Management PhD / MPhil

Program Overview

The University of Liverpool's Management PhD program cultivates world-class researchers in business and management. With tailored training and supervision, students delve into areas such as marketing, operations, strategy, and work organization, producing valuable insights into real-world business practices. The program offers state-of-the-art facilities, research centers, and research groups, fostering a vibrant research environment for doctoral students.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The University of Liverpool Management School's (ULMS) Management PhD program aims to develop world-class researchers specializing in building theory and producing valuable insights into business and management practice. The program covers a wide range of areas for investigation relevant to business governance, strategic planning, and operations, including:

• Marketing
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Strategy, International Business, and Entrepreneurship
• Work Organisation and Management
The program is designed to provide tailored training with specific modules aimed at facilitating the development of individual research projects.

Teaching:

The program offers tailored training with specific modules aimed at facilitating the development of individual research projects. These modules include:

• Business and Management as a Social Science
• Quantitative Methods in Business and Management
• Qualitative Methods in Business and Management
• Advanced Research Methods
Students work with a primary supervisor, a leading expert in their field, and a secondary supervisor, typically a promising early career researcher specializing in the student's specific area of study.

Other:

The University of Liverpool Management School is a UK triple accredited (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS) leading and internationally recognized research institution with outstanding REF 2021 results against 108 ranked Business and Management Schools across the country.

• 12th for submissions judged as World Leading (4 ) or Internationally Excellent (3 )
• 16th for research outputs classified as World Leading (4 )
• 9th place for Research Power (17 places higher than in 2014)
• 100% of research supported by a World Leading (4 ) or Internationally Excellent (3 ) environment.
The School's Marketing, OSCM, SIBE, and WOM groups produce world-class theoretical and applied research with a strong focus on the real-world impact of this work. Members regularly publish in a range of top scholarly journals. The School also has five research centers and one cluster specializing in contemporary issues in business and society, aimed at bringing together expertise across the School and University. As a PhD student, you are welcome to join any of these centers, as they present excellent opportunities to access internal and external research networks around cutting-edge themes.
• The McKenzie Trading Room offers 40 PCs with Bloomberg access.
Each PC has a dual monitor and a Bloomberg keyboard. The School has six research groups that form homes for both research and teaching, providing the management and infrastructure to ensure the vitality and sustainability of the research environment:
• Accounting and Finance
• Economics
• Marketing
• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Strategy, International Business, and Entrepreneurship
• Work, Organisation, and Management
The School also has research centers and clusters:
• The Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship
• Centre for Supply Chain Research
• Centre for Sports Business
• Centre for Sustainable Business
• Centre for Organisational and Employee Wellbeing
• Liverpool Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics (LAMBDA) Research Cluster
The program welcomes research proposals including, but not limited to:

Marketing

• B2B marketing
• Consumer behaviour and digital identity
• Consumer culture
• Marketing strategy and analytics
• Vulnerable consumers and responsible marketing

Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM)

• Transport and logistics
• Agri-food supply chains
• Sustainable operations and supply chain management
• Agile operations
• Supply chain technologies, analytics, and risk

Strategy, International Business, and Entrepreneurship (SIBE)

• Sustainable strategy and its governance
• International business and management of people, knowledge, and technology across borders
• Innovation, collaboration, and emerging digital technologies
• Entrepreneurship and social inclusion
• Strategic intellectual property management across global innovation contexts

Work Organisation and Management (WOM)

• Work, health, and wellbeing
• Leadership
• Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)
• Identity
• Grand challenges in Work, Organisation, and Management
• Title of the proposal
• Introduction and expected contribution and its significance
• Literature review
• Proposed research questions
• Proposed methodology (fit with research/experience
  eed for training)
• Gantt chart
• References.

The fees below reflect one year of study during the 2024/25 academic year MPhil / PhD Duration UK students International Students Full time 2-4 years £4,786 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £29,750 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £29,750 (Band A)^ or £23,400 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £23,400 (Band B) Part time 4-6 years £2,393 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences £14,900 (Band A)^ Faculty of Science and Engineering £14,900 (Band A)^ or £11,700 (Band B) Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences £11,700 (Band B) The fees stated in the table above exclude potential research support fees also known as ‘bench fees’. You will be notified of any fee which may apply in your offer letter.

• Please note that if you are undertaking a PhD within the Faculty of Science and Engineering the fee you pay, Band A or Band B, will reflect the nature of your research project.
Some research projects incur a higher fee than others e.g. if you are required to undertake laboratory work. You will be informed of the fee for your programme in your offer letter. ^ Self-funded, full-time international students studying a PhD programme classified as Band A will receive a £2,000 reduction in their fees for the first year only.