Overview

Are you fascinated with and curious about problems and opportunities you encounter in your daily practice? Are you highly motivated to tackle business challenges that have a broad societal impact? Are you excited to further develop your academic and research skills to be able to address practically relevant questions in a rigorous fashion?

With our Business PhD program you can realize these ambitions in a supportive academic environment. You are supported in the (further) development of your academic, research and personal effectiveness skills.

Why enroll in the part-time PhD Program at Nyenrode Business University?

You will focus on academic rigor as well as practical and societal impact;
We allow a limited number of 15 part-time PhD students each year, in order to ensure individual support and encouragement;
During the program you can connect with PhD students beyond formal courses and workshops through small group intervision sessions, bi-monthly socio-educational events and a yearly PhD conference;
We offer additional workshops and coaching for those who aspire a part-time career in academia next to their current profession;
You will become part of the international Nyenrode community.

Programme Structure

The fields in which you can conduct your PhD research at Nyenrode include:

Accounting, Auditing & Control
Corporate Reporting, Finance & Tax
Entrepreneurship, Governance and Stewardship
Marketing & Supply Chain Management
Strategy, Organization & Leadership

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-17 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Breukelen, Netherlands

Disciplines

Business Administration View 6 other PhDs in Business Administration in Netherlands

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Academic requirements

GMAT

Required

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

To be eligible to apply to our part-time PhD program, you need to meet the following criteria:

You are highly motivated to conduct rigorous research that aims to bridge the theory-practice divide (as evidenced by a 1-page essay and a reference letter)
You are willing and able to combine your (part-time) job with a part-time PhD project (as evidenced by a motivation letter)
You have obtained a Master's degree or international equivalent in the field (or related field) of the proposed PhD topic;

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

6150 EUR / year

≈ 6150 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

6150 EUR / year

≈ 6150 EUR / year

Living costs

Breukelen

Netherlands

900 - 1280 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.