Joint Ph.D./MBA Program

Recognizing the long-standing applicability of the Ph.D. beyond the academy and the increasing relevance of sophisticated management analysis in the highly varied positions held by many Ph.D. recipients, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will join with the School of Management (SOM) to offer one of the first joint degrees of its kind, the MBA/Ph.D. This joint degree program will enable doctoral students to apply their subject expertise and research skills in the increasingly varied private, public or nonprofit sectors where many Ph.D. recipients make their careers. It also will provide tomorrow’s managers with intensive subject and disciplinary expertise epitomized by Ph.D. programs. The new MBA/Ph.D. draws on SOM's management focus across these sectors as well as the Graduate School's research strengths in an exceptional range of academic disciplines. More than simply a list of courses taken at both schools, the joint degree will combine the two programs in ways that complement both while protecting the integrity of each separate program.

The joint degree combines the two-year MBA degree with the six-year Ph.D. It would allow its students to complete requirements for both degrees in roughly 7 years rather than the 8 or more years that would be required if the degrees were pursued separately. Both degrees will be awarded simultaneously at the conclusion of the seven-year period. Like all graduate students, joint degree students will receive a full financial aid package from the Graduate School during the terms registered there. For students in the humanities and social sciences, this includes four years of tuition, five years of stipend and health insurance for each term registered. Funding for students in the sciences will mirror standard, departmental packages. Students will pay one and a half years of tuition for the three terms registered at the SOM.

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