| Fee Description | Frequency | Non Subject Fee | # of Cr. Hr | Fee/Cr. Hr | Total Fee |
| Admission Fee | One Time | 20,000 | – | – | 20,000 |
| Security Deposit | One Time | – | – | – | – |
| Tuition Fee | Semester | – | 10 | 5,000 | 50,000 |
| Examination Fee | Semester | – | 10 | 500 | 5,000 |
| Other Charges | Semester | – | – | – | – |
| Semester Registration Fee | Semester | 5,000 | – | – | 5,000 |
| Total Fees | 80,000 | ||||
Phd Management Sciences
The PhD programme enables graduates to develop advanced design and research skills. Such skills apply to various careers in academia, business, government, and non-profit organisations. A doctoral degree programme in management sciences imparts several skills that can be used as part of an independent researcher, corporate manager, independently as a consultant, or even working in the public policy field. There is an increasing emphasis in Pakistan on improving management sciences education to manage businesses in finance, human resources management, and marketing-related domains. Although many universities offer a PhD in Management Sciences, Ziauddin University has the competitive advantage of having a strong foundation of PhD programmes that can support and facilitate a broad range of emerging topics in management sciences.Â
Mission
- To produce competent PhD scholars in multiple disciplines of management.
- To serve the nation by promoting critical thinking about concepts and ideas that are central to the well-being of all.
- To arrive at claims based on reasoning and to develop ideas that are relevant to academia, industry, policy-making institutions, and society at large.
Programme Educational Objectives
- PEO1: To produce graduates for responsible and impactful research.
- PEO2: To produce graduates with up-to-date knowledge through research to meet local and global needs of academia, industry, policy-making institutions, and society.
- PEO3: To produce graduates with scientific, critical, innovative thinking, and practical skills that will help generate novel ideas and solutions for basic and applied real-world management problems.
- PEO4: To produce graduates with proficiencies in quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills.
Contact Information
Location: North Campus
(Ziauddin University, Postgraduate Policy, Section 25.2, Page no. 14. Policy is also given below.)
PhD Programme Admission:
- At least 18 years of education in the relevant discipline, with a minimum CGPA of 3.0/4.00 or 60% marks from an HEC-recognised institute (preferably the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees should be HEC attested or having HEC Equivalence certificate in the case of foreign university education).
- Passed:
(a) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) subject test with 60% or equivalent administered by the Education Testing Service, or
(b) A Graduate Admission Test (GAT) with 60% marks administered by the HEC-authorised Testing Council, or
(c) As per HEC guidelines, an equivalent test developed by the university or by another university for admissions to graduate programmes with 70% marks.
- Interview with faculty/Departmental Admission committee (to be notified through Registrar office).
- If more than one marking scale is mentioned on the prerequisite degree/transcript for MS/MPhil/PhD programmes, the HEC conversion formula should be used to determine the equivalent CGPA.
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| Semester | Code | Title | Cr. Hrs |
| Semester 1 | RES-710 | Advanced Research Methodology | 3+0 |
| RES-711 | Advanced Quantitative Research | 3+0 | |
| IRS-720 | Independent Research Study I | 3+0 | |
| Semester 2 | Elective I | 3+0 | |
| RES-712/ECO-710 | Advanced Qualitative Research or Advanced Econometrics for Finance | 3+0 | |
| IRS-721 | Independent Research Study II | 3+0 | |
| Total | 18 |
PhD Dissertation – 30 Credit Hours
| Semester | Code | Title | Pre-Req | Cr. hrs |
| Semester 3 | PRD810 | Research Proposal | 6+0 | |
| Semester 4 | PRD811 | PhD Dissertation I | PRD810 | 6+0 |
| Semester 5 | PRD822 | PhD Dissertation II | PRD811 | 6+0 |
| Semester 6 | PRD823 | PhD Dissertation III | PRD822 | 12+0 |
| Total Credit Hours | 48 |
List of Electives
| Sr. # | Code | Title | Cr. Hrs |
| 1 | MAN-730 | Philosophies of Leadership | 3+0 |
| 2 | MAN-731 | Advanced International Business Management | 3+0 |
| 3 | MAN-732 | Classical and Contemporary Management | 3+0 |
| 4 | MAN-733 | Advance Leadership & Change Management | 3+0 |
| 5 | MAN-734 | Crisis Management | 3+0 |
| 6 | MAN-735 | Seminar on Contemporary Business & Management Issues | 3+0 |
| 7 | MAN-736 | Leadership: Theoretical and Practical Perspective | 3+0 |
| 8 | MAN-737 | Seminars on Leadership/Management | 3+0 |
| 9 | HRM-730 | Strategic Organisational Development | 3+0 |
| 10 | HRM-731 | Advance International Human Resource Management | 3+0 |
| 11 | HRM-732 | Seminar on Organisational Environment | 3+0 |
| 12 | HRM-733 | Competitive Human Resource Strategies in Developing Countries | 3+0 |
| 13 | ENT-730 | Advance Entrepreneurship | 3+0 |
| 14 | FIN-730 | Advance International Financial Management | 3+0 |
| 15 | FIN-731 | Econometric Issues | 3+0 |
| 16 | FIN-732 | Dynamic Asset Pricing Theory | 3+0 |
| 17 | FIN-733 | Advanced Behavioural Finance | 3+0 |
| 18 | FIN-734 | Corporate Governance | 3+0 |
| 19 | FIN-735 | Advanced Issues in Fintech | 3+0 |
| 20 | FIN-736 | Advanced Islamic Banking & Finance | 3+0 |
| 21 | FIN-737 | Advanced Corporate Finance | 3+0 |
| 22 | FIN-738 | Seminar on Global Financial Market | 3+0 |
| 23 | MKT-730 | Cross Cultural Consumer Research | 3+0 |
| 24 | MKT-731 | Advance E-Marketing | 3+0 |
| 25 | MKT-732 | Advanced Consumer Behaviour | 3+0 |
| 26 | MKT-733 | Advanced Brand Management | 3+0 |
| 27 | MKT-734 | Advanced Distribution Channels | 3+0 |
| 28 | TEC-730 | Statistics with Technology Applications | 3+0 |
| 29 | TEC-731 | Technology Policy & Strategy | 3+0 |
| 30 | TEC-732 | Principles of Technology Innovation Management | 3+0 |
| 31 | TEC-733 | Advance Business Intelligence & Analytics | 3+0 |
| 32 | TEC-734 | IT Project Management | 3+0 |
| 33 | TEC-735 | Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning | 3+0 |
| 34 | TEC-736 | Emerging Trends in Technologies | 3+0 |
| 35 | TEC-737 | Technopreneurship | 3+0 |
PhD (MS) graduates can join academia as well as government and private organisations.
- PLO1: In-depth Research Knowledge: Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of management sciences research. (PEO 1).
- PLO2: Communicate: Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing the research outputs to both academic and non-academic audiences. (PEO 1)
- PLO3: Investigation: Ability to critically analyse scientific literature and innovations in the areas of management sciences. (PEO 2)
- PLO4: Design and Development: Ability to design and develop a solution to social and management problems. (PEO 3)
- PLO5: Ethics: Demonstrate leadership and ethical behaviour in the conduct of research and professional practice. (PEO 4)
- PLO6: Lifelong Learning: Ability to recognise the importance of, and pursue lifelong learning in the broader context of research and innovation. (PEO 1)
