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Our PhD Programme in Management

“How do leaders face the future challenges in management and finance? With strong theoretical foundations and a thorough knowledge of research methods. That’s what we nurture in the Ph.D. in Management at UNIBO”. (Riccardo Fini, Ph.D. Programme Coordinator).
 
Internationalization and excellence
• A 4-year full-time program with two specialization tracks (Management and Accounting Banking & Finance)
• 7 full scholarships plus additional teaching and research assistantship opportunities
• First cohort in 1991, 153 alumni, 45 students enrolled
• Entirely taught in English, with at least a 6-month period abroad. Around 180 applicants every year from all over the world.

A path toward the academic excellence
• A broad and interdisciplinary education in business and finance studies and management research, requiring the production of an original research contribution.
• The competencies acquired can be used both in the academic and business sector.
• Since 1991, 70% of Ph.D. Management graduates-in total 153-have been employed in Academia, 30% in the Public/Private Sectors.
• Most of the doctoral graduates have been employed as post-docs and faculty members in top universities worldwide, such as: Bocconi University; Cambridge University; Case Western Cleveland; Bayes Business School London; Ecole de Commerce ISG Paris; George Washington University; HEC Lausanne; Imperial College London; Istituto de Impresa Madrid, Luiss Rome, Tilburg University, University College London.