MPhil-PhD in Decisions, Operations and Technology

CUHK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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# 59QS Subject Rankings

36 monthsProgram duration

5,401 USDTuition Fee/year

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Business and Management Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The programme is research-oriented with each student being directly supervised by a faculty member.

MPhil Stream

Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
Each MPhil student is required to give an oral presentation on his/her research progress.
Each MPhil student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

PhD Stream

Pre-candidacy

Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
Each PhD student is required to pass a written candidacy examination within the maximum period of his/her candidacy stage for the advancement to his/her post-candidacy stage.
Submit thesis proposal and defence.

Post-candidacy

Each PhD student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

Fields of Specialization

Courses offered by the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology concentrate on four areas: Business Economics, Management Information Systems, Operations Management and Quantitative Methods. In addition, cross-disciplinary research efforts are also carried out in many areas. The research activities of the faculty members can be broadly categorized into the following three areas:

1. Business/Managerial Economic Studies

The main objective of this field is to help students develop skills in conducting rigorous economic research on topics that are related to management and business decisions. Current faculty expertise covers a wide variety of fields, including studies of the behavioral economics, experimental economics, econometrics, game theory, political economy, empirical research methods with applications to financial markets, labor markets, and industrial organization. Examples of current faculty research include psychological influences on economic decision-making through experimental and empirical methods, causal inference using machine learning methods, welfare analysis of market concentration and job polarization, social networks and job search in local markets, and digital platforms’ choices in two-sided markets.

2. Management Information Systems

The Management Information Systems faculty at the CUHK Business School is focused on understanding the impact of digital technologies on consumers, firms, the economy, and society as a whole. This research group has diverse interests encompassing various application areas, including business analytics, digital finance, human-AI interaction, digital innovation/entrepreneurship, online platforms & markets, AI & machine learning, and experimental economics, among others. To explore these topics, the group employs a wide range of methodologies, including econometrics, experiments, machine learning, and surveys.

3. Operations Management

This area’s research focuses are the theoretical development and practical applications in the fields of operations management and operations research. Particular topics of interests include inventory management, supply chain management, revenue management and pricing, service operations management, operations-finance interface, operations-marketing interface, and operations-accounting interface. Particular methodologies of research include optimization theory, probability theory and statistics, game theory, econometrics, and machine learning.

Please visit the Division’s homepage for more information.

Program overview

Main Subject

Business and Management Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

The programme is research-oriented with each student being directly supervised by a faculty member.

MPhil Stream

Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
Each MPhil student is required to give an oral presentation on his/her research progress.
Each MPhil student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

PhD Stream

Pre-candidacy

Complete all the graduate courses required by the Department.
When deemed necessary by advisor/supervisor, student may be required to take other courses.
Each PhD student is required to pass a written candidacy examination within the maximum period of his/her candidacy stage for the advancement to his/her post-candidacy stage.
Submit thesis proposal and defence.

Post-candidacy

Each PhD student is required to submit a thesis and pass the oral defence of the thesis for graduation.

Fields of Specialization

1. Business/Managerial Economic Studies

2. Management Information Systems

3. Operations Management

Please visit the Division’s homepage for more information.

Admission requirements

Bachelor GPA

2.7+

TOEFL

79+

IELTS

6.5+

For the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) stream under the "M.Phil.-Ph.D. Programmes", the applicant shall have:

a master's degree from a recognized university; or
graduated from a recognized university and obtained a bachelor's degree, normally with honours not lower than Second Class; or
graduated from an honours programme of a recognized university with a bachelor's degree, normally achieving an average grade of not lower than "B"; or
completed a course of study in a tertiary educational institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications equivalent to an honours degree.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the University accepts, on a temporary basis and for those students who are admitted to postgraduate programmes in the 2021-22 intake, the following online English tests as an alternative to fulfil the University’s English Language Requirements.

TOEFL-iBT Home Edition Overall 79
IELTS Indicator: Overall 6.5
GMAT Online Examination: Band 21 (Verbal)

Program Duration

3 Years

Starting Month(s)

Sep

Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Domestic Students

Tuition Fee/year

5,401 USD

Tuition Fee (Out of State)

International Students

Tuition Fee/year

5,401 USD

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MPhil-PhD in Decisions, Operations and Technology

CUHK, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

# 59QS Subject Rankings

36 monthsProgram duration

5,401 USDTuition Fee/year

YesScholarships

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