PHD Scholarships - School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London - 2015

School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London

The School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, invites applications to be put forward for PhD Studentships, commencing September 2015. We welcome applications in the following subject areas: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Employment Relations, Equality and Diversity, Human Resource Management, Management & Organization Studies, Public Management, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Management, Monetary and Macroeconomics, Labour Economics, Public Economics, International Business and Leadership. 

The School’s research strategy since its inception has been to sustain and enhance a distinctive research profile and ensure a supportive and intellectually challenging business and management research culture emphasising the interconnected nature of:

1. The economic, societal and historical contexts,
2. Social justice issues in business and management, and
3. Networks and governance in the private, public and third sectors.

For more information on the School’s research see;http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/research/index.html

Candidates must specify which research group they wish to join on their application form. The research proposals submitted by applicants should fit at least one of the above centres/groups.

The Award
Queen Mary Studentships are open to suitably qualified candidates from the UK, EU and overseas for full-time study. The Studentships consist of the full cost of (home or overseas) fees and £15,786 a year for maintenance for 3 years. The School also provides all students with a £1000 research allowance for conference attendance and other research related expenses. Award holders will be expected to be resident in London during the 3 year period of the studentship.

Candidate Profile
The School of Business and Management is committed to appointing only the very best candidates to its PhD programme. To apply you should have a good first degree (BA or BSc Honours or equivalent), at upper second class or equivalent with evidence of some 1^st class work, and a Masters qualification (at Merit or above with evidence of some Distinction level work) in a cognate discipline related to the studentship. We do not normally accept an MBA. Applicants are required to haven an IELTS overall score of 7 at the time of application. 

Our PhD Program is highly competitive and for research studentships all applicants will be judged according to the same criteria, namely: record of academic and/or professional achievement; quality of their research proposal; and compatibility with the theme of the studentship.

Further Details and Application Process
Candidates are encouraged to discuss their research proposal with a member of academic staff specialising in their research area. Details of academic staff and their research interests can be found on the School website (http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/staff/index.html)

For further details and how to apply visit:http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/howtoapply/ and see the School’s web pages:http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/phdprogramme/funding/index.html

General enquiries should be addressed to the PhD Administrator, Monira Begum (m.begum@qmul.ac.uk).

Application Deadline

The closing date for applications is 16^th January 2015. All short-listed applicants will be interviewed shortly after the closing date (either face-to-face or, in the case of overseas candidates, by Skype or telephone).