Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in the field of Business and a Major Concentration in Marketing

PhD Degree in field of Business and a Major Concentration in Marketing

PhD Degree Program

For general university requirements, please see Doctoral Degrees. For additional requirements, regulations, and procedures for all graduate programs, please see All Graduate Students. For program details, see PhD Program Guidebook distributed by Jones Graduate School of Business. Admissions applications should include scores on Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Full financial support will be provided to admitted doctoral students. Candidates for PhD degree spend at least two years in full-time coursework and at least two years writing thesis. Four to five years is a reasonable goal for completing program. Students pursuing PhD degree in Business must:

• Complete a program of doctoral-level courses that is approved by area (or major concentration) faculty advisor. Students take courses from departments such as economics, psychology, statistics, and political science in addition to courses from Jones Graduate School of Business.
• Complete all coursework with a minimum overall GPA of 3.00 and a minimum grade of B (3.00 grade points) in each required course.
• Complete all of course requirements in their selected major concentration.
• Complete and defend orally a doctoral thesis, setting forth in publishable form, results of original research.

The English Language Proficiency Requirement may be waived for an international student who received a degree from an institution in which English is the official language of communication. Contact the admitting program for more information.

The following language proficiency tests are accepted by Rice graduate programs and will be used to assess English language proficiency. Please note the below scores are the minimum requirement, though some program requirements will be higher.

• The TOEFL IBT Home. A minimum score of 90 is required
• IELTS Indicator. A minimum score of 7 is required.
• Duolingo. A minimum score of 115 is required.