Business and Management PhD

Program Overview

Newcastle University's Business and Management PhD program offers a wide range of research projects in areas such as entrepreneurship, marketing, and leadership. Students are guided by experienced academic supervisors and benefit from a Researcher Development Programme. The program can be completed full-time in 36 months or part-time in 72 months, with funding opportunities available.

Program Outline

However, the description of learning outcomes and research focus throughout the website can give a good understanding of the overall PhD program.

Outline:

• Research Focus:
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Leadership, Work and Organisation (including Work, Employment and Human Resource Management, Management and Organisation, and Strategy, International Business and Society)
• Marketing (operations and systems, including Innovation, Enterprise and Digital Business, Marketing: Consumers, Communications and Services, Supply Chain and Operations Research)
• Research Projects:
The program offers wide-ranging research projects provided by academics or proposed by individual students.

Assessment:

• Thesis:
The primary assessment method involves completing an original doctoral thesis.
• Viva voce examination:
A final viva voce examination assesses the thesis and research findings.

Teaching:

• Academic Supervisors:
Students are assigned qualified academic staff members as supervisors, found within their respective research communities (Work, Employment and Human Resource Management, Strategy, International Business and Society, Management and Organisation, Marketing). However, the reference to the Careers Service and their support for postgraduate research students suggests career guidance is available within the program.

Other:

• Duration:
Full-time (36 months) or Part-time (72 months)
• Funding:
• Variety of scholarships available, including Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships.
• Students from outside the UK may require a deposit.