Introduction to Doctor of Philosophy in Management Program
As the highest academic degree in management education, the Doctor of Philosophy in Management (DPM) program is built on three core pillars: theoretical innovation in academia, cutting-edge research methodologies, and business management practice. It focuses on fostering students’ capacity for original research thinking, enabling them to conduct high-level original academic research by leveraging internationally advanced research paradigms, management theories, and quantitative analysis tools. Aligned with global business transformation and the demand for industry-academia-research integration, the program aims to cultivate senior business management and research talents with solid theoretical foundations, innovative research competence, practical management expertise, and strategic vision.
Covering the full spectrum of business and management disciplines, the program offers five specializations. Students may select a specialization based on their academic background and career plans to pursue in-depth research.
Accounting specialization covers sub-fields including financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, corporate governance, and information disclosure. It trains students to systematically address theoretical conundrums and practical industrial pain points in the accounting field through normative research, empirical research, machine learning and other methodologies.
Finance specialization includes research areas such as financial economics, banking and finance. It focuses on corporate finance, asset pricing, financial institution management, ESG and green finance, and financial technology (FinTech). It equips students to conduct high-level academic research and policy evaluation in the finance domain using financial theories, quantitative modelling, and artificial intelligence technologies.
Applied Economics specialization focuses on sub-fields including industrial and regional economics, finance and international trade, and behavioural and digital economics. It develops students’ ability to interpret real economic phenomena and evaluate policy implementation effects with economic analytical frameworks and cutting-edge empirical research tools, providing scientific support for government industrial policy formulation and corporate strategic decision-making.
Management Science and Engineering specialization covers research directions including business analytics, logistics management, and information systems. It focuses on topics such as business intelligent decision-making, logistics and supply chain optimization, enterprise digital and intelligent transformation, and complex system modelling. It cultivates students to develop new theories and methodologies of management science and deliver scientific solutions and technical support for industrial management decision-making, leveraging frontier intelligent algorithms, operations research optimization modelling and data science technologies.
Management specialization includes management, marketing, human resource management, strategic management, enterprise management, organizational behaviour, public service operations, international relations, public administration, and hospitality and service management. It trains students to conduct theoretical research and practical exploration from diversified management perspectives and enhances their capacity for management theory construction and innovation.
Graduates enjoy broad career prospects, with employment destinations including but not limited to domestic and overseas universities and research institutions, government policy research departments, core positions in large enterprises, senior think tanks and professional consulting firms, as well as research and decision-making departments of financial institutions.
The normal program duration is three academic years, requiring the completion of 30 credits, including core courses (9 credits), elective courses (3 credits), and an independently completed doctoral dissertation (18 credits).
The program has the following characteristics:
Five specializations cover the full scope of business and management disciplines, allowing students to select their corresponding specialization and supervisor for targeted academic development.
Doctor supervisors come from renowned universities worldwide, with profound academic attainments and extensive experience in doctoral dissertation supervision.
The program has a full-chain training mechanism, covering regular academic progress tracking, annual research progress reports, annual academic conferences, proposal defense, and dissertation defense. Specialized courses are delivered in small classes to ensure in-depth classroom interaction and rigorous professional instruction.
Specialized research laboratories and comprehensive resources of academic literature and professional databases can provide all-round support for high-quality research outputs.
Competency Goals
CG 1. Demonstrate advanced theoretical and contextual knowledge in management.
Students exhibit a deep understanding of key theoretical frameworks in management.
Students demonstrate specialized knowledge in a specific area of management relevant to their research.
Students critically engage with frontier knowledge in their thematic areas of study.
CG 2. Conduct original and impactful scholarly research.
Students are able to critically conceptualize and evaluate current research literature to identify gaps and opportunities for innovative contributions.
Students demonstrate the ability to design and implement robust research methodologies that effectively address complex research questions within their fields of specialization.
Students are able to apply advanced quantitative and qualitative skills to conduct advanced analysis, evaluation and interpretation in scholarly research.
CG 3. Demonstrate effective academic communication skills.
Students are able to produce research papers that exhibit conceptual depth, critical analysis, originality, significance, and proper citation practices.
Students are able to deliver high-quality oral presentations that effectively communicate research findings in a clear and organized manner.
Students are able to showcase advanced academic writing skills, preparing scholarly work suitable for publication in reputable journals.
CG 4. Demonstrate a strong commitment to academic ethics and social responsibility.
Students are able to uphold high standards of academic integrity and research ethics, ensuring the production of high-quality research.
Students are able to recognize and address social responsibility in their research and publication practices.
CG 5. Demonstrate global and multicultural perspectives.
Students understand, appreciate, respect and work well with other cultures and international diversity.
Students demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the globalization of business and management, along with mastery of the latest international research trends in their specialized fields.
