Guanghua PhD Program
Admissions for Fall 2025 Open Now
Start Your ApplicationThe Guanghua PhD program is designed for candidates with outstanding intellectual ability and a strong commitment to research who aim to work in a university setting or at another academic or research-focused institution. The program can be completed entirely in English, with English serving as the medium of instruction for required coursework and the doctoral dissertations. Program faculty are leading international scholars in their respective fields and will be engaged in teaching courses and serving on doctoral dissertation committees.
With a beautiful imperial garden-style main campus based in the heart of Beijing’s Silicon Valley and four branch campuses across the country, Guanghua promises an immersive China experience.
To Advance Management Knowledge and Develop Business Leaders for China and the Global Society.
With over 130 international partner schools, Guanghua is a highly-engaged contributor to the international community and offers opportunities for overseas research and visiting scholar programs.
China is a global leader in fields like mobile technology, digital payments and advertising, AI, and big data, and Guanghua has already established a strong research portfolio focused on these tools and their applications to business and economics. This creates unique opportunities for conducting new and relevant research on emerging technologies.
China's vast market offers a wealth of data for researchers, and as a long-trusted partner of China’s largest and most influential companies, Guanghua provides you with access to real, difficult-to-obtain data that is useful in analyzing the business and economic environment.
Guanghua’s faculty obtained degrees from some of the world’s most academically rigorous institutions and have kept in close contact with their peers abroad. Their cutting-edge and high-quality research in economics, finance, and management has been published in top international journals and has contributed to China’s development.
Guanghua has more than 110 full-time faculty whose cutting-edge and high-quality research is regularly published in top tier economics and management journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Management Science, Journal of Finance, Academy of Management Journal, and more.
They have played an important role in China’s policymaking and regulation drafting, and they are strong advocates of China’s market-oriented reforms and innovative business practices. They are trusted partners of entrepreneurs, CEOs, and public figures; and their work has been recognized with top national research awards for making contributions to China's development.
“My time at Guanghua School of Management's PhD program has been nothing short of outstanding. The university's meticulous organization and exceptional facilities have played a pivotal role in eleva...”
23' Management Science and Information Systems
“Guanghua PhD program provides me with a rich setting for collaboration and exploration. In addition to getting detailed guidance from the faculty, we also learn from each other in a creative and re...”
18' Management Science and Information Systems
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