Aufbau - PhD Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations Research

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Brief description

Curriculum

Information zur geplanten Aktualisierung der Gebietsbezeichnung mittels einer geringfügigen Änderung des Curriculums für das PhD- und Doktoratsstudium Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Degree programme code: 794 370 403
Degree programme: PhD
Degree programme duration: 6 semesters
Language of instruction: English
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You find useful information on the website of the SSC.

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Programme outcomes

The PhD program in Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations Research prepares students for a scientific career in business analytics or operations research methods and/or in the application fields of production, logistics and supply chain management. The courses offered provide a sound methodological and content-related education at an international level, which enables graduates to independently perform research according to international standards using methods of business analytics or operations research and/or in the application fields of production, logistics and supply chain management.

Students in the PhD program are involved in the research-oriented and international environment of the faculty from the very beginning. They have the opportunity to come into contact with leading researchers who work at the faculty or who visit the faculty as visiting professors, and thus to get to know the current state of research in business analytics or operations research first-hand, especially in the fields of production, logistics and supply chain management, and to contribute to it even during their studies through their own publications.

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Fields of activity

A PhD programme serves as a preparation for a career in research in the academic environment of a university, other research institutions or research departments of major companies. The sound methodological education provided by the PhD programme in Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations Research enables graduates to analyse and describe complex planning and scheduling problems in the fields of production, logistics and supply chain management. They are able to use modern academic methods to analyse and describe these problems and to develop methods for solving them.

Planning tasks include strategic decisions, such as location planning and network design, tactical decisions, the configuration of production systems, stocking policies and especially operative decisions such as sequencing and process control, and delivery and transport planning.

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 Curriculum/Study plan

In the PhD Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations Management dissertation area, courses amounting to 30 ECTS must be completed according to the curriculum. The courses to be completed are specified in the dissertation agreements in accordance with this guideline.

The program is divided into a Core Program with 20 ECTS and an Elective Program with 10 ECTS.

 

 

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 Structure - PhD Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations research

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Doctoral advisory board: Jan Ehmke, Richard Hartl, Rudolf Vetschera

Approval of the intended doctoral project: The application for the approval of the intended doctoral project has to be submitted within the first year of studies to the competent body responsible for study matters including a confirmation of supervision, a research proposal, a time schedule and a list of resources needed. Students have to present the intended doctoral project in the course of the research seminar. If the intended doctoral project is part of a research project that has already been approved externally, the competent body responsible for study matters may approve the doctoral project prior to the presentation at the Faculty.

Doctoral thesis agreement: The doctoral candidate and his/her supervisor have to conclude a doctoral thesis agreement comprising the name of the student, the student ID number and date of birth, the name of the thesis supervisor, the topic of the doctoral thesis, the research proposal, a time schedule, key information about the extent of supervision (particularly about the frequency of the scheduled feedback meetings between supervisor and student) and the declaration of commitment of the doctoral candidate to abide by the rules and regulations of good academic practice.

Doctoral thesis: We encourage the publication of partial results of the doctoral project in academic journals and their presentation at academic conferences prior to the submission of the doctoral thesis.

Public defence: Following the positive assessment of all subjects of examination and of the doctoral thesis, the doctoral candidate has to defend his/her doctoral project in the final oral examination in front of an examination committee.

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Personal requirements

The PhD program in Business Analytics, Logistics and Operations Research is quantitatively oriented, and the courses of the program offer in-depth study in methods of business analytics and operations research.

Analytical thinking is therefore helpful in mastering the course program. A significant part of the PhD program consists of independent research, so the student's own motivation is an important factor for successful completion of the program. The interest in solving complex problems with quantitative methods of business analytics and operations research especially in the areas of production, logistics and supply chain management should be present.

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Admission

Information about the admission are available on the website of the StudiesServiceCenter.

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Contact & help

For questions regarding the PhD programme, please contact:

phd.wiwi@univie.ac.at
ssc.wiwi@univie.ac.at

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