PhD in Business Program
The doctoral program in Business at JGS accepts students for full-time study beginning in the fall semester each year. The PhD Program will begin accepting applications in the Marketing, Finance, Strategic Management, and Accounting areas in the Fall of 2013 for Fall 2014 admissions. Applications will be accepted in Organizational Behavior in the future. Students applying to begin studies in Fall 2014 must submit their online application and send all of their supporting materials (three letters of recommendation, official transcripts, personal statement essay, official GMAT or GRE test score report, a CV or résumé, and a non-refundable application fee of $40) to the JGS Doctoral Program Office for delivery no later than January 10, 2014. International applicants whose native language is not English need to submit a TOEFL score. An applicant must declare his or her intended area of study – (1) Accounting, (2) Finance, (3) Marketing, (4) Strategic Management – while applying to the Ph.D. program. Selected candidates will be notified of admission decisions via e-mail no later than April 15. Candidates who submitted an application to the JGS doctoral program and were not offered admission may re-apply for a later year.
PhD Program Guidebook (PDF)
Area Advisors
A prospective student chooses an area of study when applying to the doctoral program. Areas of study include: (1) Accounting, (2) Finance, (3) Marketing, (4) Organizational Behavior, and (5) Strategic Management. Each of these areas is supervised by a faculty advisor, a member of the faculty specializing in that area. These area advisors supervise the evaluation of applications to their respective areas, counsel new students on the curriculum in that area and how to plan their course of study, and serve as advisors to all the students in their respective areas throughout their course of study. The current area advisors are listed below.
Application Deadline
The Ph.D. in Business Program will begin accepting applications in the Fall of 2013 for Fall 2014 admissions, in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Strategic Management, and Accounting. All application materials must be received by January 10, 2014. We strongly advise applicants to submit the online application and supporting materials 2-3 weeks prior to the January 10th deadline.
Contact Us
For questions about the PhD Program, please contact the appropriate area advisor or Professor Jennifer George, Director of the PhD Program. For questions about the on-line application process and requirements, please contact Melinda Peña.