PhD

The Wits Business School PhD programme is aimed at graduate students who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding in a management-related field. The PhD is awarded on the basis of a thesis that constitutes a substantial contribution to the advancement of knowledge.

What the WBS PhD Programme Offers You

  • Expectation that you will complete your degree in two years (full time) or four years (part time)
  • Competitive selection process
  • Guided first-year methodology course and proposal drafting
  • Supervision available in a range of finance, management & work-related disciplines
  • Access to Wits University libraries
  • Presentation of ‘work in progress’ at Faculty & PhD Seminars
  • Rigorous examination process (national and international examiners)
  • A PhD awarded by Wits University
  • Internationally competitive fees
  • Expectation that you will complete your degree in three years (full time) or five years (part time)

Is the WBS PhD for you?

Admission onto the WBS PhD Programme requires the following

  • A good Bachelors degree with Honours
  • A Masters degree
  • An outline of your proposed research
  • Availability of a suitable supervisor
  • High level of motivation and commitment

The School is particularly keen to enrol students in the following areas of study:

  • Innovation
  • Methodological Issues
  • Business & Society
  • Decision Sciences
  • Entrepreneurship & the informal economy
  • Finance
  • HIV/AIDS in the workplace
  • Marketing
  • Organisational behaviour & diversity management

For general programme queries, kindly contact Mmabatho Leeuw on (011) 717-3621 or email address: Mmabatho.Leeuw@wits.ac.za

The application submission deadline is 30 September 2010



Documents available for download:

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PhD Brochure 1Mb
WBS_PhD_ApplicationForm.pdf 80.17 KB
WBS PhD Application Part 3.doc 187.5 KB
WBS PhD Ref form.xls 30.5 KB
WBS PhD Procedure 2010.pdf 56.46 KB