Program Introduction

The Guanghua School of Management’s International PhD Program (IPHD) aims at educating and developing young management scholars who are able to conduct highly qualified scientific research, to advance the quality of management research in mainland China and globally.
Modeled after PhD programs in North American research universities, this full-time program is designed for candidates with outstanding intellectual abilities and strong commitment to research, to produce university faculty members who are excellent researchers and teachers, especially in business schools. The program uses English language for all courses, papers, and dissertations. The program faculty includes many famous international scholars who teach some of the courses and serve on students’ dissertation committees.
Financial support is offered by both the university and the school. Students are not allowed to work on non-research projects while enrolled in the IPHD program. An opportunity to participate in an international exchange is provided on a competitive basis. Travel support is provided for international conference attendance if a student presents a first or single author paper at the conference. In addition, the program encourages academic research by awarding the best papers through an annual IPHD poster session, and awarding the best dissertation proposals by way of an annual dissertation proposal competition.
The program follows a strict annual-review system. Those who cannot pass the annual review may be disqualified from continuing with the IPHD study in the next year. Such students may be allowed be complete a Master’s degree instead.

Program Areas

The program admits doctoral candidates in the following areas:

1.      Organizational behavior and human resources management,
2.      Marketing, and
3.      Strategic management.
When you apply online, please fill in the research areas you would like to study.

Program Length

The program lasts five years for applicants without a Master degree and four years for Master-degree holders.
Admission Evaluation

Initial screening. An admissions committee in each department comprised of Guanghua faculty and invited international professors will evaluate students based on application information. The strength of the recommendation letters, the academic record at the applicant’s undergraduate/graduate institution, and his/her research agenda, with its fit within the general research interests of GSM’s faculty, are all evaluated, as evidence of intellectual ability and a commitment to a career in research;

IPHD evaluation interview. Applicants who passed the initial screening will receive an interview. Qualified applicants are then required to attend an Evaluative Interview in April.
The admission committee then makes its recommendations for admission to Guanghua School of Management. Peking University makes the official admission decisions and an ‘Admission Notice’ will be sent to the successful candidates by the end of June.

Tuition Fee

32,000 RMB/year
Registration Period
September(specified in the Admission Notice)

1. Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2. Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3. Master's degree diploma
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.
If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4. Transcript of postgraduate school

5.Two recommendation letters
From professor,associate professor or equivalents.

6.GMAT/GRE score
Authorized Copy of GMAT score of 680 or above and GRE score of 2000 or above within the period of validity of 5 years.

7.Copy of article or papers published
Table of contents and abstracts of your academic publications and any other original achievement in your field of study

8.Statement of purpose
800 words for master program and 1500 words for doctorate program, must be in Chinese 
You can download a template or sample from here.

9.TOEFL score 
For example, IELTS or TOEFL, only for applicant whose native language is not English.