TOP 10
Ph.D. Program Experiences in 2008-2009 (by current doctoral students)

10. I never expected someone to say that my class or my teaching was the reason they changed their career choice. This experience was both humbling and gratifying.
9. Brown bags with faculty members and speakers from outside of the school.
8. I am experiencing accumulated quantitative and qualitative changes in the learning process.
7. I completed two research proposals. I am now working on data collection. I seem to fall in love with my research.
6. Working with my advisor and teaching.
5. I love UCONN. I guess I am pleased that I successfully survived my coursework so far and that I am well on my way with my first year paper.
4. Teaching an independent course
3. I was substantially impressed by the UConn PhD culture, the quality of the administrators, and the overall strength of the program.
2. Supportive faculty
1. Getting my dissertation data in (FINALLY)!

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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: 59% 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: 133

Total full-time faculty with research doctoral degrees: 82

Current Program

Size: 53 Students

Age: 33.8 years

Work Experience (Ave years): 6 years

% Men: 60%

% Non-US: 60%

Placement

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

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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