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Mission

The mission of the Ph.D. Program in Business at the University of Connecticut is to prepare students to conduct high quality, state-of-the-art research and to assume faculty positions at leading universities. This is a full-time program and is designed for superior students who are highly committed to scholarly research and teaching. The Ph.D. Program in Business Administration requires all applicants to specify an area of concentration from Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, or Operations and Information Management.

Program Fast Facts

Year Program Founded: 1987

Program Entry: Fall

Length of Program: 63% of students graduate in 5 years or less, 36% in 4 years or less

Study Options: Teaching and Research Assistantships (tuition waiver; stipend with masters degree $20,096; subsidized health insurance)

Support for doctoral student conference presentations

Number of Alumni: 137

Total full-time faculty with research doctoral degrees: 93

Current Program

Size: 60 Students

Age: 32 years

Work Experience (Ave years): 6 years

% Men: 62%

% Non-US: 65%

Placement

Domestic (Carnegie Classification ratings of Very High or High research activity):
Arizona State, Clark, Clemson, Drexel, George Mason, Indiana University–Indianapolis, Iowa State, Kent State, Mississippi State University, Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Albany, Texas Tech University, and Universities of Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois-Chicago, Kansas, Maine, Nevada-Reno, North Texas, Texas-Dallas, Rhode Island, N Carolina-Chapel Hill, N Carolina-Greensboro, S Carolina, Toledo, Utah, Washington-Seattle, Wisconsin-Madison

International
Brock Univ - Ontario, Bangkok University, National Central University-Taiwan, Memorial University Newfoundland, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Richmond Universtiy-London, Kyung Hee University-Korea, National Chung-Cheng University-Taiwan, IESA-Venezuela, National Taiwan University

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CONGRATULATIONS!

2009 School of Business Hall of Fame Award:
Ciaran Heavey (Management)

2009 Ph.D. Program Student Teaching Award:
Michael Kukenberger (Management)

2009 Departmental Ph.D. Student Teaching Award:
Jeffrey Prelle (Accounting)
Scott Roark (Finance)
Ioannis Kareklas (Marketing)
Michael Kukenberger (Management)
Qindong Liu (OPIM)

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