PhD in Management and Marketing
Overview
The PhD in Management and Marketing will equip you with fundamental understanding of the research process, to prepare you for an academic career in your field.
Our broad research and teaching expertise can be grouped around the five specialised areas of human resource management and industrial relations, international and strategic management, marketing, operations management and organisational studies.
Research is undertaken both in Australia and abroad and is published in leading international and regional journals, as well as being presented at the most prominent international management and marketing conferences.
Program structure
The PhD in Management and Marketing consists of three years of full-time or six years of part-time study.
You will complete two coursework subjects and a research thesis of approximately 80,000 words. Please visit the Course and Subject Handbook for current subject information.
Commencement is only available at the start of Semester 1 (February/March) of any given year, and you must commence your studies within the first two weeks of semester.
Admission requirements
To be eligible for entry to the PhD in Management and Marketing you must have either:
- A four-year honours degree at minimum H2A (75-79%) standard from an Australian university; or
- A qualification or combination of qualifications considered by the Research and Higher Degree Committee to be equivalent, in an area that is relevant to the intended PhD.
In addition, you must:
- Satisfy the University's English language requirements; and
- Have prior academic research experience at 4th year or Masters level.
- For entry in 2010, applicants will also be required to provide results of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Assessment
Candidates are accepted into the program on probationary status. At the end of your first year of studies, you must undertake the confirmation process, by which you must:
- Pass the two coursework subjects;
- Produce a written report deemed satisfactory by the Confirmation Committee that details what you have undertaken and learned since commencing your studies; and
- Give a formal presentation to staff and higher degree research students of the Department on your findings to date.
The award of the PhD is based solely on the result of the thesis. The thesis will be assessed by two external examiners.
Financial support
The Department of Management and Marketing provides funding to full-time and part-time PhD students up to a maximum of AU$10,000 during their candidature. As our students are encouraged to interact with the broader academic community and industry through conference presentations and attendance, collaboration on publications and through consultancies, AU$4000 is to be used for conference and doctoral consortium attendance purposes. Incidentals will be funded up to AU$1000 while the remaining AU$5000 may be accessed to fund fieldwork.
The Department also endeavours to advance candidates’ academic development by exposing them to lecturing opportunities where possible. Many of our candidates are employed as Tutors for our undergraduate subjects and Research Assistants for our academic staff members.
More information
- How and when to apply
- Scholarships
- Fees
- Download the Melbourne GSM 2010 Prospectus (PDF 7458 Kb)
- Visit the Department of Management and Marketing website
- Visit the School of Graduate Research website
- Queries about research programs should be directed to research-melbgsm@unimelb.edu.au