Doctor of Philosophy in Management

The ICN PhD programme is rigorous and challenging. It transforms students into responsible researchers who contribute to the development of contemporary, creative and innovative knowledge in management and business in an international context. The ICN PhD encourages creativity in the topics and methodologies, consistent with the school’s transdisciplinary Art-Technology-Management perspective.The programme is also individualised and collegial, as students develop close working relationships with their mentors from our faculty. Students work side-by-side with our international faculty and join a community of enthusiastic scholars who share a passion for research.Our researchers are internationally recognised experts in their field. They are academic leaders, provide innovative solutions to the corporate sector, and share their expertise and skills with our PhD students. ICN has an established reputation for excellence in its research into sustainability in business and management and corporate social responsibility. Our researchers place great emphasis on providing future leaders with the skills and tools they need to achieve sustainable outcomes in all areas of business and management.Guided by the values of commitment and responsibility set in the diverse learning environment provided by ICN, our PhD Program trains researchers for a career in international universities, research-oriented entities, or high-tech industries.

Programme-specific requirements recorded in SIT Connect.

• You need a Master's degree or an equivalent degree appropriate to the programme, or research or professional experience at postgraduate level with published research work or written reports (or other appropriate evidence of achievement). You apply online with a research proposal, which may build on one of the indicative PhD topics published by ICN faculty or be an independent project aligned with the school's research. After the application is examined, an interview is held to validate the candidate's file. Doctoral seminars in Nancy must be attended in person
• there is no remote mode.

The official programme record lists English. It does not publish a programme-specific minimum language-test score, so no score is invented here.

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Programme-specific document list.