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The Ph.D. program at SME is rigorous and demanding. It has been designed to produce candidates with skills and achievements, enabling them to meaningfully stake their candidature for full-time faculty positions in premier management institutes across the country.
The Ph.D. program currently provides an opportunity for focused research in all areas of specialization that the school offers. The program emphasizes pursuing research work that connects with the world of practice, with any of the national or global programs that speak to contemporary issues in our society and their management, particularly those that have an overlay of technology and entrepreneurship.
The curriculum emphasizes research training through specific doctoral courses compulsory to all students and area-level doctoral courses as electives. Doctoral courses are designed specifically for the students and are offered exclusively for them.
Coursework
Students are required to complete coursework comprising a total of 30 credits, which includes courses around philosophy, theory building, Qualitative / Quantitative research methodologies and methods as also electives specific to the student’s cross-functional interest among others.
Beyond the classroom-based coursework (list of courses appended below), which can be completed within the first 2 – 4 semesters, students would be required to work on and present their respective “2nd-year research paper” and a “Business Research Proposal” comprising 24 credits. To initiate their respective thesis work, a student has to satisfactorily complete the following requirements.
- Classroom-based coursework
- 2nd-year research paper
- Business research proposal
- Comprehensive Qualifying examination
These requirements can be completed within 3 – 4 semesters for Full-Time students and within 3 – 6 semesters for part-time students.
List of classroom courses
- Compulsory Doctoral Courses (13 credits)
- Introduction to Research and Theory Building
- Philosophy of Science
- Technical Communication
- Introduction to Management
- Literature Review
- Advance Data analysis for management
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Case study Teaching and Writing
- Compulsory MBA courses (5 credits)
- Statistics for Management
- Business Research Methods
- Econometrics
- Area Level Doctoral Courses (12 Credits)
Each area would offer its electives. With appropriate approval, students can opt for electives of other areas at IIT Jodhpur as well to support cross-functional interests
