Business

George Mason University

United States of America, Fairfax

University Rank:#951

Duration4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

USD 1,642 / credit

Next IntakeAugust 21, 2026

Business

About

In an increasingly globalized world characterized by rapid change and progress, business communities need innovative scholarship that challenges established convention and gives practitioners, policymakers, and cultural influencers cutting-edge, evidence-based findings and tools to help them manage, lead, innovate, and excel in their careers and organizations. Scholarship such as this is produced at business schools with a vibrant, innovative PhD program in Business.

The PhD program in Business is designed to address such needs. The PhD Program in Business will enhance GMU's mission by increasing the number of doctoral programs, research intensity, and university-wide interdisciplinary research and collaboration. By providing access to regional research sites and the diverse Mason community, our students will emerge from the program prepared to study many of the organizational problems within the Commonwealth as well as the world.

This program is designed as an overarching degree with five concentrations from which the students must pick one. The concentrations will be in Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Information Systems, Marketing, and Operations Management. Each student will declare their concentration prior to admission, in order for the school and faculty to properly prepare courses for degree completion. While some courses will be in common for all students taking the PhD in Business, each concentration will contain unique courses. The goal with this model is both to simplify the overall administration of the program (one degree) but allow the students the relevant domain knowledge to succeed in their specific field (required concentration). Please visit the School of Business website to view available concentrations.

Disciplines

School of Business

Requirements

Entry Requirements

International students interested in pursuing graduate study must meet the following requirements:

Completed online application for graduate study and application fee
An earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, or international equivalent, verified from copies of unofficial transcripts uploaded to the online application Self-Service Center. Note: Due to admissions deadlines, graduate students are sometimes admitted before conferral of a bachelor’s degree. Students who are awaiting conferral of the degree will be permitted to register for their first semester. However, continuance in any graduate program requires an official transcript which verifies conferral of a bachelor’s degree.
Copies of unofficial university transcripts and any earned degree uploaded to the online application Self-Service Center from all universities attended.
All transcripts from colleges or universities outside the United States must be translated into English, if applicable, and submitted for evaluation to the Mason Office of Admissions. Mason will provide evaluation service free of charge for all international transcripts, however, some programs may request an outside evaluation be completed. Because of volume, more time may be needed to process applications requiring a Mason evaluation. For expedited service, students may submit their documents to any NACES member organization at their own expense. For suggested NACES evaluation services, please reference the International Transfer Requirements section above. If you decide to use an external evaluation service or if your program requires an outside evaluation, GPA and Degree equivalences must be included with your course-by-course evaluation. The Office of Admissions has final authority on all evaluations. Evaluations are used for internal purposes and are not released to applicants. For information on international transcript requirements, go here.
Verification of English language proficiency. Please see English language requirements page.
Official GRE, GMAT, LSAT, or MAT or other official test scores, as required by your program sent directly to Mason from the testing agency
Other supplemental materials specified by your academic program such as essays, departmental forms, portfolios, or interviews

English Requirements

PTEMin 67
IELTSMin 7
TOEFLMin 88

Fee Information

Application Fee 75

How to Apply

Your complete application package will require supplemental forms and documents to go along with your application. Examples might include your high school transcript, letters of recommendation, transcripts from universities/colleges attended, visa status, results of standardized tests, essays, resume, activity lists, etc. Materials that you supply can be prepared before you apply. For the Common Application, these items can be uploaded into your application. For Mason’s Exclusive Online Application for Admission, these items can be sent electronically or mailed as directed when you apply. The rest of your documents can be provided after you apply, just be aware of the deadlines that apply to you.

Business

George Mason University

United States of America, Fairfax