项目介绍
The PhD programme is a small highly selective programme geared towards training students to become leading marketing faculty in the top tiered research focused schools. The programme is focused on developing marketing faculty that can conduct rigorous and relevant research focused on understanding and predicting marketing actions of firms and managers and the behaviour of consumers. To this end, the programme will admit only a limited number of students every year. The learning experience will be based on course work across SMU, close collaboration with the marketing faculty, and exposure to world renowned marketing faculty who will offer advanced research topic courses to the marketing PhD students. In addition, PhD students will be able to leverage the resources of SMU’s world class research institutes and centres, such as the Center for Marketing Excellence (https://www.smu.edu.sg/centres/cme/), the Behavioral Science Institute (https://bsi.smu.edu.sg/), Institute for Service Excellence (https://ise.smu.edu.sg/) and the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics (https://skbi.smu.edu.sg/).
Students are encouraged to complete the programme in 4 years.
The minimum duration of the programme is three years. Most students, however, are expected to take about four years to complete the programme. The maximum registration duration of the programme is five years, unless special approval for a longer duration is given by SMU.
The curriculum consists of
- 6 Foundation courses (6 course units)
- 2 Electives (2 course units)
- 4 Advanced Research Topics (ART) courses (4 course units)
The programme also requires the preparation and completion of a PhD Dissertation (28 course units).
Programme Schedule (Sample)
| Year | Term 1 (Aug – Nov) | Term 2 (Jan – Apr) | Term 3 (May – Aug) |
| 1 | Foundation courses
Elective courses |
Foundation courses
Elective courses |
Research |
| 2 | ART courses
Research Prepare Dissertation Proposal |
ART courses
Research Pass PhD Qualifying Exam Form Dissertation Committee |
Research |
| 3 | Submit Written Dissertation Proposal
Oral Defence of Dissertation Proposal Dissertation Research |
Dissertation Research | Dissertation Research |
| 4 | Dissertation Research | Dissertation Research
(i) Submit written report of completed Dissertation Research (ii) Oral defence of completed Dissertation |
(i) Revise and/or re-submit Dissertation Report
(ii) Submit Approved Dissertation Report to LKCSB PGR Office (iii) Dissertation Report from LKCSB PGR Office to GSO for approval |
Admission Requirements
- Undergraduate Bachelor’s degree
- GRE or GMAT
- Cover letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Purpose
- 2 referee reports (Please download the referee’s report template)
TOEFL/ IELTS
Applicants must show proficiency in the English language. Applicants, whose undergraduate medium of instruction was not in English, are to sit for either TOEFL or IELTS.
PhD Programme Fees
Please refer to SMU PhD Programme Fees page for detailed and latest breakdown of fees.
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