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| Application Deadline: | On going | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,742 - ≈ € 12,585 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Durham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | January, October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Durham University
Durham Business School is the ideal place to gain your qualification. Our expertise, innovative approach and academic rigour ensure our place as a world-class business school and our relevance for both today and tomorrow's business world.
* an internationally renowned and research-led business school
* RAE ranking: 95% is of our research is of International Quality and above.
* ESRC-recognition for all research degrees
* an excellent research training programme to get you off to a good start
* a truly international community, with students and staff from over 100 countries
* the School is ranked 11th in the UK and 28th in Europe in the FT European Business Schools rankings
* triple accreditation: AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation and AMBA (Association of MBAs)
* study in an environment of innovation and enterprise in a beautiful and historic location
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During your period of research, you will have two supervisors.
At the end of your research period you will be expected to have completed an extended thesis of up to 100,000 words, demonstrating evidence of your capacity to pursue scholarly research independently. The thesis must make an original contribution to knowledge and be of a standard appropriate for publication in a quality, peer-reviewed learned journal of international standing. You would normally expect a PhD thesis to contain the equivalent of at least three articles publishable in such a journal. You will also be required to defend your thesis at an oral examination or 'viva' normally conducted by two examiners, usually one internal and one external to the University.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* a UK equivalent Masters degree or equivalent qualification;
* in addition, if English is not your first language, evidence of competence in written and spoken English will be required. This will normally be through a TOEFL score of 600 minimum or IELTS score of 6.5 minimum.
It is important that your general research interests match those of at least one member of our academic staff. For information on the range of expertise and experience of our academic faculty and details of their research interests, please visit our website.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 7.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
Accreditation
Durham Business School is one of a small, elite group of institutions worldwide who are accredited by all three major business school accreditation bodies - AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. This achievement is a testament to the quality of the School and provides the extra assurance that Durham Business School and its programmes have been rigorously tested and proven to be of the high quality demanded by today´s professionals.
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