PhD in Management
Explore and expand the frontiers of human knowledge in a diverse and supportive environment.
Join an intellectual community where leading researchers and award-winning teachers encourage a rich mixture of thoughts, ideas, camaraderie and discipline.
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PhD in Management Disciplines
The PhD in Management accounting track at the UB School of Management has rigorous research training and expert faculty mentorship to prepare students for academic careers teaching and researching capital markets, financial reporting, auditing and corporate governance.
Explore the Finance PhD at the University at Buffalo School of Management. Conduct rigorous research in investments, corporate finance and financial institutions with expert faculty mentorship
Management Science and Systems
6/25/26The Management Science and Systems track within the PhD in Management program at the UB School of Management focuses on emerging technologies including AI, cloud computing, machine learning, health IT and information assurance.
The Marketing track within the PhD in Management program at the UB School of Management focuses on consumer behavior, quantitative marketing, analytics and market strategy through strong research training and faculty mentorship.
Operations Management and Strategy
6/25/26The Operations Management and Strategy track within the PhD in Management program at the UB School of Management focuses on research in global supply chain management, operations strategy, resilience, analytics and sustainable systems.
Organization and Human Resources
6/25/26The Organization and Human Resources track within the PhD in Management program at the UB School of Management focuses on research in organizational behavior, human resources, leadership, diversity, trust and negotiation.
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Engage in research that drives change.
UB’s passion for rigorous research is matched only by a deep commitment to positive change. We bring together unconventional thinkers—researchers, scholars and artists—who collaborate across disciplines to push the boundaries of knowledge and creative expression, and consistently endeavor to lead a new way forward. Learn more about our research and economic development.
International Students
UB’s PhD in Management qualifies as a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) program, which provides an additional 24 months Optional Practical Training (OPT) for F-1 visa holders. For more information, visit the Department of Homeland Security's Study in the States website or UB's International Student Services Office.
The PhD Project
The UB School of Management is an active participant in The PhD Project, a national organization whose mission is to expand workplace diversity by increasing the diversity of business school faculty. Today, The PhD Project's expansive network of supporters, sponsors and universities helps Black/African Americans, Latinx/Hispanic Americans and Native Americans attain their business PhD and become the business professors who will mentor the next generation of leaders.
UB’s PhD Excellence Initiative
UB’s PhD Excellence Initiative seeks to ensure that our programs remain among the strongest in the world by recruiting the best PhD students, providing exceptional educational and research training, improving retention of students, reducing time-to-degree and more.
“After I got my degree, everything went so well. My first job was at Ohio State. Then the University of Michigan recruited me with an attractive offer, and I became an endowed chair professor here soon thereafter. I feel I owe a lot of my success to the University at Buffalo.”
6/25/26E. Han Kim, PhD ’75
- Everett E. Berg Professor in Business Administration, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
“We have substantiated hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for victims. Our students’ work has led to the investigation and prosecution of suspects who might otherwise have gone unpunished because of lack of forensic accounting resources in the community.”
6/25/26Sara Melendy, PhD ’05
- Professor of Accounting, Gonzaga University School of Business Administration; Founder, Justice for Fraud Victims Project
Niam's research is focused on the intersection of information systems, healthcare, and policy. He regularly consults with companies and platforms in the healthcare industry and is a sought-after expert on issues related to health information technology in the media and at industry conferences.
6/25/26Niam Yaraghi, PhD ’14
- Associate Professor of Business Technology at Miami Herbert Business School; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation
“My doctoral program has been instrumental in everything I’ve done since. I learned to ask a lot of probing questions, which is something I still do to this day. It was really formative.”
6/25/26Marty Spitzer, PhD ’92
- Senior Director of Climate and Renewable Energy, World Wildlife Fund
As a UB student, Jasmina and her teammates won the 2018 UB World’s Challenge Challenge with ElevateHer—a data science education project for women in developing countries. Jasmina also was part of the NAVIGATE Project, an NSF-sponsored initiative supporting women in STEM.
6/25/26Jasmina Tacheva, PhD ’19
- Assistant Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
While at UB, Hamed received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence, recognizing exceptional promise and performance as a teacher, and was selected as a Greenleaf Scholar.
6/25/26Hamed Ghahremani, PhD '19
- Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, University of New Orleans
“I didn’t know it then, but UB had one of the best finance programs—better than the Big Ten schools at the time. But since the program was so small, we got very close mentorship. We were like colleagues with faculty.”
6/25/26Lemma Senbet, PhD ’76
- William E. Mayer Chair Professor of Finance, University of Maryland
GMAT and GRE tests are now optional.
The School of Management uses a test-optional admissions process for our PhD program. You have the option to submit GMAT or GRE scores in support of your application, but are not required to do so.
