Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration - Risk Management and Insurance

Choosing to pursue a Ph.D. in Business Administration doctoral degree at Florida State University's College of Business means choosing to rigorously explore and generate new knowledge in your field. You will be challenged and transformed in a collegial atmosphere rich in opportunity. At Florida State, designated as a Carnegie Research Institution (very high research), doctoral students work alongside a distinguished faculty at one of the nation's largest business schools to produce and apply original business thought. Our internationally acclaimed faculty consistently receives rankings and recognition for research productivity and relevance. As early as year one, doctoral students begin forming research relationships with faculty members that provide a strong foundation for their academic careers. Small-class seminars foster discussions and idea exchanges with professors. Ph.D. students learn to emulate our faculty's disciplined balance of scholarship and instruction, and graduates are prepared to secure career placements at leading educational institutions, as well as select research positions in industry and government.
Risk Management and Insurance is one of seven majors offered through FSU's College of Business Ph.D. in Business Administration. The major admits one candidate each fall (on average), and the program takes four to five years to complete. Offers faculty with research expertise in insurer operations, insurance market performance and regulation, catastrophe risk management and the economics of risk and uncertainty. Includes primary courses covering the fundamentals of risk management/insurance and research courses in mathematical economics and applied quantitative methods. Encourages support area studies in finance econometrics, real estate and statistics. Includes two to three years of coursework culminating in a comprehensive exam, followed by two years of research and teaching, culminating with a dissertation.

Admission decisions are made by the college's Doctoral Admissions Committee and are based on a combination of factors, including prior academic record from accepted universities, GRE or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores taken within the past five years, letters of recommendation, experience, record of accomplishments. Admission is competitive and focused on students with grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher and GMAT scores of at least 600 or GRE scores of at least 155 on each section of the revised test.
Required transcripts
International applicants whose native language is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree in an English-speaking country are required to take either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and submit official test results in order to be admitted to The Florida State University. The College of Business requires a minimum TOEFL score of 600 on the paper-based test and 100 on the internet-based test, or a minimum of 7.0 on the IELTS exam