Doctor of Philosophy in Corporate Social Responsibility

The Research School of Management (RSM) has internationally recognised researchers who can supervise doctoral candidates on a diverse range of topics. To complete the PhD program, candidates who will do their research under the guidance of a supervisory panel, have to take four compulsory and two elective courses, be successful in the thesis proposal review process, and write a substantial thesis that is passed by external examiners.

RSM staff have diverse research interests and can provide supervision across a range of topics in disciplines such as:

Business Information Systems
Corporate Social Responsibility
Entrepreneurship
Human Resource Management
Innovation
International Business
Leadership
Marketing
Organisational Behaviour
Project Management
Strategic Management
Tourism

Duration: 2 to 4 years full time (4 to 8 years part time)

The admission requirements for a PhD program in RSM reflect the advanced knowledge that candidates will need to undertake the coursework component of the degree and the research experience and skills needed to successfully undertake and complete the research thesis

The minimum qualification requirement for admission to the PhD program in RSM is

an Australian Bachelor degree with at least Second Class Honours Division A First Class Honours highly preferred or its international equivalent which should include a substantial thesis component in a relevant discipline - such as management marketing international business business information systems or psychology - from an approved university or
a Master of Philosophy or equivalent degree with a significant research thesis component from an approved university or
a coursework Master degree comprising a research thesis counting towards no less than 25 per cent of the degree with the thesis grade and overall GPA grade point average both being at least a 6.0 distinction on a 7-point scale from an approved university.
English language requirements -
All applicants must satisfy the Universitys English language admission requirements An international applicant who is not a native English speaker may satisfy these requirements by submitting evidence of an IELTS overall score of at least 6.5 and with no component less than 6.0 or a paper-based TOEFL score of at least 570 with at least 4.5 in the essay component.
TOEFL IBT Paper Edition - Overall score - 80, Reading - 20, Writing - 20, Listening - 18, Speaking - 18.
TOEFL IBT Excluding Paper Edition and Home Edition - Overall score - 80, Reading - 20, Writing - 20, Listening - 18, Speaking - 18.