PhD in Management

CVs might include details of other relevant work experience and qualifications to support an application.

Provide colour scans of university degree certificate(s) and final transcripts confirming completion. In exceptional circumstances, an official letter from your university confirming completion of your award and final grade may be accepted in place of a certificate.

University degree transcripts to date (transcripts are documents showing your grades for individual units or essays and exams throughout your degree)

Two academic references

Personal statements, which should describe your skills, experience and academic achievements and interest in studying a programme. Your personal statement should be around 1000 words. It should highlight your motivation for applying for the programme and any relevant experience/skills.

The primary requirement for the research statement is to define and situate your research within an academic/disciplinary context. You should remember that people in the academic community are the primary audience/readership for postgraduate research. This means that you will need to identify: Version 1.0 Date 18 September 2024 1.The research questions or problems that you intend to address and how your work will contribute to your field’s knowledge; 2.The research context for your project/programme of work, including, but not limited to, literature review, hypotheses, and expected impact; 3.The methods you think you will use to pursue the key questions. If you plan to use archival empirical methods, specify the model(s) and what you expect to find. 4. Two potential supervisors for your research – Supervisors need to be contacted in advance, but we cannot guarantee their availability. If the supervisor you seek cannot offer supervision, try to identify alternative supervisors. You may also submit application without identification of supervisors, and we will try our best to find a match, although we cannot guarantee supervision.