Online MBA Degree

Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University

Program Structure

Due to its intensive and challenging nature, this program is restricted to the most dedicated full-time students. Candidates who have been granted exemptions in either Faculty will be required to take substitute courses.

Students pursue their coursework across 4-5 years of classroom lecture, discussions, and practical sessions, exploring all aspects of advanced management and legal theory. Students enrolled in the McGill MBA program’s first year are eligible to apply for the Joint MBA/Law Program, those enrolled in the Faculty of Law may apply for the Joint Program during their second year.

The breakdown of these two options is:

Option A
Year 1: MBA Courses
Year 2: Law Courses
Year 3: Mixed Law and MBA Courses
Year 4: Mixed Law and MBA Courses

Option B
Year 1: Law Courses
Year 2: Law Courses (with option to take some MBA Courses)
Year 3: MBA Courses
Year 4: Mixed Law and MBA Courses
Year 5: Mixed Law and MBA Courses

School of Business at Sejong University
The standard time for degree completion ranges from four to five years, including summers, and would generally follow the timetable to the right.

Since the purpose of the Program is to train scholars for careers in research and teaching, the faculty have established requirements to ensure that candidates are thoroughly prepared to meet the highest standards of scholarship.

On the path to the PhD, each student must complete the coursework specified in the General Program Requirement as well as that for his or her chosen field. Fulfillment of the General Program Requirement indicates a student has achieved a broad grounding in the basic disciplines relating to the study of management.

Individual fields’ course requirements have been designed by field faculty to provide a student with an in-depth mastery of the methodology, theory, and empirical aspects of the chosen field of study.

In addition to coursework, students in each field must engage in research apprenticeships, submit research papers, and take scheduled field examinations.

After completing these requirements, a student becomes a doctoral candidate; advancement to candidacy signifies that a student is prepared to focus on researching and writing the dissertation. The dissertation-in-progress is defended in an oral examination prior to the submission of the finished dissertation.

School of Management at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Admission Requirements

Strong academic record on the graduate level in management or economics (minimum GPA of 3.50 or equivalent)
Submission of a brief dissertation research proposal including the required research facilities, if necessary
Applicants with strong academic credentials in fields other than management are encouraged to apply. They are required to take additional coursework at AIT.
Participants who do not meet the PhD admission requirements might enter in the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) program first which can qualify for entry in the PhD program.

School of Management at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

MBA Specializations

The elective courses are categorized under Areas of Specialization (AoS). Students can have major or minor AoS. They must complete 12 credits of coursework in a particular AoS to major it. For minor AoS, the minimum requirement is 6 credits of coursework.

The AoS will be defined by functional areas and are as follows:

1. Finance (F)
2. Human Resource (HR)
3. Marketing (M)
4. Entrepreneurship (E)
5. Technology Management (TM)
6. Public Management (PM)
7. Strategy (S)
8. International Management (IM)

Courses Department of Finance : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Curriculum of Doctoral Program
To obtain a PhD degree in Finance, a doctoral student must complete a minimum of 39 credits of graduate courses, including 16 credits of required courses. In addition, each doctoral student must pass a qualifying examination and complete a dissertation that meets required standards of scholarship and demonstrates the candidate’s research capabilities and contributions. To apply for the final dissertation defense, a doctoral student needs to complete all coursework, pass the qualifying examination, pass the dissertation proposal defense, and publish one research articleindexed in the Social-Science Citation Index or two research articles indexed in the Taiwan Social-Science Citation Index.

School of Business at Sogang University

Curriculum Overview

4 semesters (2 years); coursework and thesis

The minimum number of credits for the degree is 60, with the curriculum composed of required courses, methodology, minor courses, major courses, and a thesis.

Ph.D thesis requirements: GPA (3.0 or higher), a qualifying exam, a comprehensive exam and paper publication in a recognized academic journal (one or more)

Structure & schedule

Structure

The Nanyang PhD programme is a full-time study. The expected duration of study is about 4 to 5 years. A salient feature of this PhD programme is the inclusion of coursework to aid students in writing the dissertation.

During the course of the programme, students will work as research and teaching assistant, which may be done under the supervision of their supervisor or regular faculty, so as to immerse themselves in both research and academia.

As a research student, the first 18-24 months consist of coursework, culminating in a written comprehensive exam and an oral confirmation examination. When the required coursework and examinations are successfully completed, the student is advanced to PhD candidacy.

During the PhD candidacy, students devote the bulk of their time to their own research, preparing and presenting their dissertation proposal to faculty and other students. The formal PhD dissertation will undergo both internal and external examination, and finally, students will defend their work in a final oral examination. Upon successful completion of these stages, students will be conferred the Doctor of Philosophy degree by Nanyang Technological University.

College of Commerce at University of San Carlos

Comprehensive Exams: (3 units)
All students are required to take a comprehensive exam after completing their coursework. Those in the non-thesis option will, after successfully passing all parts of the comprehensive exam, receive their MBA.

Students who fail portions of the comprehensive exam will be required to retake the failed section(s). Students failing a second time will have to retake/re-enroll in the failed subject(s) and then take the comprehensive exam the next time it is offered. There will be a special fee charged for the retake exam(s). Failure thrice in a single section of the comprehensive exam will result in a Certificate in Graduate Business Studies and removal from the MBA program.