Business
Ph.D.
Overview
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the University of Sydney Business School may be undertaken within all disciplines, or within a research centre, and in association with one of our dynamic research groups.
As part of your progression towards the degree, you will have access to an extensive HDR Curriculum from which you will have to complete 12 credit points worth of coursework units.
From 2021, Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students will be required to complete coursework units as part of their candidature. Doctoral students in the Business School will undertake 30 credit points in a specialist program taken from a collection of units called ‘Table R’.
Structure
Research areas
PhD candidates at the University of Sydney Business School may undertake supervised research with one of the following disciplines or research centres within the school:
- Discipline of Accounting
- Discipline of Business Analytics
- Discipline of Business Information Systems
- Discipline of Business Law
- Discipline of Finance
- Discipline of International Business
- Discipline of Marketing
- Discipline of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies
- Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies.
Costs
Tuition
HK$270,121.48
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply in plenty of time, and even before completion of their current qualifying degree. You do not need to find a supervisor before applying, the Business School will do this for you during the application process.
As such, as part of your application you should select Business HoD in the 'research supervisor' required field.
If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted for an interview. Interviews are usually conducted either virtually or in person.
After your interview, if your application is successful, you will be issued an offer letter.
Language requirements
IELTS
7.0
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band