Management and Business Administration – (Ph.D.)

Research work: PhD students are attached to a research supervisor from the beginning of the programme. It is the task of the supervisor to advise the PhD candidate during the course work and the research period. The degree-acquiring process includes three elements: to pass the doctoral rigorosum, to write and defend the thesis-proposal, and to write and defend the final doctoral thesis. The doctoral rigorosum includes four subjects: Multivariate Data Analysis, Business Economics plus two subject area courses closely linked to the topic of the dissertation. The thesis-proposal can be submitted after the successful rigorosum. Defence of the proposal is in front of a committee of five members, two of them are the official opponents who supply their written evaluation of the proposal. The final dissertation has to be defended in front of a committee of seven members, three of them are the official opponents with written evaluation of the thesis. The dissertation has to be submitted not later than the end of the fifth year from the beginning of the programme.