Seats Open in Areas of Strategy, Ethics and Entrepreneurship and Data Analytics and Decision Sciences
Join a community of distinguished scholars at the forefront of business innovation with Darden’s Ph.D. program, located on the esteemed Darden Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia. This program offers unparalleled access to the best faculty in graduate business education and an unparalleled education experience, equipping you to become a leading researcher poised for tenure-track positions at top universities worldwide. Also, benefit from Darden’s strategic location in Washington, D.C., at UVA Darden DC Metro, enhancing your academic and professional network.
Our Ph.D. program is intentionally selective, welcoming only a small cohort of high-achieving students with strong quantitative skills. This “smaller by design” approach ensures personalized mentorship and collaboration with faculty on groundbreaking research in business and management, fostering lifelong academic relationships and significant contributions to the field.
Strategy, Ethics and Entrepreneurship
Our approach to research in this area of business is anything but usual. Darden has a storied history in all of the subject areas, and was the first MBA program to incorporate Ethics into its core, required curriculum. The School has gained a well-deserved reputation as the global leader in developing stakeholder theory, and was ranked No. 1 in the world for corporate social responsibility by the Financial Times.
Join our program to be part of this uniquely Darden opportunities that focuses a perspective on creating and sustaining value – not only for the firm, but for stakeholders associated with the firm and for the society within which the firm operates.
Data Analytics and Decision Sciences
The exciting world into research on Data Analytics and Decision Sciences is focused on mathematical methodology with business applications. Several of these include dynamic programming, game theory, machine learning, wisdom of crowds, forecasting, behavioral models of human decision making and more. In this program, Darden students will be required to take a few core courses but also have the freedom to choose from the many Ph.D. courses that the UVA campus offers, and are encouraged to follow their interests and expand their knowledge.
Powered by Centers of Excellence
In addition to close collaboration with faculty, the Darden Ph.D. community is supported by Darden’s Office of Research Services and five Centers of Excellence, including the Batten Institute, The Institute for Business in Society, the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, the Collaboratory for Applied Data Science and the Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management. The Ph.D. program will also benefit from leveraging the newly founded Sands Institute for Lifelong Learning.
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