Are there many universities out there that will refuse to admit someone with a MBA into their Ph.D programs? If so, what academic detours are available to a MBA graduate to still get accepted into a Ph.D. program? Thank you for your feedback, Dennis
I am assuming the PhD is in business, and most schools that I know of will have most of their admitted students have an MBA, some could be admitted without it, but they will have prereqs.
I think you will find many PhD options for MBA holders. Some examples: Management Building Construction Geography Urban and Regional Planning Decision Information Systems Real Estate Finance Journalism Advertising Marketing Accounting Agriculture/Agribusiness Economics Education Forestry Government Tourism Operations Research Human Resource Management Public Relations Health Care Administration International Relations Political Science Philosophy Sociology Sports Management History to name a few.. It will also depend on what your undergraduate degree was in, GPA, and GRE scores. If you had a BS in Engineering, did an MBA, and then wanted to do an Engineering PhD, most programs will usually not have any problems. You will most likely have spend an extra year doing some prerequisites. There are schools out there that flat out will not take anyone with an MBA. But there are so many options for grad school now, you should be able to find something somewhere.
Is the PhD in Business? in the US and Canada, a MBA is acceptable for admission into PhD programs in business but this is not always the case in the UK or Australia. UK and Australian PhDs normally require a research master's for admission, however, the MBA can be acceptable for a DBA admission.
Re: Re: from MBA to Ph.D Yes, I have a Ph.D. in business in mind. So if I understood you right, the only way to become accepted into a British or Australian Ph.D. program is via a research master. Do you know of any exceptions? Would, for example, a MBA with a thesis option change something in this regard? Dennis
Re: Re: Re: from MBA to Ph.D In this case, you are normally admitted to a M.Phil first and depending on your progress, you could be admitted into the PhD. MBAs are normally not seen as research degrees but terminal degrees. So you should expect to add a year or so for the M.Phil degree.
