Overview

The Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is looking for top doctoral students with an intellectual curiosity about the nature and manner in which business organizations work. Graduates are competent in conducting independent research and teaching.

Features

Students in this Business Administration - Decision Sciences program will pursue research in the areas of data-oriented decision analytics and will be equipped with analytical and modeling skills such as data mining, statistics, mathematical modeling, simulation, optimization, and business analytics methods.

The program emphasizes research that focuses on real business problems and maintains a balance between theory and practice. Nationally and internationally known faculty members in both predictive and prescriptive analytics fields supervise students’ research progress and help them integrate in their careers.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Research Design Methods
Statistics
Econometrics
Microeconomic Theory
Managerial Research Seminar
Multivariate Statistical Methods
Predictive Modeling and Causal Analytics
Optimization
Non-parametric Modeling
Simulation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

58 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lowell, United States

Disciplines

Business Administration View 135 other PhDs in Business Administration in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must be graduates of an accredited U.S. college or university or an approved foreign equivalent institution, with earned grade point averages of 3.000 or better in all prior undergraduate and graduate studies.
The Ph.D. program requires all applicants to submit either the GRE or GMAT score. A minimum of four years full-time relevant work experience is preferred.
In addition, students are expected to have successfully demonstrated graduate level knowledge in seven functional areas: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Management Information Systems, Operations Management and Strategic Management.
Additionally, they will demonstrate undergraduate competency in Calculus, Statistics and Micro/Macro Economics. Students without such knowledge will be required to take the appropriate course(s) for consideration into the program.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

29250 USD / year

≈ 29250 USD / year
Out-of-State

29250 USD / year

≈ 29250 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

16672 USD / year

≈ 16672 USD / year

Living costs

Lowell

United States

1130 - 2341 USD / month

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