PhD in Management

The PhD programme at the Department of Management is a paid, three-year research programme.  

As a PhD student, you get the opportunity to study a self-chosen topic within the department’s academic fields in close dialogue with experienced researchers.

In addition, you will most likely carry out teaching (in 1-4 different subjects), participate in seminars and conferences in Denmark and abroad, and disseminate your research in leading international journals. The programme also includes a study period abroad, and during the course of your PhD, you will build up valuable professional networks - both in and outside the department.

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Doing a PhD is an exciting and challenging experience that calls for specific competences such as:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal and leadership skills
• Project management and organisational skills
• Research and information management skills
• Self-management and effective working skills
• Written and oral communication skills

The Department of Management offers an excellent and modern office environment. Each PhD student has an individual office space in two or three person offices, a personal laptop and other necessary IT equipment and programs, access to a fully equipped behavioral laboratory, etc.  

The department has its own doctoral training program and all PhD students are affiliated with the research unit(s) of their supervisors.

The Department of Management is part of a national network of faculty and PhD students in the field of Management.

The Department of Management has a long-held tradition for cooperating with a number of Danish and international providers of research training and associated faculty e.g.:

• Yale School of Management, Yale University, USA
• Texas A&M University, USA
• Essex Business School, UK
• Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany
• University of Zurich; Switzerland
• Toulouse Business School, France
• ESMT Berlin, Germany
• Universidad de la República, Uruguay
• WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Technical University of Munich, School of Management, Germany
• Faculty of Management, University of Economics, Prague
• BI Norwegian Business School; Norway
• Leibniz University Hanover, Germany
• Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• USI Lugano, Switzerland
• Loughborough University London, UK
• Centre of Research in Marketing and Consumer Psychology at School of Business, Reykjavik University, Iceland
• Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• School of Construction and Project Management, the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London, UK
• University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway
• Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University, UK
• Cass Business School, City, University of London, UK
• Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
• Arizona State University, USA
• Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, USA
• Saint Mary’s College of California, USA
• Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada
• Department of Management Studies, Aalto University, Finland
• ESSEC Business School, France
• Agder University, Norway; Strategic Organization Design Unit at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Department of Methodology at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

After their PhD study, some MGMT PhDs continue their careers within the university sector. Others find employment outside academia in a wide range of public or private companies or organisations, such as:

• Novo Nordisk
• LEGO Group
• Vestas
• KMD
• Waoo
• Fertin Pharma
• Spark Works AG
• AltaPay
• Bisnode
• Digitaliseringsinstituttet
• isi GMBH
• Kidvertising
• Region Hovedstaden
• Region Midtjylland