Management PhD

Management PhD is a PhD program taught at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, UK. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years full time) options.

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College offers a Management PhD. Students conduct research through Royal Holloway’s specialist themes and subject groups, working within the Business School’s research centres including CHRONOS, DOS, and CRIS, with some students using mixed or quantitative methods. The upgrade process includes research methods training.

Full-time students take an annual review and also a semi-annual review (SAR) every year, with both reviews used to reflect on progress and set goals for the coming six to twelve months. Students are required to attend and pass Philosophy of Methods, Qualitative Research Methods for Doctoral Students, and Quantitative Research Methods for Doctoral Students as part of the upgrade process.

Graduating PhD students have gone on to junior academic positions and mid-level academic positions such as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, and some have been appointed to high-level professorial positions at the institutions listed under “Your future career”.

Modules

• Philosophy of Methods
• Qualitative Research Methods for Doctoral Students
• Quantitative Research Methods for Doctoral Students

The minimum requirements for admission in Management PhD at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College as pre-requiste for admission in Management PhD.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

To be considered, you will need to meet the following entry criteria:

• Usually an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level and a Masters with Merit
• A high-quality research proposal
• A credible personal statement
• Strong performance at interview

Before applying we recommend securing a supervisor in order to apply for your research project.

• IELTS: 6.5 overall. Writing 7.0. No other subscore lower than 5.5.
• Pearson Test of English: 67 overall. Writing 76 no other subscore lower than 59.
• Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE III.
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C.
• TOEFL ib: 88 overall, with Reading 18 Listening 17 Speaking 20 Writing 26.
• Duolingo: 120 overall, with 135 in Literacy, 135 in Production and no sub-score below 100.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-here/postgraduate/business-school/management-phd

• Junior academic positions (institutions listed by Royal Holloway)
• Mid-level academic positions, such as Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (institutions listed by Royal Holloway)
• High-level professorial positions (institutions listed by Royal Holloway)

85 fully funded scholarships are listed for UK. See UK scholarships.