"I am truly grateful for the support and encouragement of my dissertation committee, Bentley faculty, and my PhD family. I will look back and think that my five years at Bentley was full of many challenges and opportunities - getting your PhD is a hard road, but in the end, it is worth it. "
Kim Westerman

Bentley’s PhD program is specifically designed to meet the exploding demand for business PhDs. Our research indicates that business schools will seek specific talents in their new faculty members, including a publication record on graduation, teaching experience and subject domain and methods expertise. The Bentley PhD program is designed to produce a new generation of scholar-teacher-practitioners who precisely fit that description. Those who enter our program will leave it eminently prepared for rewarding careers in academia, business, or both.

Accreditations

Earn a PhD in Accountancy or Business

Bentley University offers two programs that feature a fresh approach to doctoral study. The programs, in accountancy and business, are centered squarely on career interests and plans; and, given the demands of an increasingly technological global economy, have a thematic focus on business, technology and society.

These distinctive programs:

  • Are designed to meet your individual needs from the minute you join the program with a primary adviser and a team of supporting advisers who work with you from the outset to craft a program of study tailored to your goals;
  • Provide a trans-disciplinary platform for your studies and research, drawing on expertise from the business disciplines and the arts and the sciences;
  • Maximize the superior resources of a campus widely recognized for its cutting-edge technological facilities that are second to none;
  • Offer full-tuition remission and an annual stipend of $25,000 for four years for the top applicants.

As a PhD candidate at Bentley, you’ll join the dynamic intellectual environment of an internationally-ranked business school in metropolitan Boston. The Bentley mission is to provide academic excellence and intellectual depth in business and related professions, while offering programs in the arts and the sciences that not only stand out on their own, but closely inform the study of business. Applied, real-world-oriented research that enhances teaching is at the center of our educational model — and a priority at Bentley.

Download a copy of the PhD Program Brochure (pdf).

 

Bentley’s PhD program is specifically designed to meet the exploding demand for business PhDs. Our research indicates that business schools will seek specific talents in their new faculty members, including a publication record on graduation, teaching experience and subject domain and methods expertise. The Bentley PhD program is designed to produce a new generation of scholar-teacher-practitioners who precisely fit that description. Those who enter our program will leave it eminently prepared for rewarding careers in academia, business, or both.