Overview

Our doctoral training in Management at the University of Oxford will immerse you in all aspects of academic life. You will be both a student and a junior research colleague. We provide courses in a wide variety of research methods and you will work closely with your supervisors to define your research question and develop your thesis.

In addition, you will have opportunities to gain teaching and research assistant experience and become involved with the intellectual community within both Saïd Business School and the wider University. You will attend academic conferences, make presentations, organise lectures and seminars and contribute to management and academic decisions.

Benefits

Engage with internationally renowned faculty
Conference and research funding
Training in principal research methods at both at Saïd Business School and wider University

Opportunities

Paid teaching and research assistant opportunities
Contribute to management and academic programme decisions through student representation on committees
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Programme Structure

Research areas include:

Entrepreneurship, governance and systems innovation
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Global strategy and comparative institutional analysis
International business
Operations management and business analytics
Organisation studies and strategy
Scenario planning
Social entrepreneurship
Supply chain management
Sustainability and commons governance
Systems complexities
System design, forecasting, human algorithm interaction

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-05 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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IELTS

7.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Management Studies View 85 other PhDs in Management Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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IELTS

7.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

You will require:

a good undergraduate degree: 2.1 (GPA 3.5 or its equivalent)
GMAT or GRE test results
TOEFL or IELTS test results (If you are not from an English speaking majority country)
three pieces of written work, including a well-developed research proposal
three academic references

Successful applicants typically have a distinction in a Master’s level degree in addition to their undergraduate studies, but exceptional applicants from undergraduate programmes in relevant subjects will be considered.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

26670 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

26670 GBP / year

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Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

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