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PhD - Aston Business School

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Aston University

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-OCT-25

  • Duration

    3 years

Course summary

At Aston Business School our PhD programme is designed to train Doctoral students who aspire to become future academics or professional industry researchers. At Aston Business School our PhD programme is designed to train Doctoral students who aspire to become future academics or professional industry researchers.

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Research at Aston Business School addresses a wide variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary themes.

Our research expertise is embedded in our academic departments below, and you are strongly recommended to explore our departmental web pages, before applying, so that you can better position your research proposal to fit with academics' current research interests.

Aston Business School

Accounting
Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship (Research)
Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship
Law (Research)
Law Group
Marketing and Strategy
Operations and Information Management
Work and Organisational Psychology

Research environment

We have an exciting and vibrant research environment at Aston Business School that enables our PhD students to be engaged in various research events and seminars (Aston Business School-wide and PhD-specific). Our PhDs have a dedicated research society which organises various social and academic related events throughout the year, including the ABS Annual Doctoral Conference. We strongly believe that these activities are an essential part of ensuring our PhD students are engaged and motivated throughout the duration of their PhD journey.

Our academic departments also run research seminar series (and other activities) where PhD students are encouraged to present their research and get feedback from colleagues. In addition, our Summer School in Advanced Research Methods offers additional training opportunities necessary for a successful academic career.

All students can access up to £1500 for presenting at academic conferences and an additional £1200 Research Support Training Grant is also provided to help further develop their research knowledge, skills, abilities and professional development.

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 15,450per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Aston University

Aston University

  • University League Table

    39th

  • Campus address

    Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, Birmingham, B4 7ET, England

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Aston is renowned for its careers and employability support, the opportunities it provides for students to gain practical work experience, and Job Shop support.
Students have the opportunity to gain experience through internships, placements, projects and business start-ups, and connections to local alumni networks.
The university has a range of scholarships including a fully-funded Aston Enterprise Scholarship for a student with a winning business idea.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Business & Management Studies

    31st out of 122 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    134 61%

    43rd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    79.0 79%

    27th

    11

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.00 75%

    85th

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