If you are passionate about exploring the intersection
of the world of academic disciplines and the world of business practice,
we invite you to consider applying to the Ross School of Business Doctoral
Studies Program.
Forms and Application Checklist 
The Ross School of Business uses a self-managed application process.
You are required to complete the information requested on all forms, obtain
the supporting documents and submit the entire package online or in one
large mailing envelope. We cannot accept faxed applications or credentials.
If you would like us to mail you a brochure and other program materials,
e-mail us at umbusphd@umich.edu.
You must send application materials to the Ross School and the Rackham
School of Graduate Studies.
To guide you through the application process:
- Download the PhD Application Checklist.
When you have completed each step on the checklist and made arrangements
for test scores to be sent to us, your package is ready to submit.
- Download and complete the Ross PhD
Departmental Information Form which must be submitted with your
package.
- Go to the online application hosted by Embark.com. Directions within the application will guide you through the
process.
Application Deadline
All supporting materials should be received by the application deadline
of January 15.
Instructions provided by the Doctoral Program in Business Administration
must be followed or failure to do so may result in the application and
materials not being reviewed.
What happens after I submit my application?
- Your application (and all supporting materials submitted with it)
are downloaded from the online application system.
- A file is started for your application.
- A file is placed in processing area (files are processed in the order
in which they are received. As the deadline approaches, there may be
several hundred files ahead of you to be processed).
- When your file is processed, the Doctoral Studies Office will check
whether or not all required documentation has been submitted.
- If all documentation has arrived, your file is complete and you
will be sent an email from the Doctoral Stories Office telling you
that your file is complete and when it will be sent to the advisor
for your area of interest (e.g. accounting, marketing, etc.)
- If your documentation has not arrived, your file is incomplete
and you receive an email notifying you which documentation has not
been received by our office. It is your responsibility to make sure
we get all the required pieces. Your application will be held in
the Doctoral Studies office until it is completed and not reviewed
until that time.
- Completed files are sent to faculty area advisors on at least a weekly
basis (sometimes more often if volume of completed applications warrants
this).
- Files are reviewed by faculty.
- If the faculty is interested in possibly admitting you, you are invited
to UM for an interview when feasible or at the least, interviewed by
phone (generally speaking – mid-Jan through mid-March).
- Decision letters are sent out as soon as the Doctoral Studies Office
is notified of the decision (generally mid-February through early April).
The Doctoral Studies Office will not give out information relative to
decisions either over the phone or by e-mail.
Financial Aid
The Ross School of Business provides merit-based financial aid to nearly
all students in the doctoral program. We provide four years of full funding,
which is contingent upon satisfactory progress in the program. A separate
financial aid application is not required.
Current students typically receive fellowships ranging from $10,600-$11,000
per year and a year-round research assistantship that provides a full
tuition waiver, health insurance and a stipend of approximately $10,800.
Research assistantships, which typically demand 10-12 hours of work per
week, are not just a source of financial assistance but the centerpiece
of the program's mentorship philosophy. Students also are paid as graduate
student instructors while they satisfy the program's teaching requirements.
We encourage students to apply for additional external sources of support
when available. We also nominate students for University Fellowships when
they are eligible.
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