PhD Areas of Study

The PhD program in Business and Economics is a joint degree offered by the Ross School of Business and the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. The goal of the joint program is to prepare scholars who will receive the best training in the theoretical and methodological approaches used in economics combined with the specific training in business applications offered at the business school.

The program is designed to serve students who have interests in broad microeconomic research areas of relevance to business.

The PhD Program in Management & Organizations trains scholars for careers as researchers and teachers at premier academic institutions throughout the world.

PhD students at Michigan have the opportunity to work closely with social scientists spanning a broad range of research areas and have access to unparalleled resources for pursuing diverse scholarly interests.

Our PhD program in marketing is rigorous yet heterogeneous and flexible in both the range of possible research topics and the coursework.

With the school’s emphasis on interdisciplinary research, the department consists of faculty with diverse research interests including Bayesian statistical modeling, empirical industrial organization/structural modeling, brand building, judgment and decision making, social influence and identity, consumer and cultural neuroscience and sensory marketing.

Our PhD in strategy is a research-oriented program designed to prepare students for careers in academia.

The program emphasizes:

1. Rigorous coursework that prepares students to conduct all aspects of strategic management research from theory building to sophisticated empirical research.
2. Close collaboration with faculty on research projects.
3. Socialization of students into a career of academic research and teaching.