Doctor of Philosophy - Management Studies (Integrated)

The PhD Management Studies provides a route to doctoral study if students do not have a Masters degree, or have little to no research training. It enables students to spend their first year completing a full-time Masters-level qualification, which will equip them with the business knowledge and research skills needed to begin PhD study the following year. The PhD will then be studied full time, over the next three years.

Students can choose to follow a traditional thesis approach, where they write a dissertation, or follow a 'three paper' thesis, where they produce three research articles, framed by an introduction and conclusion. Supervisors support students to submit these papers to conferences and for publication in international journals, so they can begin to build their research portfolio well before graduation.

This PhD gives students the opportunity to interrogate issues surrounding the contemporary workplace and how these relate to wider society on a local and global level. This programme attracts students from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, with wide ranging social science research interests. Students can tailor their studies to a profession or sector of their choice and may choose to explore issues such as: