Research Focus
The main focus is on research in areas including the application of intelligent technology, the macroeconomic environment and socio-economic development, the market and consumer economy, individual and group decision-making mechanisms, international trade and economic globalisation, and corporate management and organisational behaviour.
Programme Structure and Funding
- This is a full-time PhD programme: direct entry from bachelor’s degree to PhD is permitted.
- The average programme length is 5 years, with autumn entry, and the application deadline is 15 December.
- Tuition is approximately USD 90,000 per year; other required costs, including medical services fees, student health insurance and international services fees, total approximately USD 10,000 per year, amounting to approximately USD 100,000 per year in total.
Entry Requirements
This research focus is broadly suited to applicants from economics and management, management, and interdisciplinary social science backgrounds. It is particularly suitable for students in Management Science and Engineering, Business Administration, Corporate Management and Marketing, and is also suited to students in economics and public management-related fields such as Applied Economics, Industrial Economics, International Economics and Trade, World Economics and Public Administration. In addition, students in Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Economy and Behavioural Economics who undertake interdisciplinary applied research at the intersection of social science and economics and management are also a strong fit.
- Academic background: a bachelor’s or master’s degree; no minimum GPA is specified.
- Language requirements: TOEFL 5.5 or IELTS 7.5, with no sub-score requirements (a language exemption may be applied for with a degree from an English-taught country).
Application Materials
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Essay (explaining the reasons for pursuing a PhD in Management; the field applied for must be stated as Organizational Behavior, Strategy or Organizational Theory; no more than 1,000 words)
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GMAT or GRE score report (no minimum score is specified)
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IELTS or TOEFL score report
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At least two letters of recommendation
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Bachelor’s or master’s transcripts
Application Period
Entry is in autumn of the following year, with an application deadline of 15 December.
Career Prospects
Under systematic training from supervisors, doctoral students will gain an in-depth command of core theories and frontier research methods in the social science applications of artificial intelligence, climate economics, consumer behaviour, decision-making and negotiation, global development, and leadership and organisational behaviour. They will receive systematic training in key techniques including empirical analysis in the social sciences, analysis of behavioural mechanisms, organisational management modelling, quantitative data analysis and interdisciplinary research, and will develop comprehensive research capabilities spanning management science, economics, artificial intelligence and the social sciences.
Graduates have broad development prospects in the following areas:
Higher education and research institutions: undertaking research and teaching in management, business administration, organisational behaviour, decision science, marketing and related fields, and developing into lecturers, tenure-track assistant professors or independent research scholars at leading research universities in China and abroad.
Economics and management strategic research institutions: undertaking academic research such as macroeconomic assessment, organisational governance research, consumer behaviour analysis and decision-making mechanism exploration at international economic research centres, globalisation and public policy think tanks, behavioural science research institutes and business trend analysis institutions.
High-end business and consulting industries: undertaking professional research and think-tank-type work such as organisational management research, user behaviour research, strategic decision analysis, global business layout and industry trend assessment at top management consultancies, economic analysis institutions, leading technology companies and multinational corporations.
Intelligent and data-driven management roles: undertaking management data modelling, quantitative analysis of consumer behaviour, organisational intelligence optimisation and business decision research in areas such as the digital economy, business big data analysis, the practical application of artificial intelligence in the social sciences and behavioural science modelling.
Through systematic academic training and interdisciplinary research practice, doctoral students will develop a solid theoretical foundation in management and the interdisciplinary social sciences and rigorous empirical research and data analysis capabilities, cultivate independent research thinking, academic innovation ability and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills, and lay a solid foundation for long-term development in top academic research, commercial think-tank research and high-end industry research.
