Doctoral Program of Business Administration College of Management
Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Business Administration
The instruction program attends to improve the quality of the education of the doctoral candidates and strengthen the standardized management of Ph. D. educating program. Approved by the School of Graduate, this program is designed for Business Administration and Technical Economics and Management as the first-grade discipline.
I. Educational Objectives
This Ph. D program aims to
1.train students to have a scientific attitude and style in pursuit of precise and truth, to have aspirations after the truth and innovations and good ethics for scientific research, and also to qualify the students with the ability to do the research independently;
2.lead students to profound and broad theoretical foundations as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge;
3.lead students to creative achievements in one’s own major or professional techniques;
4.qualify students with the ability to do research independently.II. Research Fields
1. Financial Management and Investment Decision 2. Marketing Management
3. Human Resource Management 4. Enterprise Strategy Management
5. Corporate Governance 6. Financial Risk Management
7. Technological Innovation Management 8. Intellectual Property
9. Technological Strategy and Policy
III. Length of Schooling and Credits
Full time Ph. D candidates usually spend 3 or 4 years finishing their studies. They may get their degrees earlier but not less than two and a half years, or get their degrees later but not more than 6 years. The specific length of schooling will be decided by supervisor according to the student’s case. For those students who get direct entry into Ph.D study from master period, they usually spend 4 or 5 years finishing their studies.
IV. Requirements for Ph. D Candidates
1The education of doctoral candidates will follow the policy of “supervisor in full charge”, and organize a direction group with the supervisor as the monitor. The direction group together is responsible for the education and evaluation of the doctoral candidates.
2．Interdisciplinary Courses
1 The cross first-grade-disciplinary courses refer to graduate courses which are not defined in Business Administration. The students who select these courses must attend the classes and take the final examination.
2 The selected cross-disciplinary courses should not be the same as or similar to the courses taken during the periods as master candidates.
3．Seminars
Seminars are of importance for cultivating the comprehensive ability and leading the candidates into the advanced research fields. Within the professional fields specified by the supervisor, the doctoral candidates should participate in the special research reports given by others or take classes. The candidates should then review the most recent research papers according to the special report or the content of the course, and compose a research report and give the report in public seminars. The candidates can get 6 credits from the special seminars. The allocation of the credits is 2 credits for Methodology of Management Research, 2 for advanced courses in the profession and 2 for seminar