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Student Handbook 2024-25 > Graduate Admissions Policy > Admission Criteria > Admission for PhD Applicants

Admission for PhD Applicants

Admission for PhD Applicants

To be eligible for admission into the PhD program, the candidate must satisfy the following conditions:

1. 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. These two courses include Accounting & Financing Decisions and Strategic Management. There will be no extra cost for these courses, and no assessments will be conducted however attendance will be taken

2. The applicant must have a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 in the Master's degree. 

3. It is desirable for the applicant to have at least three years of teaching and/or working experience. 

4. 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, Cambridge 52, IESOL/SESOL B2, PTE Academic 50-57, or a standardized equivalent test. 

5. An applicant who pursued his/her Master's degree in English language shall be exempted from submitting a new English language exam score if the Master’s program required a minimum score of 550 on the TOEFL, or its standardized equivalent. The English test score must be shown on the Master’s program transcript. 

6. The program shall not offer any conditional admission due to either low CGPA or English scores. 

7. 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).