Overview

OM and MIS intersect in various ways. The fields share a focus on understanding and improving business processes. OM and MIS researchers often reside in the same university departments and belong to the same professional societies. The goal of the PhD in Operations and Information Systems from University of Alberta is to train the student to perform and publish first-class research, in preparation for a career at a research-intensive university.

What you'll learn

OM is concerned with how to organize the production of goods and services by private firms and public sector entities. OM research addresses questions about how best to design, plan, and execute the tasks needed to produce a product or service. OM research has traditionally emphasized mathematical modeling, and in particular optimization, stochastic, and simulation models, but OM research also employs experiments, surveys, and analysis of secondary data.

MIS is concerned with the collection, storage, and use of information within organizations. MIS research addresses questions about how technology and information shape and facilitate the work that is done in organizations. MIS research uses methodologies from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to the social sciences, mathematics, and computer science.

OM and MIS are closely related to the emerging areas of business analytics and big data.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Research Topics in Operations Management

Individual Research

Advanced Research Topics in Management Information Systems

Multivariate Data Analysis

Applied Business Analysis of Time Series and Panel Data

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-15 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

61

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Operations and Quality Management Information Systems

Academic requirements

GPA

3

GRE^®

Required

GMAT

Required

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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PTE Academic

61

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Admissions to the Business PhD program are based on the following criteria

Previous academic record: Applicants must have an undergraduate degree from a recognized university and sufficiently high grades. They should also have a grade point average (GPA) for the last two years of full-time study of at least 3.0 out of 4.0 on the University of Alberta grade scale and from Canadian or American schools with a comparable scale.
GMAT or GRE score
Three letters of reference
Statement of purpose
Availability of a suitable supervisor
Summary

Tuition Fee

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International

8874 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 8874 CAD per year during 72 months.
National

4732 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4732 CAD per year during 72 months.

Living costs for Edmonton

1201 - 1992 CAD /month

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