Admission for PhD Applicants
Admission for PhD Applicants
To be eligible for admission into the PhD program, the candidate must satisfy the following conditions:
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The applicant must hold a Master's degree in a business discipline from a UAE-recognized university. An applicant who pursued their Master's degree in a field other than business administration will be required to take one management and one finance remedial or foundation courses within the current MBA program. There will be no extra cost for these courses. The applicant must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 in the Master's degree.
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It is desirable for the applicant to have at least three years of teaching and/or working experience.
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The applicant must satisfy the English language requirement, holding a minimum score on one of the following tests: TOEFL PBT 550, TOEFL IBT 79, IELTS 6.0, or a standardized equivalent test.
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The program does not offer any conditional admission due to either low CGPA or English scores.
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An applicant enrolled in a doctoral program at other UAE-recognized universities who wishes to transfer to the UD-PhD program should fulfill the above admission requirements. Up to 25% of equivalent credit hours may be transferred into UD’s program. An applicant dismissed from his/her program at the original institution for any reason, will not be accepted into UD. (See UD Policy S 6.3 on Transfer Policy).