sustain your interest in your chosen research topic over an extended period.
You will undertake a research project on an agreed topic within one of the subject’s main Research groups. Main and supporting supervisors will be allocated who have expertise in your proposed area of research and who will offer guidance and advice during your studies. You are encouraged to contact individual staff members to discuss and develop your research proposal before making an application.
You can also contact:
Dr Deirdre Shaw, the Convenor of PhD Programmes offered by Management, who will be able to advise on academic issues.
Anne McCusker is the administrative contact for Management PhD programmes and can answer initial programme enquiries. Anne can be contacted by email to Anne.McCusker@glasgow.ac.uk or by telephone to +44 (0)141 330 3850.
The PhD in Management is a full-time research-based programme. It normally takes a minimum of 3 years with a maximum time limit of 4 years. It can also be undertaken on a part-time basis, in which case there is a minimum time limit of 5 years and a maximum of 6 years.
As a Management PhD student, you will have opportunities to:
- benefit from the College of Social Sciences Graduate School Research Training programme
- present and discuss your work in progress with colleagues and staff members in the annual Thesis Review Committees
- attend the annual Doctoral Retreats with expert speakers and workshops offering subject based skills training
- attend Management research seminars
Research students may have the opportunity to become Graduate Teaching Assistants, delivering tutorials to first and second year undergraduate students.
Full-time students are allocated office space and are provided with their own PC and printing facilities.
Assessment
Formal review procedures by the thesis committee have been introduced for all full-time and part-time doctoral researchers from the end of the first six months, to completion of the thesis. The purposes of the review process are: to provide researchers with the opportunity and forum in which to present material for discussion, to receive advice in setting achievable goals, feedback on their work, and suggestions for alternative approaches or directions.
As part of this procedure supervisors and students are required to complete a Progress Report in June of each academic year. All Progress Reports are reviewed by the PhD Convenor and by the Associate Dean of the College's Graduate School. A satisfactory progress report is a prerequisite for student registration in the following academic session.
Final assessment involves the submission of a thesis of between 70,000 and 100,000 words and an oral examination (viva voce).
As an applicant for one of our research degrees, you should normally possess a good Master’s degree (or overseas equivalent), with a significant component in Business or Management.
Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide proof of competence in English. For PhD, IELTS is the preferred test for which an overall score of 7, with no sub-test less than 6.5, is required.
The proposed research topic should be in an area in which supervision can be offered. You may therefore find it helpful to consider the current research interests of our staff before submitting an application.