PhD in Management

IESE PhD is an exceptional opportunity to specialize in the area of your interest at the world’s most prestigious educational institution.

IESE’s doctoral program in Management is 100% funded, including a fee waiver and stipend, so that you can focus on what really matters: becoming a world-class researcher and preparing for a career at the forefront of business scholarship. You’ll receive rigorous training in qualitative and quantitative research, designed to help you hone the craft of research. And from the moment you begin, you will be mentored, guided, and supported by the IESE faculty who are some of the finest minds in global management research.

The benefits of having open-door access to international business experts and participating in cutting-edge projects are reflected in the excellence of our student research. IESE doctoral students emerge from the PhD program as thoroughly trained researchers capable of producing innovative research for publication in top-tier business journals. It’s this commitment to research excellence that results in more than 90% of our PhD students finding academic careers in leading universities and institutions.

The IESE PhD: A journey of passion

PhD students, Abhishek Deshmane, Rocío Martínez, and Lorenzo Lesana tell us their journey of passion. Discover how IESE is ensuring that the research digs into the most emerging concepts in the global business panorama, by staying close to business itself.

Post-graduate students registered in a similar PhD program at another university or business school may apply to IESE as visiting students.

As a PhD student, you are encouraged and funded to present your research papers at international conferences.

These conferences include the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, and the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference. Furthermore, we recommend you to follow seminars and workshops specifically designed for your research topics.

These international conferences and seminars are an opportunity to both enhance your research and build your own professional network.

If you complete a 3-month period abroad at an institution of higher education or research center of prestige, doing research or fieldwork or even course work, you might qualify to be awarded with the “International Doctor Distinction.”

In a weekly Brown Bag Session, both professors and students internally present their research papers and projects; brainstorm on new topics, supervise or suggest, encourage and guide each other. These sessions clearly improve the climate of collaboration between all the members of the research community.

We encourage students to search for specific courses that can be relevant to their research topic or that can provide them with accurate expertise in a related field at any other recognized institution.

Students are expected to become familiar with the most relevant academic research in the different areas of management sciences. All year round, the different departments invite the most outstanding academics from business schools and universities all over the globe, to present their work here at IESE and to interact with students in the most inspiring and enriching sessions you can encounter within the field of research.

We definitely encourage and support both geographical as well as interdisciplinary mobility within an integrated framework of cooperation between universities and business schools or other institutions beyond all borders or frontiers. Student Mobility

Students who want to take advantage of their stay here, can register for a Spanish language course.

As a PhD student, you are encouraged and funded to present your research papers at international conferences.

These conferences include the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, and the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference. Furthermore, we recommend you to follow seminars and workshops specifically designed for your research topics.

These international conferences and seminars are an opportunity to both enhance your research and build your own professional network.

If you complete a 3-month period abroad at an institution of higher education or research center of prestige, doing research or fieldwork or even course work, you might qualify to be awarded with the “International Doctor Distinction.”

In a weekly Brown Bag Session, both professors and students internally present their research papers and projects; brainstorm on new topics, supervise or suggest, encourage and guide each other. These sessions clearly improve the climate of collaboration between all the members of the research community.

We encourage students to search for specific courses that can be relevant to their research topic or that can provide them with accurate expertise in a related field at any other recognized institution.

Students are expected to become familiar with the most relevant academic research in the different areas of management sciences. All year round, the different departments invite the most outstanding academics from business schools and universities all over the globe, to present their work here at IESE and to interact with students in the most inspiring and enriching sessions you can encounter within the field of research.

We definitely encourage and support both geographical as well as interdisciplinary mobility within an integrated framework of cooperation between universities and business schools or other institutions beyond all borders or frontiers. Student Mobility

Students who want to take advantage of their stay here, can register for a Spanish language course.

Master quantitative and qualitative methods. Pursue empirical and theoretical research and publish in the world’s leading journals.

Leverage the global IESE student, faculty, and business networks for data and research findings. Build your international business network.

Present at world-class conferences and build your academic network through collaborative research with other leading business schools.

Enjoy open-door access to some of the finest minds in business academia. Research and publish with hands-on guidance from your mentor.

You’re 100% funded when you study a PhD in Management at IESE, so you can devote 100% of your time to your research.