Program for Executives

The Executive PhD Program for Executives jointly offered by the MCI – The Entrepreneurial School®, University of Antwerp, the Antwerp Management School and the Management Center Innsbruck is a four-year research-oriented part-time program for executives that combines relevant knowledge and research skills with current challenges in the participants’ sector.

This Executive PhD Program for Executives Program for Executives from  MCI – The Entrepreneurial School® MCI – The Entrepreneurial School® aims at applying state-of-the-art research expertise and academic knowledge to complex economic issues. 

Career & Perspectives

After successfully defending the doctoral dissertation, participants will be rewarded with the PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy) conferred by the University of Antwerp.

Graduates are able to generate and share academic knowledge within their own professional and academic networks. They master methods and instruments of economic research in order to apply them to challenges in their professional environment.

Our graduates profit from our strong network of recognized lecturers from science, business, and society, even beyond their studies. The exchange with international students also improves their own network and creates international acceptance for the benefit of all our students.

Courses included:

• Literature Review & the importance of Theories

• Quantitative Research Methods

• Qualitative Research Methods

• Mixed Methods and other approaches

• Research Methodologies & Theoretical approaches

• Data Collection & Case Studies

• Data Analysis

Executives and senior business professionals who want to:

• achieve a highly distinguished academic degree,
• combine their work experience with high-level academic research,
• establish or strengthen links with the academic sector,
• pursue a career at the interface of academia and business,
• further develop their research skills and methods,
• broaden and deepen their intellectual capabilities.

The faculty teaching in the Executive PhD Program and supervising PhD theses are internationally renowned experts in their field of research. Moreover, based on their extensive experience both in academia and industry, faculty members can help to integrate practical relevance into academically rigorous theses.