GSB-PHD - Business Administration (PhD)

The mission of the Stanford Graduate School of Business is to create ideas that deepen and advance the understanding of management, and with these ideas, develop innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who change the world.

For detailed information on programs, curricula, and faculty, see the School's web site.

For a statement of University policy on graduate advising, see the "Graduate Advising" section of this bulletin.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree program is designed to develop outstanding scholars for careers in research and teaching in various fields of study associated with business education. Students focus on one of seven discrete areas of study including accounting, economic analysis and policy, finance, marketing, operations information and technology, organizational behavior, and political economy.