Course Benefits

• The doctoral degree for working professionals is designed for individuals who are working and wish to upskill themselves to get wider career prospects while working.
• The goal of the program is to prepare executives and teaching professionals who contribute to the field of training, management research, and consulting practice. The programs help the individuals to gain both theoretical and practical domain knowledge.
• IIM Shillong offers a PhD program for working professionals. The duration of the program is 4 years, and students can also extend the duration of the program up to a year, depending on the program.
• IIM Shillong offers a PhD in these specializations: Economics and Public Policy, Marketing, Finance and Control, Information Systems and Analytics, Operations and Quantitative Techniques, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Strategy and Liberal Studies.
• The part-time program fees for the PhD working professionals are INR 11,00,000, excluding the applicable GST.
• The individuals must clear entrance examinations, including GMAT, GRE, CAT, GATE, and JRF(NET).
• The individuals can opt for an online DBA program to earn their doctoral degree. The Doctor in Business Administration (DBA) is considered equivalent to the traditional PhD program. The duration of the program is three years, which offers flexible timings for the classes. The individuals can earn a doctoral degree along with the ‘Dr’ title from a foreign university without clearing any entrance examination or relocating.