MPhil: minimum 12 months full time; minimum 24 months part time
PhD: minimum 36 months full time; minimum 72 months part time
Fees per academic year 2013-14
UK and EU: full time £4,320 part time £2,160
International: full time £10,840 part time fees
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
The mission of our doctoral programmes is to develop rigorous scholars who can advance both academic knowledge and business practice. The programmes are designed to equip you with the skills necessary to succeed in a knowledge-intensive environment and to open greater depth to your professional and personal life.
Our research strengths are focused in a number of groups or themes. Each of these involves externally funded research, international collaboration and the active involvement of doctoral students. There are opportunities for research students to study in any of the disciplines outlined below.
HRM, Work and Employment
Members of the group have a wide range of research interests in the field of human resource management, organisational studies and management history. Currently, there are particular interests in the field of international political economy as well as in new patterns of work and organisation, public sector management, gender and industrial relations. Staff members engage in individual research and collaborate with others at universities across the UK and abroad.
Specific areas of research expertise include:
More information about our academic staff can be found on the Newcastle University Buisness School website.
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and E-Business
Our research group activities broadly cover the areas of innovation, enterprise/entrepreneurship and policy. We have particular interests in the development and pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities within and outside existing organisations and on the way in which emerging technology trends are interacting with new businesses, management and policy models.
Specific areas of research expertise include:
More information about our academic staff can be found on the Newcastle University Buisness School website.
Strategy, Organisations and Society
The SOS group uses social theory to explore strategic and organisational issues. Grouded in the critical / interpretative tradition, the group has a specific expertise in issues of power, discourse and change.
Specific areas of research expertise include:
Operations
Specific areas of research expertise include:
More information about our academic staff can be found on the Newcastle University Buisness School website.
Our PhD programmes also form part of the Management and Business Studies pathway of the North East Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), which is funded and accredited by the ESRC and run jointly by the universities of Newcastle and Durham. This is a collaborative centre for world-class postgraduate research and training in the social sciences, which offers students a wealth of opportunities to work with leading researchers across a wide range of disciplines and benefit from high-quality training and state-of-the-art resources at both universities.
At the generic level, the University's Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School provides a full range of research training in professional/key skills, bibliographical techniques, and quantitative and qualitative methods.
Preferably an upper-second-class Honours degree or higher in a relevant subject, or an equivalent qualification with relevant work experience. If you do not have a Master’s degree, you should complete the MA in Management and Business Studies (Research) before continuing onto the PhD track.
If you have a Master’s degree that is not recognised by the ESRC as Research Master, you will be expected to complete a PG Certificate in Research Methods in your first year of the programme.
Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 7.0 or equivalent, with a minimum of 6.5 in written English, 6.5 in speaking, and a minimum 6.0 in all other sub skills. Pre-sessional courses in English language are provided by the University and successful completion of these may be a condition of entry.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentships: the North East Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) offers a number of competitive studentships each year. Applicants can enter the studentship competition under the Management and Business Studies pathway. Details on the studentships, eligibility requirements, and application deadlines can be found on the North East Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) website
The Newcastle University Business School offers Research Studentships.
International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
More information on scholarships, studentships, bursaries and other funding is available from our database.Visit our postgraduate application site.
The main deadline for applications is May 1 2012, for programmes starting in September 2012. Late applications may be considered on a space-available basis. If you are applying for funding, other specific deadlines may apply.
After each deadline, shortlisted candidates will be invited to undertake a detailed (phone) interview. Successful applicants will be informed of their admission to the programme shortly after the interview.
There are two possible start dates for your research degree:
However these dates are not mandatory and in some circumstances permission can be granted for alternative start dates.
Please note: As a formal condition of the offer to study at Newcastle University, students from outside the UK/EU are required to pay a deposit of £1,500 or submit an official letter of sponsorship for their chosen programme. The deposit payment is non refundable, but will be deducted from tuition fees upon registration.
Further application advice is available from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Watkin
Newcastle University Business School
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1580
E-mail: nubs@ncl.ac.uk
www.ncl.ac.uk/nubs/postgrad/research/phd/mphil_phd.htm
This programme is within the subject area of Business and Management.